As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the case continue to be felt today.

Unlike in criminal cases, there is no constitutional right to an attorney in civil legal matters. This can affect low-income ...

The SPLC has $30 million in offshore accounts and interests in the Cayman Islands, according to its most recent IRS filing.

Crawford County government leaders lay responsibility for the relocation of LGBTQ-themed books in its libraries -- and the ...

President Trump's comments in early July 2025 prompted questions about whether the U.S. could deport the world's richest man.

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in ...

Brothers in Law is a recurring series by Professors Akhil and Vikram Amar. For more content from Akhil and Vikram, please see ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center—led by charismatic, swashbuckling founder Morris Dees—is making the most of the Trump era. But is it overstepping its bounds?

The right to a civil jury trial is far more deeply rooted in American history and tradition than is the right to own guns, which the Supreme Court was right to incorporate.

The Reason Nobody Can Afford a Lawyer? It’s Lawyers. An unusual coalition now aims to bust their monopoly on civil legal advice. Chris Pomorski March+April 2024 Issue ...

The nation’s elite law firms are on the wrong side of the nation’s civil rights laws again. In March, many of those firms received letters from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...

The University of Michigan Law School chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has been circulating an open letter over the past month regarding surveillance cameras installed in the Diag and the ...