Opposition parties, the judiciary, the press, and civil-society groups aren’t destroyed, but over time they lose their life, ...

The right to trial by jury in criminal and civil cases is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. It’s also a critically important way in which citizens can participate in democracy. The French thinker ...

The New Republic reports that President Donald Trump is having an easier jog to dictatorship thanks to American complacency, ...

Editor’s Note: Part of Civitas Outlook’s “Texas and the Future of Legal Education” Symposium. The Texas Supreme Court has taken the first necessary step in reforming legal education and restoring ...

For 75 years, both parties have supported nurturing foreign governments committed to political freedom and free markets.

When the Founders proposed government by the consent of the governed, they did not mean the adoption of policies most citizens abhor.

This July 4th weekend, read about the bold and radical experiment to test a wholly new form of government Barbara Clark Smith When colonists began to argue with the British government in the mid-1760s ...

"Public servants are sacrificing their time and abilities to serve the American people and they should be respected," said ...

The village egg toss on the Fourth of July sings of democracy to me. An exuberant gaggle of 100-plus people lined up for the competition. A little bit of everybody joined in, all ages, sizes and ...

Today, there is a new category of front-line workers who, alas, are not receiving such acclaim. They are the judges who staff the nation’s 94 federal district courts and risk their safety and ...

WASHINGTON — In an afternoon’s walk through ground zero of Americana — the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History — objects around every corner invite one question: What could possibly be ...

That early experience with the “spirit of American innovation,” Altman told the senators, put him on a path to found OpenAI, launch ChatGPT, and set off the AI boom. “I think America is just an ...