Police powers of the states do not trump federal control of immigration.

The Refugee Act assures adequate services are in place when refugees arrive; it does not grant states refusal powers.

Religious colleges, group homes and medical service providers must comply with the A.C.A. unless they give notice they are eligible for a religious accommodation.

In 2012 the Obama administration, frustrated by Congress’s failure to pass the DREAM Act, launched a policy initiative that grants young people who came to the United States as children limited authorization to work and live in the country.

Courageous conscientious objectors whose claims are denied engage in civil disobedience and bear the consequences.

The U.S. Supreme Court begins its fall term on the first Monday in October. And potential blockbusters already are on the docket.

Kim Davis could be fined, jailed, or removed from office.

The legal issues presented by the release of C.M.P.'s undercover videos involve a complicated mix of federal and state law.

Legal abstractions in Obergefell v. Hodges have concrete results

On June 26, 2015, a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that states may not limit marriage to opposite-sex couples. Justice Kennedy, in an opinion joined by Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, Kagan and Sotomayor, declared same-sex couples are protected by the due process and