"…nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb…" —Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution The government in America…

While the eyes of the political and media classes were on President Donald Trump as he commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day in the United Kingdom and in France last…

Last week, special counsel Robert Mueller — who had been appointed by the Department of Justice two years earlier to investigate the nature and extent of Russian attempts to influence…

"Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…" — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When James Madison agreed be the scrivener at the…

"If the president does it, that means it is not illegal." —Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) The revelation last weekend by Michigan Republican Congressman Justin Amash that he believes the Mueller…

There was a time in American history — nearly all of it up to the presidency of Woodrow Wilson — when the federal government followed basic constitutional norms. With some…

William Barr, the attorney general of the United States, now faces a likely contempt citation for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena and for misleading Congress. This is about…

One should expect fireworks this week as Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Judiciary Committees of both the House and the Senate about the investigation and the report of…

When the Department of Justice designated Robert Mueller as special counsel to take over the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign in May 2017, Mueller's initial task was to determine…

When Attorney General William Barr released his four-page assessment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 400-page report, I was disappointed at many of my colleagues who immediately jumped on board the…