Allowing Trump to run in 2024 not only violates Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, it also sets a dangerous precedent for permitting violent attacks on our democracy.
The Foundation for Government Accountability, which aims to make ballot initiatives harder to pass, is being bankrolled by Illinois billionaire Richard Uihlein.
There are a few issues that complicate the constitutional mandate that a crime should be prosecuted where it was allegedly committed. One is that a crime may be committed in more than one district.
The Espionage Act covers a much broader arena than traditional spying and includes the unauthorized possession, storage or disclosure of classified information.
Extremist groups are now organizing locally to pursue their hateful agenda in public view, including the targeting of community safe havens like schools and houses of worship.
The original debt ceiling was created in 1917 because Congress couldn’t meet quickly to approve needed spending to fight a war—it took days by rail days to get to Washington. Today, Members can vote from home.
The IRS usually grants tax-exempt status to applicants with at least one allowed purpose, including being charitable or educational. But determining whether organizations are truly religious or educational can be hard.
There have been 22 shutdowns of the federal government due to lack of a federal budget. As destructive as these were, they pale in comparison to the catastrophe of failing to lift the debt ceiling.
Insider trading typically involves trading stocks of individual companies based on information about them, but it can also involve any kind of information about the economy, a commodity or anything else that moves markets.
The most unusual scene in the political history of America—Eugene Debs, serving a ten-year term for ‘seditious activities,’ accepted the Socialist party nomination for Presidency.
More than a third of US households cook with gas stoves, which emit nitric oxides, carbon monoxide and formaldehyde—airborne pollutants that can trigger asthma, wheezing and other respiratory problems.
While there is a lot about this prosecution that isn’t yet clear to the general public, one thing is clear—this will be a case with unprecedented attention and complexity.
A professor of law and political science examines the consequences of an indictment and potential trial for Trump's campaign and, if his effort is successful, his future presidency.
If the federal government comes to the conclusion that TikTok should be banned, is it even possible to ban it for all of its 150 million existing users?