Following two days of turbulent protests over ICE raids in Los Angeles County, President Trump issued a memorandum on ...

The department has reversed course, abandoning much of its inherited voting rights caseload and leaving the state of Section ...

Presidents have deployed troops to control civil unrest only 30 times before in U.S. history. The Posse Comitatus Act ...

The legislation would make it harder for judges to hold defiant parties, including government officials, in contempt.

Last week in the Oval Office, the president was peeved when a reporter shared an acronym apparently used on Wall Street: TACO ...

For decades, voters and organizations have successfully brought lawsuits against racially discriminatory voting rules under ...

The Posse Comitatus Act bars the armed forces from serving as civilian police, but loopholes and exceptions undermine its effectiveness. In May 1992, seven U.S. Marines joined two local police ...

Significant exceptions and loopholes, along with a lack of enforcement mechanisms, undermine the law that prevents military involvement in law enforcement. The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was enacted ...

The gap is increasing nationwide, especially in counties that had been subject to federal oversight until the Supreme Court invalidated preclearance in 2013. The gap in voter participation between ...

Trump and Speaker Johnson mislead again about election integrity. You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The Brennan ...

A number of President Trump’s recent actions, including cryptocurrency transactions, real estate deals, and interactions with foreign officials, have raised legal questions related to the Constitution ...

The president is wrong about what an invasion is — and what powers it triggers. The truth turned out to be worse. Trump’s migration-as-invasion theory permeates his executive orders and other ...