A robust audit system forms the backbone of accountable governance, and for any democracy to thrive, institutions that uphold transparency and ...

The decisions so far show that the conservative court isn’t going to act as a resistance to an increasingly autocratic ...

Unrestricted birthright citizenship — the characteristically New World notion that being born on a country’s soil is enough ...

As the Trump administration unleashes a flood of new executive orders, state attorneys general have stood in the way, ...

Here’s a look around the NFC South with insiders D. Orlando Ledbetter (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), Jeff Duncan (New Orleans Times Picayune/NOLA.com), Darin Gantt (senior writer, Panthers.com) ...

It was a bit of a shock on Thursday when Chief Justice John Roberts announced at the end of the session that the court would ...

The Supreme Court’s decision in a birthright citizenship case, handed down on Friday, has ramifications way beyond President Trump. The big, long-term impact is the granting of greater leeway to ...

President Donald Trump’s order to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities presents a new test of the Constitution and the extent of ...

About a year ago, opponents determined to stop an Alabama company from mining next to the Okefenokee Swamp were running out of options. Here's how a deal came together.

This is martial law without a formal declaration of war. This heavy-handed, chest-thumping, politicized, militarized response to what is clearly a matter for local government is yet another example of ...

On the way home from my office the other day I was delighted to see several small American flags affixed atop a lengthy row ...

GOP leaders are accused of violating the Constitution when they enacted new electoral maps. The first day of the hearing was ...