A last-ditch effort from attorneys of a death row inmate argue that his beliefs about being a "sovereign citizen" could be considered insanity and should spare him from execution.

they say removing state jurisdiction is an important step toward respecting Native American nations as self-governing sovereign states. “The return of state-assumed jurisdiction under PL-280 to ...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday said Democrats “have to take some responsibility” for the current state of the country, ...

OPINION: The U.S. Constitution was crafted in 1787 to establish and limit a central government. Some limitations are direct, ...

The Tennessean asked readers if America is in a 'constitutional crisis' during the second Trump term. Here is what they said.

A woman has been sentenced to two years' jail after she abducted her child from a Wollongong park and attempted to take them to a "sovereign state". The offender was also found in contempt of ...

But just last year, when the Supreme Court overturned a Reagan-era decision requiring federal judges to defer to bureaucratic ...

Wealth and income levels can vary greatly from state to state — for instance, what it takes to be wealthy in California is not the same amount of money required to be rich in Missouri ...

When Stephen Richer, former Republican county recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona, joined the Ash Center for Democratic ...

State and local officials play direct and crucial roles in shaping and safeguarding our civil rights and civil liberties, ...

JURIST Staff, US Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983-2009) between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant and political ...

The bad news: Frito-Lay recalled 13-ounce bags Tostitos Cantina Traditional Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips in 13 states, including Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. The relatively good news ...