By Jean Lantz Reisz / The Conversation For more than 150 years, almost all people who were born within U.S. territory automatically received citizenship – regardless of their parents’ immigration…
"All persons born on U.S. soil are U.S. citizens, that is what our Constitution dictates and is something President Trump cannot undo by waving a pen," one Democratic congresswoman said.
Ten years ago, Wisconsin approved unlimited political spending. Now, as spending for its Supreme Court race surpasses more than $80 million, some campaign reformers are wondering if the state is…
By Maya Sen / The Conversation State governments, community groups, advocacy nonprofits and regular Americans have filed a large and growing number of federal lawsuits opposing President Donald Trump’s barrage…
One ACLU campaigner blasted the justices for "giving the executive branch unprecedented power to silence speech it doesn't like."
The state’s highest civil court ruled that legislators can’t use subpoenas to block death row inmates’ executions, but suggested there’s still time for Roberson to testify before a Texas House…
By David Greene / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) The U.S. Supreme Court addressed government’s various roles with respect to speech on social media in five cases reviewed in its recently…
The Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling found that arresting homeless people is not a violation of our Constitutional right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
The bill would effectively invalidate the ruling granting presidents an extreme and unprecedented amount of power.
Denouncing "extremist Republicans," EMILY's List says the new state law exemplifies why voters "have to stop them at the ballot box this November."
The Supreme Court just greenlit cruel measures to arrest and prosecute unhoused people. Instead, lawmakers should invest in what really works.
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost In a highly controversial decision, the Supreme Court on June 28 reversed a 40-year old ruling, reclaiming the Court’s role as interpreter of…
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org The six “corporate state” U.S. Supreme Court Justices, occupying unaccountable lifetime unelected positions, handed over dictatorial power for presidents and corporations that disassembled our Founders’…
Rent-controlled Barrington Plaza tenants, many of whom moved to more expensive apartments, are weighing a lawsuit.
The Supreme Court’s Trump v. United States ruling gives Donald Trump "legal" cover for past and future lawbreaking.
