The Rule of Law is the principle that all persons will be treated equally and justly in a civilized society. No man or woman is above the law. The highest aspirations of the rule of law are ...

WASHINGTON − Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito a few years ago described what he called a farcical scenario. What if a sitting president is criminally charged by New York, he postulated. Could he be ...

"AB 5207 evades easy classification under a particular branch of the Supreme Court's Supremacy Clause jurisprudence," stated Judge Robert Kirsch. "Regardless of the doctrine invoked, the result in ...

We finished our study of Article V of the U. S. Constitution. This is our 18th column. We shall now delve into Article VI of the Constitution’s seven Articles. Article VI deals primarily with the ...

The motion by President Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to dismiss the criminal charges handed up against him by a grand jury in Georgia could offer a preview of the defense being readied ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has continued its commitment to upholding and enforcing arbitration agreements in accordance with their terms, despite attempts by some state and lower federal courts to limit ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker violated the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution by expanding the state’s migrant sanctuary policies, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says. Pritzker signed House Bill ...

President Trump’s marshaling of the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, in a filing Friday morning, to persuade Judge Scott McAfee to dismiss two more of the charges handed up by District Attorney Fani ...

The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution states, in part: “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Rule of Law is the ...