The Constitution includes detailed instructions for impeachment. But there’s no clear answer on whether a president may be criminally prosecuted....
Two days after giving in to Islamist pressure, the authorities flip-flopped, saying the statue should be re-erected in a less prominent place....
A federal judge in Virginia ruled that the life sentences imposed when Lee Boyd Malvo was a teenager were unconstitutional....
Is there something particularly American about leaking? Some national allergy to protecting government secrets? Yes, in fact, there is....
A second survey of political scientists finds a sense that the United States is doing slightly worse in some aspects of political well-being....
An appeals court ruling on warrantless internet surveillance raises the chances that the Supreme Court could one day scrutinize the issue....
The special counsel investigating the Russia matter must find an end-run to obtain documents that Michael T. Flynn refuses to turn over....
Legal fees required to deal with the investigation into Russian involvement in the election will be steep. Many of those connected to it may not be able to afford them....
The framers cared more about a president’s “maladministration” and potential future abuses than they did about his past crimes and misdemeanors....
If Trump follows Reagan’s example, he can still save his presidency....
Early chatter has heightened interest in the process, even though experts caution that such talk is premature while the facts are still in question....
Removal, not impeachment, for a president unfit for office....
Mr. Bolan was, next to Roy M. Cohn, the quieter half of an odd couple at a potent law firm and a major player in Republican politics in New York....
The blue letters over an entrance at the Trump International Hotel alluded to questions about the president’s business affairs with foreign governments....
Emmanuel Macron’s victory in France proved that politicians who offer a positive vision for the E.U. can succeed. But time is running out.
When they have good careers, and their questionable deals don’t even make that much, why do they do it? Perhaps it’s hubris, mixed with the lure of easy money....
A test to decide when politics has unduly warped redistricting has long been a constitutional “holy grail.” A new Supreme Court case may establish that test....
Charlotte School of Law, already struggling to remain open and fighting lawsuits filed by former students, faces a civil investigation by the state’s attorney general....
The state’s Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a law including provisions on sex discrimination does not protect against attacks committed on the basis of sexual orientation....
The move increased the risk of missing something important, but removed a privacy issue at a time when the law on which the program is based will expire unless Congress extends it....
The personal injury law firm was famous for its infectious jingle....
Catalans have a long shared history with other Spaniards, and we are stronger united....
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed revising the country’s pacifist Constitution....
The nominations of 10 judges to the lower courts are the first in what could be near monthly waves of announcements to fill more than 120 vacancies....
Male partners in large firms make substantially more, a survey shows, and their female counterparts say it’s time for that to change....
Lawyers for Ahmad Khan Rahimi told a judge his statements were not voluntary and had been made “under severe medical distress.”...
She worked for a powerful lawyer who could be charming when he chose, but who also inspired dread....
A lion of New York’s white-collar criminal defense bar, Mr. Newman had a reputation for tackling the toughest cases....
Proudly self-governing yet still tethered to the homeland’s bureaucracy, these islands off the Canadian coast have a stake in Sunday’s Le Pen-Macron contest....
The move, which will allow accepted juniors to spend at least two years working, is part of an effort to encourage a more diverse pool of students to pursue a law degree....
A reader writes that the Constitution should be amended to authorize the recall of federal officials....
The prime minister said he wanted to make “explicit the status” of the country’s military by 2020.
Mr. Maduro said his plan would quell mounting protests against him, but his opponents called it an attempt to avoid elections.