The First Congress proposed a Bill of Rights as protection for those fearful of a strong national government. The Bill of Rights came into effect in December 1791, after ratification by three-fourths ...
Colorado state Sen. Larry Liston speaks about Alex Pretti's killing in the Colorado Senate on Monday. (Screenshot from Colorado Channel YouTube) Larry Liston, a Colorado state senator, has long been a ...
The Supreme Court added just one case – a technical dispute over the interaction between two federal environmental laws – to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 29: Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, accompanied by her aides, speaks ...
The Department of Justice is quietly restarting a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One of them was an ...
The new office may not have legal standing, an expert tells theGrio: “Cute for the photo op. Worthless in practice.” The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division established an office focused ...