The US Supreme Court ruled 7-1 Thursday in Birchfield v. North Dakota that governments can require suspected drunk drivers to undergo breath tests without first obtaining a warrant, but cannot require them to take...
Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson, Jr. was acquitted Thursday of all charges in relation to the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. The case was presided over by Baltimore Circuit Associate Judge Barry Williams, who stated that...
The US Supreme Court split 4-4 Thursday in United States v. Texas , allowing an order blocking enforcement of the Obama administration's immigration police to remain in place. The per curiam opinion read simply, "The...
The US Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Thursday in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin that the university's race-conscious admissions program is lawful. Abigail Fisher brought suit against the University of Texas at Austin...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Tuesday declined to block Mississippi's HB 1523 , which would allow clerks to refuse marriage licenses to same-sex couples citing "sincerely held religious...
A UN human rights adviser called on Bahrain Wednesday to ensure human rights are respected following protests triggered by the decision to strip Sheikh Issa Qassem, a prominent Shia religious leader, of his nationality. The protesters...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming ruled Tuesday that the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "lacked Congressional authority to promulgate" regulations concerning fracking...
US President Barack Obama signed legislation Wednesday granting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power to regulate thousands of everyday substances. The law makes major changes to the Toxic Substance Control...
A lawsuit is accusing a Louisiana judge of running a modern-day debtors' prison. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center , alleges that Judge Robert Black is sending poor defendants to jail when they...
A court in Cairo on Tuesday invalidated the Egyptian president's decision to give sovereignty over two islands to Saudi Arabia. In April President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi transferred sovereignty of Tiran and Sanafir islands in the Red Sea to...