The proposition of granting public officials legal immunity for their conduct is an inherently contentious one. It stems from the conflict between the responsibility to protect individual rights and ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Delligatti v. United States and reassess the definition of a “crime of violence” under 18 US Code § 924(c)(3). The court granted the case certiorari and ...

Millions of Americans could be eligible for tax refunds for pandemic-era penalties and interest because of a federal court decision. In Kwong v. United States, the court found that the IRS shouldn't ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Goulder covers developments in U.S. and international taxation. As many people expected, the outcome is pretty much a ...

Two years ago, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion and setting off a fierce fight for reproductive rights at the state level. Abortion has ...

We have been waiting several months for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to render a decision in Moore v. United States. Initially, our questions focused on the issue of “realized or ...

As US President Donald Trump hosted his El Salvador counterpart, Nayib Bukele, on Monday, much of the public part of their conversation and their media engagement revolved around shipping prisoners ...

Eighty years ago, Korematsu v. United States upheld the incarceration of Japanese Americans. The racism and hysteria that fueled that decision are still with us today. Fred Korematsu in 1983. On ...

On January 17, the District of Columbia Circuit issued a pivotal opinion regarding the Fifth Amendment rights of a defendant-appellant compelled by the FBI to unlock his cellphone using his thumbprint ...