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A little-known law called ERISA bars millions of patients from suing for damages when health insurers wrongly deny claims.

Mail-in voting was created during the Civil War so soldiers could vote. That legacy helped shape how the Supreme Court ruled more than 160 years later.

New legislation in Denver created a program to build, repair and maintain sidewalks throughout the city.

Montesquieu shaped how Americans understood liberty, and his warning about a 'tyranny of opinion' speaks to today's polarization.

A former federal judge analyzes key Supreme Court decisions this term, reflects on growing judicial invective evident in its opinions, and judiciously gives praise for some great writing.

The US Supreme Court ruled that states could exclude transgender athletes from girls and women's sports teams.

From a synagogue's 5K to Appalachia's Hillbilly Days, shared celebrations pull strangers together.

Data center proposals are often local controversies with significant underlying principles at stake.

Pointing to the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, the high court ruled that all babies born in the United States 'are citizens by birth.'

A huge amount of money flows into campaigns in the United States. For 20 years, the Supreme Court has been loosening rules for who can contribute and how much. It just loosened the rules again.