The Fifth Amendment is part of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights and protects against self-incrimination.

As we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, the wealth management industry has its own moment of reflection. It’s time for the profession to embrace a modern “Advisor Bill of Rights”—a set of ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and independent states.” This Declaration of Independence, read to crowds ...

House Republicans on Thursday gaveled floor activity for the week, effectively cancelling a planned vote on a controversial Veterans Affairs Department overhaul bill that packages bipartisan benefits ...

After Congress advanced a bipartisan measure to improve housing affordability this week, President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a signing of the bill that was scheduled to happen at the Capitol. The ...

As autonomous vehicle companies like Waymo begin mapping the streets of Hoboken, Jersey City and Newark, the state has a narrow window to establish rules of the road for this technology before it’s ...

On June 12, 1776, Virginia unanimously proclaimed the Virginia Declaration of Rights—the first official declaration of individual liberties in the American Colonies and one of the most consequential ...

A printing of one of America’s oldest, most influential and rarest documents is held at Carnegie Mellon University. At the Posner Memorial Collection, CMU is displaying its rare 1792 printing of the U ...

Last month, The Hastings Center for Bioethics released an essay calling for a Family Bill of Rights for the Relatives of Patients with Serious Mental Illness. Their thinking illustrates today’s ...

Gov. Tim Walz has signed into law new protections that Minnesota lawmakers have called a homeowners' association (HOA) Bill of Rights. The new rules set limits on fines and conflicts of interest, and ...

In a major ruling that would permit weakening the voting power of minorities in the United States, the Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana’s ...

On Monday night in Cleveland, a grown man in the Progressive Field bleachers created a ruckus by botching a home run catch and then stealing the ball from the young girl who was trying to pick it up ...