Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says improved civic education across the country would help people make better decisions ...

In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding,” journalist Osita Nwanevu argues that the way out of Trump’s authoritarian morass begins with ...

There is a palpable difference between a peaceful assembly to seek redress for legitimate grievances, which is a constitutionally-enshrined fundamental right of a sovereign people, and illegal acts of ...

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's comments about kings come at a time when President Trump is pushing the boundaries on presidential power.

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday warned that the poor quality of civics education means Americans may not know the difference between a president and a king.

In 2007, eight years after becoming Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez revoked the license of the country’s oldest private television station. Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump ...

The price of being a historical witness can at times be quite steep. One moment, witnesses are confronted with uplifting events, just to turn around to be presented with one equally horrifying.

Opposition parties, the judiciary, the press, and civil-society groups aren’t destroyed, but over time they lose their life, staggering on like zombie institutions, giving the impression that ...

The court has also positioned itself as an implacable enemy of political reform in other spheres. The 2019 decision Rucho v. Common Cause —written by Roberts himself— allowed state GOP lawmakers to ...