8/12/1795: Chief Justice John Rutledge takes judicial oath.  

The court is unmoved by the claims that defendants' coverage of the underlying dispute led to people threatening her.

"John Adams, Oliver Ellsworth, Rufus King, Albert Gallatin, Robert Morris, James Monroe, Joseph Story, Jonathan Trumbull, James Madison, Henry Clay, [and] John Quincy Adams ... knew a thing or two about the Constitution."

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Jason Silva discusses the promise of AI, the psychedelic renaissance, and the case for embracing technological optimism.

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Third-party bids are much more fun to talk about than do. Plus, there's reason to suspect it's all a bid to boost J.D. Vance.

Meta is on trial for fomenting "FOMO," among other things. It sounds silly, but the playbook used here could work against religious groups, fast food, and much more.

California's attorney general is fighting a merger that 65 countries and the DOJ already cleared. Now, the state may lose thousands of jobs.

What kind of country would America be if people were freely allowed to peacefully deliver goods that had been consensually bought and sold?

The Second Circuit asks New York's highest court to indicate what New York law says on this.

Appealing to national security is not a "get-out-of-law-free card," a federal court ruled last week.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims that more oil is left the Middle East in a day than before the war. But the industry isn’t buying it—and gas prices are still high.

A comptroller audit says New York State's recycling data are unreliable.

An apparent surge of ICE arrests in airport terminals has created viral videos and questions over ICE's authority to board planes without judicial warrants.

Trump is sending nearly $2 billion in foreign aid through Christian groups, despite promising to cut wasteful spending.

A new Justice Department memo says the presidents can hide conversations with private advisers under a broad reading of executive privilege.

To fly a drone out of sight, you must get airline-level certification, which requires a lengthy approval process from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The second Trump Administration insists on acting unilaterally, and that will make many of its policy changes unsustainable over time.

The Marque and Reprisal Clause as Textual Proof of Private Heavy-Arms Ownership at the Founding