A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana ruled Sunday that Louisiana must continue to provide Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics for 14 days. Judge John deGravelles's...

A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday upheld the main parts of Connecticut and New York gun control legislation that ban semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines. The...

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) on Monday filed a criminal complaint against a high-ranking CIA official for mistreatment of Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen who was detained and allegedly tortured for...

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Friday issued a temporary order allowing Texas officials to continue denying birth certificates to children of immigrants. Earlier this year a group of undocumented...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two sets of cases, involving patent infringement damages and energy preemption, respectively. The first set, Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer and Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse...

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt agreed Friday to suspend all executions until his office has completed an investigation into the use of a wrong lethal injection drug during an execution last January. Pruitt...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that Google's efforts to digitize millions of books for an online library is permissible fair use. Google has scanned more than 20...

Maine's revised concealed carry law went into effect Thursday and allows legal gun owners to carry concealed weapons without a permit. The law was passed by the Maine State Legislature and approved by Governor...

The Superior Court of Maricopa County on Thursday struck down a 2012 Arizona law that mandated abortion pills be regulated according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as violating the state constitution. The law...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday. In Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) v. Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) , the court heard oral arguments on the issue of...