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Earlier this month, President Barak Obama commuted the sentences of 46 inmates serving long prison sentences for non-violent drug offenses including 11…

An appeals court Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to Florida’s “red flag” law, which passed after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s...

A new law that legalized full-strength marijuana for terminally ill patients has spurred the latest challenge in the competition for coveted medical...

How does military law handle a deserter or a defector? And how will the U.S. military deal with the controversial case of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl?

President Barack Obama says Russia is "on the wrong side of history" in Ukraine and its actions violate international law.

Florida lawmakers passed far-reaching health care legislation this year, from trying to import drugs from other countries to regulating plastic-surgery...

A copyright ruling from the Library of Congress covers whether people may buy a phone from one carrier and then use it with another. A recent change makes it illegal to unlock a phone, or untie it from the original carrier, without permission. But some people are petitioning the White House to undo that change.

Florida’s new law that expands access for service animals used by people with disabilities has received the most attention of the 13 veteran-related...

Since John Kerry tapped John Edwards as his running mate on Tuesday, the two senators have been on a multi-state tour. In Raleigh, N.C., and Albuquerque, N.M., immigration reform was the focus. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

Ruthann Robson's new book explores the issues around what we wear and how it's legislated, including everything from First Amendment questions to government concerns about public nudity.