The Containment,” by Michelle Adams, is a compelling history of a Supreme Court case that addressed schooling in Detroit ...

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A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill ...

Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War, allowing detention without trial. He bypassed Congress through sweeping executive actions, most notably the Emancipation Proclamation, ...

Other American presidents have faced the delicate challenge of bidding farewell with grace after serving only one term in the ...

After 15 months of bloodshed, news has emerged of a cease-fire deal in Gaza. The US always had the power to restrain Israel ...

Special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on the Trump Jan. 6 case breaks little new evidentiary ground but suggests plenty ...

Nixon died of a stroke in 1994, surviving Pat by exactly 10 months. He and his wife are buried side by side on the grounds of ...

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both ...

A powerful new book by the law professor Michelle Adams recounts the failed effort to integrate Detroit’s schools and the ...

Concluding a remarkable 97-year life of dedicated professional service, former U.S. Attorney and Chief Judge Emeritus of the ...