Except for crimes committed on federal land, state law governs what constitutes a sex crime, and the definitions vary.

The president’s campaign to define—and enforce—patriotism poses constitutional questions for chief executives and football players alike.

The court is scheduled to hear cases relating to immigration, religious freedom, federalism, voting, employee rights and federal court jurisdiction over foreign governments and corporations.

Our information has been or soon will be made available to the Presidential Advisory Commission.

Controversial decisions, such as Brown v. Board of Education (school desegregation), Roe v. Wade (abortion) and, most recently, Obergefell v. Hodges (same-sex marriage), often are challenged for decades by opponents seeking their reversal or limitation.

The sale of new fully automatic weapons has been banned since 1986, but there are an estimated 182,600 pre-1986 machine guns in the United States that may be bought and sold legally.

The Supreme Court court ruled on June 26 that the government may not exclude religious groups from grant programs simply because they are religious.

The removal of a president from office is, and should be, difficult to accomplish. Currently, there are two constitutional means to remove a U.S. president: impeachment and activation of the procedures set forth in the 25th Amendment.

Discussions that lead to cooperative compliance are better than banning speech.

U.S. educational history is rife with examples of varying levels of government involvement with religious education in public schools.