“A republic, if you can keep -it,” said Ben Franklin when asked what the Convention of States created in the Constitution of 1787. The United States of America has been our republic for 236 years. Its ...

The Supreme Court's last decision day of its term involved the justices reining in judicial power and serving up a victory ...

The Supreme Court’s decision in a birthright citizenship case, handed down on Friday, has ramifications way beyond President Trump. The big, long-term impact is the granting of greater leeway to ...

If you arose Friday morning thinking the U.S. Supreme Court would finally settle the question of birthright citizenship, you ...

The U.S. Supreme Court faulted district court judges who blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship order in every state, not ...

Worcester declared itself a "sanctuary city" for transgender and gender-diverse people in January. But there are other steps ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling tied to birthright citizenship prompted confusion and phone calls to lawyers as people who ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling blunting a potent weapon that federal judges have used to block government policies ...

The Supreme Court has set a new, higher bar for judges seeking to block Trump administration policies nationwide. But some ...

Here are the top stories involving the U.S. government this past week. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday issued decisions on ...

Ten years after their Supreme Court win, some veterans of the marriage equality battles see a shared struggle for transgender ...

The ruling came out of Trump's Jan. 20 executive order ending birthright citizenship. A flurry of states and organizations sued in response to the president's order, which caused the Trump ...