It was Senator Barry Goldwater who said “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.” The famed conservative eventually mellowed in his views, but the fact remains he was wrong then and he is ...

Learn how petitions function in legal cases, their role vs. complaints, and see real examples in court proceedings.

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The age of big data is upon us. Data in law is ubiquitous, informative of past decisions and helpful in prognosticating future ...

The retro way to get the attention of the White House was to write an op-ed in a high profile newspaper, lobby Congress, or maybe even stage a march on Washington. Today all you need to do is click a ...

In theory, citizen petitions about drug safety are supposed to be exactly what they sound like: a way for anyone to bring concerns straight to the Food and Drug Administration. In practice, many ...

AN ONLINE petition to ban Donald Trump from making a state visit to Britain this summer is destined to be ignored. The petition has so far been signed by 1.8m people, nearly four times as many as a ...