The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday filed a motion in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky asking the court to enforce orders relating to the issuance of...

The US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has issued a report criticizing the Obama administration's immigration detention facilities, stating that some "are not fully complying with detention standards regarding medical care, legal information and...

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Friday urged countries to increase efforts to search for disappeared persons. Chairman of the group Ariel Dulitzky , in addressing the 47 members of...

Apple asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for extra time to appeal a decision which found the company had engaged in illegal "marketplace vigilantism" when it entered the e-book market. The US Court of Appeals for...

The US House of Representatives on Friday approved the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 , a bill that would cut all federal funding to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood . The vote followed...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , who alleged that Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday issued a ruling in Heller v. District of Columbia , ultimately upholding six and striking down four controversial elements of the Firearms Registration...

Moroccan born Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri, who spent 13 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison, was released Thursday as part of the Obama Administration's effort to wind down and eventually close the detention center. The US...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Thursday that Apple should have received an injunction barring Samsung from selling any devices that infringe on Apple's patents. The Federal Circuit panel...

Nebraskans for Public Safety initiated a lawsuit Thursday challenging the legality of a voter referendum that has been planned to potentially overturn the legislative repeal of the death penalty in the state. In May the...