Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […] The ...

From democracies to dictatorships, federal systems to unitary states, this video breaks down every major form of government ...

Again, given the extensive work that went into Ekweremadu’s Bill for the Creation of State Police, the National Assembly has ...

The Court's right-wing bloc sounds ready to axe independent federal agencies—and the precedents that guard them.

Ambedkar carefully considered North-South differences when making India's federal structure. He believed that federalism ...

Our heroic lower court judges, and the Justice Department’s war on the only group blocking Trump’s extra-legal push.

Nigeria's 15-year Boko Haram fight is troubling. He calls for specialized training and modern tech for the military.

Eroding checks and balances in the age of Trump.

I was hoping the new Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution would acknowledge the Dutch’s role in framing the ...

With the shutdown finally in the rearview mirror, the focus in the Senate is turning to an upcoming fight over health care, with Democrats hoping to regroup after splintering in the final stages of ...

On Monday the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that will decide whether to grant the ...

The court’s conservative majority seemed ready to overturn or strictly limit a landmark decision from 1935 in a case dealing ...