The U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1789, is our supreme law. The first 10 amendments, or Bill of Rights, were ratified in December 1791. The 11th Amendment was ratified four years later. When I served ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

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A United States District Court (E.D. California) (“Court”) addressed in a July 31st Order a federal question jurisdiction issue arising out of a Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) ...

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official ...

BOTTOM LINE: Where a man argued that Maryland effectuates a taking because it does not pay interest on unclaimed property that is returned to the property owner, his claims were barred by Eleventh ...

Federal courts, more than three years after enactment, have wrestled with almost every conceivable issue raised by the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA). Indeed, reported CAFA decisions now ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Millions of women across the U.S. celebrated on Friday, as President Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is now “the law of the land.” One of those women is ...