ONE of the most familiar facts concerning our political system is the division of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the government. Hardly less familiar is the ...

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This is part of How Originalism Ate the Law, a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined everything. America is being led astray by a small handful of folks who are drunk-driving on ...

In his 2015 book, “The Court and the World,” Justice Stephen Breyer discusses what he describes as the “new challenges imposed by an ever more interdependent world.” As the Supreme Court “is called ...

Many independent practices are now finding themselves in violation of Stark law because they operate using medically integrated specialty pharmacies to deliver medications to patients by mail or ...

The Supreme Court today rejected the statutory interpretation underlying a criminal charge against some of the Donald Trump supporters who participated in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, ...

In the wake of today's tremendously important ruling by the District Court for the District of Columbia that bulk collection of telephone metadata violates the Fourth Amendment, it is more important ...

The United States Constitution remains one of the highest protections of individual freedoms; however, these rights remain frequently ignored, eroded, or denied despite protections for current and ...

(New York) – The Chinese government’s new official judicial interpretation expanding existing law to punish “online rumors” is a major blow to freedom of expression in China, Human Rights Watch said ...

A year ago, Rebecca Richards joined the NSA as its director of privacy and civil liberties. As yet, she hasn't testified before Congress because, in her words, "nobody has asked." But she does appear ...