The Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that police roadblocks or checkpoints are only legal when they serve a specific road safety concern.

After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

The increased law enforcement presence drew a crowd of protesters a day after the National Guard was deployed on city streets ...

Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said ...

Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said ...

Advocacy groups say more than 100 cruise ship crew members have been deported in recent months, and they're not being shown ...

From mutinies to modernity, the District of Columbia's unique constitutional status lets Congress – and now President Trump – exert rare control over the capital’s streets and future.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) declared on Wednesday that Democrats will not go along with a potential request by President Trump to extend federal control of the Washington, D.C., ...

Viewing current events through the lens of German policymakers, stakeholders, and ordinary citizens helped explain their ...

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits ...

When Louisiana defended its congressional map before the U.S. Supreme Court back in March, Solicitor General J. Benjamin Aguiñaga told justices that state officials “would rather not be here.”  But ...

Constitutional concerns aside, this development represents the latest in an ongoing saga of Trump flip-flopping on chips, as ...