A Michigan appellate court correctly enforces a Muslim couple's "mahr" agreement, entered at the time of the couple's marriage and calling for the husband to pay certain funds to the wife -- it's a valid contract, enforceable under secular law, regardless of its religious motivation.
The Starbucks magnate is rich and early enough to buy his way onto ballots, but it's hard for a relative unknown to beat the third-party boomerang effect in a time of centrism-hating polarization.
Also suspicious: Recording police behavior.
A bipartisan, bicameral proposal would stop Trump from using the tired "national security" excuse to justify his protectionist trade policies.
In Mercenaries 2, China and the U.S. fight over pieces of Venezuela, before the entire country is wrecked by a nuclear warhead.
Come to Georgetown Law for a deep dive into originalism theory and practice
Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch talk about the deep and ever-changing political and cultural meaning of football's biggest game.
3 upcoming talks by authors that are open to the public
Family files lawsuit after surveillance footage shows staff failing to get him medical help.
Philadelphia's innovative treatment program for incarcerated opioid users is failing. Is it because doctors don't want to treat opioid addicts?
Foxconn is reconsidering its plans to build a manufacturing facility that was supposed to create 13,000 blue collar jobs.
The Super Bowl is around the corner and a popular sex trafficking myth is back.
Even if Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were selling heroin out of their house, the government's violent response cannot be morally justified.
It all seems rather petty.
How much power does the state of California have to force NIMBY localities to build more housing?
Transitioning to a fully government-run system would require eliminating private health insurance for nearly 180 million Americans.
Spoiler alert: It wasn't heroin.
Plus: Another way the E.U. "right to be forgotten" is risky, and Baltimore cuts back on pot prohibition
City regulations have driven nearly 50 percent of licensed food trucks out of business, but Courageous Cupcakes is fighting back.
New York City's arbitrary restrictions on transporting firearms give SCOTUS a chance to curtail rampant disrespect for the Second Amendment.
Football is popular enough to thrive without politicians subsidizing it.
Whether the police will stop arresting people is another question.
"The robber didn't get anything, but the police got everything."
The reduction will not be enough to displace the black market.
Empire star attacked on streets of Chicago late last night.
Class action claim contends 85 percent of people jailed before trial simply cannot afford to pay and aren't offered alternatives.
The 2020 contender's single-payer pitch is all about disruption.
The former Starbucks CEO is getting dragged by liberals and progressives because he is talking about debt and spending in ways they don't like.
The accidental criminal penalties in Baltimore's proposed scooter bill reveal the problems with the default criminalization of code violations.
Miller's enforcement-plus agenda is destroying Trump's presidency.
That's on top of massive long-term debts for retiree health care benefits.
Sports stadiums get billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies.
Unsurprisingly, a lot of Democrats and media lapped it up.
Sports stadiums get billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies.
"PCC Public Safety was made aware of a possible planned disruption to tonight's event."
An investigation into why people are working more without accomplishing more
"The encounter was so mundane that you have to wonder what other non-events will be used to try to destroy you or me."
Early progress in U.S.-Taliban peace talks are a reminder of how little we're fighting for in Afghanistan.
It will leave us with a bigger, more powerful, and more fragile federal government.
Is it moral to blame a country's problems on a handful of wealthy individuals? Is it a wise political strategy?
It's time to admit that Venezuela's "21st century socialism" failed.
Bills introduced in Montana, Florida, and Washington would either ban or restrict plastic straws.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
A newly passed police transparency bill is under attack across the state. The latest tactic: insisting it's not retroactive.
Assessing Elizabeth Warren's "tippy-top" tax, Howard Schultz's presidential candidacy, Donald Trump's shutdown-shutdown, and more
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