Every word matters in critical legal documents, and no language is more pored over and parsed for meaning than that used in our U.S. Constitution.

Nearly two and a half centuries ago — in an era of quill pens, muskets and horse-drawn conveyances — America became the first modern democracy, founded on a belief in ...

A left-for-dead natural gas pipeline is getting a second chance at life in New York, where state regulators this week ...

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

Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion editor David Plazas is a first-time runner of the Peachtree Road Race and shares his experience preparing for the landmark event.

Five Choctaw constitutional amendments are on a July 12, 2025, ballot alongside the nation's regularly scheduled Tribal ...

Sealand, an offshore platform off England's coast, is the world's smallest state. It has just one permanent resident and its ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the tax piece of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” a core component of his agenda, would add to deficits after 2034, the end of the 10-year ...

Regional animosities have existed in Illinois since before it was admitted to the Union in 1818 as the 21st state, and only ...

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 ...

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 Justice Department has fired at least three prosecutors involved in U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases, according to two ...