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In the 1940s, the Ku Klux Klan was on the rise in Indiana.

The most stunning part of Texas Republican Bo French's notorious posts on X about students of South Asian ancestry at a University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) football game is the overt racism.

A race I'm intrigued by: Ashley Hinson has been in the U.S.

California is notorious for intrusive laws, but when it comes to the medical field, regulatory growth is particularly sprawling.

From Okla.

Americans are accustomed to Donald Trump's tall tales, as he recently told an improbable story about firemen lifting him out of the 9/11 rubble.

California's proposed "billionaire's tax" on the assets of wealthy state residents enjoys a slim lead in the polls leading up to the midterm elections, though so do two measures that, if they draw more votes, could render the scheme unenforceable.

9/18/1857: Justice John Hessin Clarke's birthday.

Tucked away along one of Minneapolis' picturesque lakes, the Bakken Museum is a quirky celebration of human creativity and ingenuity with a backstory that's nearly as fascinating.

Sergei Loznitsa's Two Prosecutors is a film about a young attorney who believes in the rule of law.

For the last decade or so, lower courts have been grappling with how the Fourth Amendment applies to searches of digital devices such as cell phones at the international border.

A lawsuit by Success Academy, New York City's largest charter-school network, alleges that the state Education Department improperly withheld advanced lacement test data, causing it to plunge nearly 200 spots in a state ranking.

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On September 14, the Fifth Circuit granted rehearing en banc in United States v.

On August 28, lawyers for a 32-year-old Afghan woman filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order to stop the U.S. government from deporting her.

During the Second World War, America was flooded with "hate literature."

From Judge Patrick Schiltz (D.

A failed Senate procedural vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on Tuesday may have saved crypto consumers from a questionable regulatory bill backed by industry insiders.

President Donald Trump's habit of ostracizing America's allies is making it a precarious time to be American, European, or Canadian.

A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent has been convicted of raping and robbing four alleged sex workers.

One disturbing aspect of the surge in antisemitic violence since October 7 has received relatively little attention: Western governments say that Iran and Iranian-backed organizations have been behind a series of plots and attacks against Jewish and Israe…

Inflation hasn't gone away—it's going up.

Newly released videos show a police task force in Memphis, Tennessee, arresting a well-known local activist who's also the lead plaintiff in a First Amendment lawsuit alleging illegal retaliation by the force.

As the number of immigration arrests continues to break records under President Donald Trump, accusations of medical neglect and inhumane conditions within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities continue to rise.

A photo of University of Texas at Austin students celebrating the Longhorns' come-from-behind victory over Ohio State University last weekend went viral on X—and for all the wrong reasons.

As colleges across the country are reinstating standardized tests, New York high schools are taking another approach: eliminating the state's longstanding Regents exam requirements.

The New York Times had an opinion piece today titled, "My Dumbphone Made My Life Better.

Matt Schwartz at the New York Times interviewed Judge Patrick Schiltz and six of his colleagues from the District of Minnesota.

This week, the House passed the Lindsey O.

From Judge Samantha D.

Hike: Yesterday, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in three years, contra the president's messaging that inflation is fine and not a real problem.

From Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, joined by Judges Cindy Chung and Thomas Ambro, in yesterday's Beatty v.

Can revealing a plot twist get you sued?

President Donald Trump dramatically reshaped the U.S.

9/17/1787: The Constitution is signed.

Two sisters, ages 10 and 12, ended up in court after a playground swing broke while they were playing at Veterans Memorial Park in Springdale, Pennsylvania.

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After the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, thousands of college students marched through the streets chanting, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."

For reasons explained in my draft article, The Fourth Amendment After Chatrie, there is good reason to believe that the Supreme Court's June ruling in Chatrie v.

Illustration: Midjourney On Wednesday, September 23, from 12 to 1:30 PM, eastern time, the Montreal Economic Institute will be hosting an online webinar on legal challenges to the Trump tariffs against Canada, entitled "Trump Tariffs: How the American Cou…

On January 26, two days after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees fatally shot Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti, David Streever sent an angry email to Todd Lyons, then acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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A former Venezuelan minister and longtime ally of Nicolás Maduro, Alex Saab, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Miami to conspiring to launder money.

Shortly after the United States launched into a war with Iran, White House economic adviser Peter Navarro boldly proclaimed that the conflict would "lower energy prices."

Cellphones made my life easier.

A year ago, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed new restrictions on visas for international students and journalists, limiting the former to four years and the latter to 240 days without a discretionary extension.

An excerpt from Judge Thomas Varlan's long opinion today in Ross v.

An excerpt from Judge Benjamin Settle's longish opinion Monday in Bromm v.

An excerpt from Judge Benjamin Settle's longish opinion Monday in Bromm v.

American taxpayers are supporting cellphone networks in sub-Saharan Africa, airlines in Turkey, and a host of other large-scale infrastructure projects worldwide as part of President Donald Trump's plan to increase America's influence internationally, pre…