The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a new department-wide policy that increases the number of instances in which US law enforcement must obtain a search warrant to use cell-site technology. Law...

The Washington Supreme Court ruled Friday that voter-approved initiative 1240 , which allowed 40 charter schools across the state, is unconstitutional. The court determined that the schools cannot receive public funding because the state superintendent has...

A Chilean appeals court on Saturday upheld the convictions of two men for the killing of two Americans in 1973. The Appeals Court of Santiago affirmed the seven-year sentence of General Pedro Espinoza Bravo and the two-year...

A judge for the US District Court for the Easter District of New York on Thursday ruled that a Long Island town's law preventing day laborers from soliciting work on sidewalks is an unconstitutional violation...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday reinstated a case claiming Nevada has failed to provide voter registration services to its low-income citizens, as required under Section 7 of the National...

A US district court judge on Thursday held Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court for her continued refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The ruling by District Judge David Bunning came after...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a transgender immigrant was protected from being deported to Mexico under the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) . Edin Avendano-Hernandez petitioned the Board...

Five judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion stating that the circuit's decision to uphold the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was "clearly and...

The Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA) , in partnership with the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School released a report Wednesday estimating that between 80,000 to 100,000 prisoners were in...

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Wednesday published a ruling holding that a lesbian woman has no visitation or custody rights to a boy given birth by her partner before they were married. Writing for the court,...