The Docket is a new ongoing series from The NPR Politics Podcast where we examine the major legal questions of our time. Where does a law come from, and how does it impact daily life? This year the ...

"Local police departments have provided insufficient assistance," Justice Samuel Alito rages in dissent. "The protection of federal officers from potentially lethal attacks should not be thwarted." ...

No reason was given for the “correcting entry” on the court docket—meaning that the filing could be resubmitted at any time. Night Editor Hunter Biden’s lawyers almost immediately rescinded a filing ...