John Jay’s observation in Federalist No. 2 that Americans are “a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of ...

On June 26, 2015, in its 5-4 Obergefell v. Hodges decision, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the ...

Columnist Gail Symons writes, "Don’t miss the irony. By repealing local discretion, the gun-zones bill doesn’t expand freedom ...

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The court turned away many cases on the right to carry firearms prior to its landmark 2008 ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller and 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

In District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago, for example, the Supreme Court held that the government can’t ban the possession of handguns. Why?

Not only does he recognize the nationwide popularity of AR-15s (“20 to 30 million” owned), but he reminds the court that it is analytically difficult to distinguish semi-automatic AR-15s, which are ...

Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent. The lawsuit ...

The genetic-testing company, which collected DNA data from users, is for sale in bankruptcy court. Now, 27 states and the District of Columbia oppose selling the data without express consent.

Anger at PJM, which manages the electrical grid in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, has been boiling over in some state capitals. Over the last 100 years, the PJM grid has ...

House v. NCAA settlement approved, allowing colleges to directly pay athletes Terms include nearly $2.8 billion in back damages for former and current athletes and a $20.5 million cap for each D-I ...

The District enacted the Firearms Registration Amendment Act of 2008 after the Supreme Court invalidated the city’s sweeping restrictions on gun ownership in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).