When the U.S. Constitution was approved in 1787, one of its first requirements was a government head count of the nation's population--to occur within three years. The task was important enough to be included in Article 1, Section 2, which follows just after a short description of Congress itself.
One of the most important themes of the recently completed Supreme Court term is the significance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg being replaced by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. An important example of how this has affected court rulings came in a case in the area of Indian law that, by comparison, received little media attention. »Read more
After several collaborations with bestselling author James Patterson, Judge David Ellis of Illinois, a prolific novelist, decided to go it alone for his latest book, "Look Closer." The result is a twisty, fast-paced thriller.
