With just minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has made a series of stunning clemency decisions.

The U.S. immigration system isn’t ready for the havoc and expense this bill could unleash. But the real pain will be felt by the immigrants the bill targets.

How news coverage fuels the widespread, misguided perception that crime is up and cities are unsafe

Trump’s pick to run the FBI has already made it known who he plans to persecute if he gets confirmed.

We assume that victims will find closure when the people who hurt them are imprisoned. But many say that to heal, they need something else entirely.

Too many jurisdictions continue to abide by wholly discredited forensic techniques and pseudoscientific nonsense, which are leaving legal mayhem in their wake.

Trump won reelection, but a jury in a criminal trial is democracy too.

Carlton Reeves did not pull any punches in criticizing qualified immunity—and demanding that the justices finally do something about it.

Protecting democracy isn’t just about holding elections. It means making the government responsive to the American people’s wishes.

The former president’s lawlessness has dodged many an obstacle over the years, but he’s facing a new challenge now: a jury of his peers.

A worrisome case of misconduct is on the high court’s doorstep, creating the potential for a rollback of the power that district attorneys have long enjoyed.

Matthew Lassiter’s history plays out in ranch houses, high school parking lots, and courtrooms from Shaker Heights to Westchester to Orange County.

As the high court deliberates, policymakers are preparing for the possibility that they might solve a problem they created in the most punitive way.

With 274 homicides, 2023 was the deadliest year in Washington, D.C., in more than two decades.

They wield the important power of determining a victim’s manner of death—but they’re susceptible to both political pressure and racial bias.

This is the week that the former president’s epic legal misadventures begin. It’s hard to imagine his coming out unscathed.

From Trump on down, they’re speaking out on behalf of a Democratic senator buffeted by accusations of corruption—he’s just one more Biden deep state victim.

The former president will split his time between seeking the Republican nomination and performing his duties as a semiprofessional defendant.

The publisher of the Marion County Record says local law enforcement unleashed “Gestapo tactics” on his organization over the weekend.

Donald Trump is finally facing consequences for his most dastardly acts.