Seventy-two naturalized immigrants proudly held their hands over their hearts at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Friday and pledged allegiance to America amid cheers from U.S. citizens who welcomed them — a stark contrast to the rising tensions nationwide in response to the surge of Central American immigrants crossing the U.S. border. Published July 4, 2014
As the case against Benghazi suspect Ahmed Abu Khatalla proceeds, legal experts say Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights do not always apply to foreign nationals when their property is searched or they are interrogated in foreign lands. Published July 2, 2014
President Obama's White House has quietly empowered itself to censor or delay the release of information in ways that not even Richard Nixon envisioned during the Watergate scandal. Published June 30, 2014
It started out as a hotly contested case that revived the decades old pro-choice vs. pro-life argument, but on Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Massachusetts law that banned protestors within 35 feet of entrances, exists and driveways of abortion clinics. Published June 28, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday may have dashed the hopes of Americans trying to find an inexpensive alternative to cable TV. Published June 26, 2014
Wednesday’s unanimous Supreme Court ruling prohibiting warrantless cellphone searches may foreshadow how justices will review and ultimately decide upcoming cases that examine the constitutionality of NSA mass surveillance programs, legal experts say. Published June 25, 2014
Legal experts say that the executive agency that stripped the Redskins of its trademark will face the very difficult task of proving that a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities in the Native American community would view the name and logo as offensive once the suit is heard in federal court. Published June 20, 2014
Zachary Wood can't wait to start college. Published June 18, 2014
Few American journalists know how life in Vladimir Putin's Russia embraces the atmosphere of fear, secrecy and corruption that flourished in the Soviet Union. Published June 5, 2014
It takes a big man to admit when he's wrong. Published April 30, 2014
With its ruling upholding the right of Michigan voters to ban racial preferences in state university admissions, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday took what legal scholars are saying one more step away from the concept of federal supremacy. Published April 22, 2014
Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis is not the first lawyer faced with conflict-of-interest allegations. Published April 16, 2014
Wendy Davis' legal representation of the North Texas Tollway Authority while serving on the state Senate could raise eyebrows at the Texas bar association or the state ethics commission. Published April 16, 2014
Chris Brown's misdemeanor assault trial begins Thursday at D.C. Superior Court, only a few blocks from the White House, but a conviction there is the least of his concerns. Published April 13, 2014
An acquittal in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial could still result in a homicide conviction because of the vagaries of South African law. Published April 12, 2014
A federal judge's blocking of a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an Ecuadorean environmental lawsuit this month has generated numerous media reports about how the plaintiffs' attorneys engaged in bribery, coercion, corruption and fraud. Published April 10, 2014
What was the shooter's motive? Published April 3, 2014
The Supreme Court's decision to remove the overall limit of how many candidates an individual can contribute to during an election cycle is sure to spark some heated debate during a mid-term election year. Published April 3, 2014
In a memo to the White House in July 1981, advisers in the Ronald Reagan administration urged opposition to a new pipeline from Russia's oil- and gas-rich regions to Europe, warning that it would weaken the West's bargaining hand. Published March 5, 2014
At the height of Russia's hosting of the Winter Olympics, Britain's High Court on Tuesday gave a green light for a public investigation of Moscow's presumed role in the 2006 assassination of a former Russian spy in London. Published February 11, 2014
