An appeals panel found the Venezuelan gang wasn’t a legitimate target for a law that has only been used three times before in ...

The resistance to Federalists’ hysteria about supposed French influence in American politics is history worth revisiting, ...

President Donald Trump was blocked by a federal appeals court from using an 18th-century wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, ...

A federal appeals court issued a searing rebuke to President Trump late Tuesday, ruling that he overstepped his deportation powers when he used a centuries-old law to speed up the deportation of ...

Two appeals courts in the past few days have issued resounding rulings that many of President Trump’s high-profile moves on tariffs and immigration were illegal. Both cases will soon head to the ...

The Whiskey Rebellion : George Washington -- The Alien and Sedition Acts: John Adams -- The Embargo Acts: Thomas Jefferson -- The War of 1812: James Madison -- The Trail of Tears: Andrew Jackson -- ...