A panel of legal experts discusses the perceived inconsistencies in recent Supreme Court bail judgments, specifically ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about pressing issues in legal education and society at large. 2025 Marks A Turning Point For The United States of America ...

Chief Justice John Roberts said in his annual year-end report on the judiciary that the nation’s founding charters remain robust.

When the founding fathers signed the US Constitution on September 17, 1787, they laid the foundations for a national government that was strong, but not omnipotent. The federal government was divided ...

The authors write "Though the ideal of rule of law can be differently understood, broad agreement exists about its basic requirements, central importance, and essential role in a free and just society ...

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court discreetly issued an emergency order permitting the Trump administration to move forward with sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. The unsigned ruling did ...

In an insightful contribution to the Yale Journal on Regulation online symposium on Adam Cox and Cristina Rodriguez's important new book, The President and Immigration Law, UC Berkeley law Professor ...

Ever since China’s economic opening in the early 1980s, people have been asking how much further can the Communist Party of China push economic reform while retaining absolute monopoly of political ...

To help readers better understand the nuances of foreign policy, CFR staff writers and Consulting Editor Bernard Gwertzman conduct in-depth interviews with a wide range of international experts, as ...

The Law of the Twelve Tables found in the Collection of Bibliothèque Nationale de France.Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images The rule of law, democracy and human rights: these are the ...

The Sixth Committee considered the item at its 6th to 9th, 32nd and 34th meetings, on 6, 7 and 10 October and 3 and 7 November 2022 (see A/C.6/77/SR.6, 7, 8, 9, 32 and 34). At the 6th meeting, on 6 ...