Each year, of the thousands of petitions for review that the Supreme Court receives, the justices typically grant fewer than 100. For just about everyone else, a decision made by one of the 13 federal ...
When voters in California, Colorado, and Hawaii go to the polls on Tuesday, they’ll have the opportunity to amend their state constitutions to protect same-sex couples’ right to marry. As you may be ...
State attorneys general are supposed to serve important functions in the daily business of the states: representing the government in civil suits, enforcing laws to prevent corporations from screwing ...
There are currently 37 federal judicial vacancies without a nominee. Of these, 35 are district court judgeships where Republican senators can veto a nominee under the blue slip policy observed by the ...
Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission finalized its “click to cancel” rule, one of those rules that feels so common-sense that it’s annoying to learn that it wasn’t a rule already. Going ...
Three Republican attorneys general filed a complaint in federal court on October 11 arguing that their states have a right to pregnant teenagers, and that right is being violated by the U.S. Food and ...