Republic of Srpska on Wikipedia: The Republika Srpska (Serbian Cyrillic: Република Српскa, pronounced [repǔblika sr̩̂pskaː] ( listen)) is an administrative entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of two administrative entities, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovin...

During the ACA fight there was considerable discussion of whether the penalty for not carrying personal health insurance was a tax or a fine. The concepts have identical effects; only the wording is different. Yet it seemed to matter a great deal which was which. If there are two laws, one creati...

When a Supreme Court Justice dies, how long before a new Justice is appointed per the law or the way that typically works? I hear this talk that it shouldn't be Obama or whatever (death of Antonin Scalia), so I'm trying to understand when a Justice dies, how long until a new one is typically ap...