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A law moving many town and county elections in New York to even-numbered years to align them with state and federal races was struck down by a state j...

BERKELEY, Calif. (TNS) — What role, if any, will the Supreme Court play in the November presidential election? That is the crucial, unknowable questio...

OLEAN — City court officials want to issue warrants for those who fail to appear on local charges. The Common Council’s committee of the whole on Tues...

SCHENECTADY (TNS) — The proposed Equal Rights Amendment that would change the state constitution has become a lightning rod for political controversy ...

ALBANY — A New York judge said Friday he won’t force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed antidiscrimination amendment to the state...

ALBANY (TNS) — In November, New Yorkers will vote on a constitutional amendment that would codify reproductive rights and protection from identity-bas...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Just three months after he was sworn into office in 2021, President Joe Biden disposed of a troublesome campaign issue using the o...

DETROIT (TNS) — President Joe Biden is treating the Constitution as a mere suggestion in calling for sweeping changes to the United States Supreme Cou...

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced legislation Thursday reaffirming that presidents do not have immunity for criminal action...

ALBANY — New York’s highest court heard arguments Tuesday in a Republican challenge of a law that allows any registered voter to cast a mail-in ballot...

ALBANY — A proposed amendment to New York’s Constitution that’s intended to protect abortion rights might appear on the ballot this fall without any m...

ALLEGANY — A New York City attorney is appealing rulings allowing the state to arbitrarily invoke quarantine rules as well as place an amendment on th...

ALLEGANY — The next Right Thinkers meeting is Monday evening at The Hall, with panelists set to discuss constitutional issues. Among the panelists wil...

A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to bar discrimination over “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” will appear on the ballot this N...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity didn’t sit well at all with the current occupant of the office. “The Am...

If he can require payment before offering a pardon, why not call him king? If he can use military force against American citizens, why not call him ki...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (TNS) — For decade after decade in the United States of America, July 4, 1776, has been joyously celebrated as the date when America...

In ruling that Donald Trump and other former presidents enjoy immunity from prosecution for “official acts,” the Supreme Court on Monday gave shocking...