Ironically, had Justice Antonin Scalia lived, Fisher II might have been 4-4 or become Fisher III. But instead the more liberal Justices plus Justice Anthony Kennedy prevailed in this win for affirmative action.

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The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, marking the foremost change to the nation's chemical safety laws in 40 years, was signed into law Wednesday by President Obama.

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The U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 in United States v. Texas on whether President Obama’s deferred action immigration program violates federal law.

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Hospital emergency rooms are often thought of as medical battlefields, full of car accident victims, broken bones and raging fevers. But that's not always the case.

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From "Bones" to "The Good Wife" to "Orange is the New Black," drones have been widely featured in pop culture recently.

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The Federal Aviation Administration Tuesday told commercial drone pilots what they can and can't do with their small, unmanned aircraft.

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Ever wonder if all the toiling you do in the legislative trenches could possibly lead to fame or fortune?

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Twenty-five members of the 2016 Early Learning Fellows cohort, representing 16 states and the District of Columbia, traveled to Omaha to participate in a day-and-a-half meeting.

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A police officer stopped Edward Streiff after he left a suspected drug house based on what the state later conceded were insufficient grounds, making the stop unlawful. But the U.S. Supreme Court held 5-3 that even though the initial stop was illegal, the drug evidence could be admissible against Streiff in a trial.

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Whoever thought up merger provision in law probably long ago gave up worrying if it was unconstitutional, if they even ever thought about it. But now that person—and numerous cities, counties, and states—have reason to worry.

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