A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's attempt to punish so-called "sanctuary cities." The lawsuit was filed by the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Wednesday that an Ohio law banning the state's Department of Health from funding any entity or its affiliate performing or promoting non-therapeutic abortions through...
The Supreme Court of Maine on Tuesday upheld a voter-approved measure to implement ranked choice voting . Last summer, the Maine Supreme Court partially struck down 2016 legislation that enacted ranked choice voting...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Wednesday that grants 35,000 paroled felons the right to vote. The governor issued the order by invoking Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the...
A federal judge on Wednesday found Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court for violating a preliminary injunction regarding registering voters in his state. Chief Judge Julie A. Robinson of the US District...
The US Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution expressing disapproval for a rule intended to prevent racial discrimination in auto loans. The original rule was issued in 2013 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and...
The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled on Wednesday that the state's death penalty statute does not violate the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of "the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury" Maurice Mason, a...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in two cases: the first concerns tribal fishing rights, and the second asks whether certain costs are compensable losses under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act. The first case, Washington v. US...
Another federal lawsuit has been filed against the US Census Bureau regarding a controversial citizenship question added to the 2020 Census. The City of San Jose and Black Alliance for Just Immigration, a California non-profit corporation,...
A class action lawsuit filed in a Georgia federal district court on Tuesday accuses CoreCivil , one of the country's largest private prison contractors, of "maintain a deprivation scheme intended to force detained immigrants to work for...