Prince of Sicily said in the wonderful novel The Leopard, ‘If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.

President Jimmy Carter appointed more judges to the federal bench than any other president has done in a single term.

Roosevelt expanded government to help the nation climb out of the Great Depression. But he also recognized that too much ...

Readers grapple with a recent Ideas piece that examined how the First Amendment has fostered, and protected, more "reckless" speech than "fearless" speech.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) resumed the role of Senate president pro tempore. The person who is the longest-serving ...

The president has appointed 235 magistrates, the most in a single term since Jimmy Carter, and expects them to defend the ...

Carter appointed 262 federal judges during his years in office, more than any single-term president before him. He also ...

After a year in which he helped reshape the Texas Legislature, Gov. Greg Abbott is at the zenith of his political power.

Department of Homeland Security agent has been charged in federal court with using a confidential informant to sell illicit ...

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is returning for a short stint on his old home turf — the U.S. Court of ...