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Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified at a Justice Department oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He defended President Trump’s decision to fire former FBI Director…

The Justice Department announced the indictments of two Chinese nationals on allegations of conspiracy to traffic fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told…

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan was the keynote speaker at an a event focusing on enforcing immigration laws and strengthening border security. Mr. Homan spoke at…

Chad Readler, the acting assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, gave a Constitution Day address at Ashland University’s Ashbrook Center. He talked about the…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Class v. United States. The case concerns whether a person who pleads guilty to a crime as part of a plea deal waives the right to challenge the…

House Natural Resources Committee Chair Rob Bishop (R-UT) talked about western wildfires, disaster aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and his bill on national monuments, which would…

Carter Smith talked about his book Gangs in the Military , in which he examines the recruitment of active and nonactive military into street and motorcycle gangs and domestic terrorist and…

Philanthropist David Rubenstein talked about what he thinks Americans should know about the 1787 Constitutional Convention. He was joined Jeffrey Rosen.

Descendants and participants in landmark Supreme Court cases talked about the legacies of those historic decisions. Cases discussed included Korematsu v. United States, Brown v. Board of…

Panelists talked about free speech. Panelists included Jelani Cobb, author and New Yorker staff writer; Michelle Goldberg, author and Slate columnist; and Suzanne Nossel, executive director of…

Author Floyd Abrams talked about President Trump’s recent attacks on the press.

President Trump announced the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen to be the next Homeland Security secretary in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Ms. Nielsen was nominated to replace…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in District of Columbia v. Wesby. This case concerns the Fourth Amendment and probable cause arrests. Theodore Wesby was one of several people…

David Hemenway talked about the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas and argued that gun violence should be considered a public health issue.

Homeland Security and Energy Departments officials testified at a hearing on federal government cybersecurity programs and initiatives. Issues discussed included the Trump administration’s…

Professor Gordon Lloyd gave a Constitution Day talk titled, “The Lost Art of Compromise.” Professor Lloyd discussed compromises in the framing of the U.S. Constitution and argued that…

Jeffrey Rosen gave a tour of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and spoke about the creation of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. He also showed several rare early drafts.

Timothy Tyson talked about his book The Blood of Emmett Till, in which he recalls the life and death of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year old African-American, who was tortured and killed in…

Professor James Forman talked about his book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, in which he examines criminal justice polices put in place in the early 1970s and…

David Grann talked about his book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, in which he recalls the murders of members of the Osage Indian nation in the 1920s.…