Veteran journalist and foreign policy scholar Marvin Kalb talks about how more recent decisions to go to war were made and what they say about the evolution of executive power in the United States.

In a ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that Frederick County police exceeded their authority in arresting a Latina woman for being in the country illegally.

In the sentencing hearing for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, Judge Denise Lind is restricting specific "evidence of harm" brought by the prosecution.

A group that opposes sweatshops is suing the Metro Police Department after discovering an apparent undercover officer in the midst of their peaceful protests.

The bill by the Maryland senator would require federal officers to undergo training on racial profiling, provide grants to the Justice Department to combat profiling, and would require localities to provide more data to the Justice Department about their investigations.

Several counts faced by Army Pfc. Bradley Manning have been merged together, reducing the maximum jailtime he faces for his role in the release of classified documents to Wikileaks.

Police and domestic violence organizations are trying a new approach to curb domestic homicide. Law enforcement, the courts and victim advocates are starting to work together to prevent murders by predicting when they might happen by using a checklist of high-risk factors.

The first legal medical marijuana dispensary opened in the District last week, under some of the strictest oversight rules anywhere in the country. We explore what the District might learn from regulation around the country.

Civil liberties and gay-rights groups are challenging Virginia's same-sex marriage ban in court.

The ACLU lawsuit will argue that Virginia's voter-approved 2006 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and should be overturned.