Around 6 p.m., after a bus packed with lawyers had barreled down the Jersey Turnpike, the man of honor arrived: Antonin Scalia, the Trenton native freshly sworn in as the 103rd justice of the United ...

Retiring Chief Justice Warren Burger, right, administers an oath to Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, as Scalia’s wife ...

"You cannot bring a firearm" to a protest, said FBI Director Kash Patel. The fatal Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti involving federal agents and the instant portrayal of him as an armed individual ...

Rounds introduces bill to extend 14th Amendment to 'unborn children' FBI agent in Minneapolis involved in Renee Good probe resigns Scientists reveal winter habit that may be killing thousands each ...

This term, the Supreme Court has two Second Amendment cases on its docket. Tomorrow the Court hears oral argument in Wolford v. Lopez, challenging Hawaii’s 2023 law that bans firearms on private ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Readers clash over how to interpret the 2nd Amendment: Should its militia clause limit gun ownership, or protect ...

A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. The Supreme Court has already agreed to hear two cases this term involving Second ...

Lawyers clashed Tuesday in a federal courtroom in San Jose over whether student newspaper The Stanford Daily can proceed with a First Amendment lawsuit alleging the Trump administration used ...

It’s times like these that I miss the U.S. Constitution. On Saturday, 22-year-old preschool teacher Jessica Plichta was arrested live on camera in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after speaking to ABC News’ ...

Chief Justice John Roberts has never had much use for legal scholarship, but a new article about birthright citizenship may well cause him to change his mind. An exhaustive study by two researchers ...

(RNS) — Defenders of the Johnson Amendment hope to block a proposed legal settlement that would allow churches to make partisan statements during worship services. (RNS) — A federal judge in Texas has ...

Despite what some legal scholars are claiming, the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment does not extend citizenship to children born in the United States whose parents are illegal aliens, or for ...