In India, parents often accumulate property for their children and also make a will to avoid disputes. If there is no will, ...

Over the next twelve months, this column will periodically discuss one of those American founding principles in the hope of ...

A string of recent moves by the current administration—including federal layoffs, prosecutorial shifts, and regulatory changes—raises legal and constitutional questions about the evolving relationship ...

This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the ...

For nearly 50 years, the Mountain States Legal Foundation has been using the courts to keep big government at bay. Now, the ...

Brothers in Law is a recurring series by Professors Akhil and Vikram Amar. For more content from Akhil and Vikram, please see ...

This special feature contains summaries of “important opinions” published in Virginia Lawyers Weekly during the first half of ...

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

We have seen this before. A foreign entity attacks American persons or property and the government warns that its sleeper cells have ...

The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the declaration was an enormous political innovation — in it, the country ...

On the Fourth of July, contributing columnist Mike Vogel writes about what really matters, starting with the Bill of Rights ...