The 14th Amendment could offer avenue of recourse for President Joe Biden should Congress fail to resolve the debt ceiling issue. Some say that Biden could argue that the government is required to pay its bills and that the language of the...

Supreme Court will reexamine and potentially limit or overturn the so-called Chevron deference, a decades-old doctrine that allows government agencies to interpret statutes whose language is not clear.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a case involving a deaf student means many school districts and state boards of education may now face both administrative proceedings and civil suits over inadequate resources for disabled students.

Two cases will give the Supreme Court an opportunity to define when an official’s use of social media should be considered personal and when it should be considered a governmental function.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that could determine the ability of state law enforcement agencies to use civil asset forfeiture, a practice that four states have abolished entirely.

With the current farm bill set to expire on Sept. 30 and Congress holding hearings to determine stakeholder priorities, NCSL offers background on this vital legislation and a summary of the state priorities the organization is working to...