What legal questions are raised by the U.S. invasion of Venezuela and its capture of President Maduro and his wife? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with international law professor Mary Ellen O'Connell.

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is being held in a Brooklyn jail so troubled that some judges have refused to send people there.

It's not a given that those matters will be points of emphasis when the annual regular session kicks off Jan. 14, but activity in the courts has left openings for legislative action.

Big Law leaders who faced unexpected political and economic turmoil this year hope to leave at least some of it in the rearview mirror in 2026.

The Supreme Court will soon consider whether a legal theory that defeated one of the nation’s most significant climate rules should also be wielded against one of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping economic policies. Wednesday’s oral argument ...

The first rule for writing litigation survey questions is fundamental: they must be written in a way that can be clearly understood by respondents taking the survey. [iii] Although this guideline is straightforward, it has several profound and complex implications, such as:

Federal appeals courts in 2026 will be considering major gun questions, navigating a landscape that’s still coming into focus after the US Supreme Court’s game-changing Bruen decision.

Nicolás Maduro is set to face charges in a US court on Monday that he led a cocaine conspiracy spanning more than a quarter of a century, in a case that could raise questions about the strong-arm tactics used to bring him to justice.