The Nevada Supreme Court has a history of massaging the law to protect the state’s political elites — allowing lawmakers to ignore the two-thirds requirement for tax hikes, neutering term limits and ...

The U.S. Constitution was crafted in 1787 both to establish a new central government and to limit it. Some of the limitations are direct, some are subtle and some are hidden. The chief instrument of ...

In Employment Division v. Smith, Justice Scalia identified the concept of hybrid rights: a restriction that targets two constitutional rights would be reviewed with heightened scrutiny. For example, a ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short ...

Montesquieu’s separation of powers assumed authority would be exercised through visible institutions. The AI era shifts this. Power operates through invisible infrastructure: Terms-of-service ...

Editor: Napoleon Bonaparte reportedly said “He who saves his country, violates no law.” Now President Trump echoes these same words as he tries to dismantle our democracy by indiscriminately cutting ...

“I have a phone and a pen,” President Barack Obama said when Congress rejected his request for a change in immigration law. With his phone and his pen, Obama created temporary amnesty for the Dreamers ...