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A group of ten Republican legislators filed suit on Thursday seeking to prevent the new congressional map issued by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from taking effect. The suit, filed in the US District...

JURIST Guest Columnist Isaac Smith of the University of Cincinnati School of Law discusses the First Amendment implications of actions taken by Ohio University administrators... In 2017, violent student protests made headlines nationwide. The often minimal discipline meted out...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest Thursday on behalf of two conservative student groups at the University of California, Berkeley who are suing...

A former Department of Energy (DOE) has filed a whistleblower complaint claiming that he was fired after releasing controversial photographs of Energy Secretary Rick Perry embracing coal executive Robert Murray during...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief Thursday urging a judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas to dismiss a challenge to changes to Texas' 2011...

The Supreme Court of Texas held on Friday that the Houston's benefits policy need not extend to same-sex couples. In so holding, the Court concluded that: "The Supreme Court held in Obergefell that the Constitution...

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the proper review forum when the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) dismisses a mixed case on jurisdictional grounds is district court. The decision comes out of Perry...

The attorneys general of 11 states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Trump administration for failing to finalize energy efficiency standards for portable air-conditioners, freezers and other products. The lawsuit concerns five final rules that...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday night that significantly loosens voter identification requirements. Senate Bill 5 is intended to salvage portions of a 2011 law that was found to be discriminatory against minority voters...

Texas' Republican-controlled Senate gave final approval to a bill that would enable publicly funded foster care and adoption agencies to refuse the placement of children with non-Christian, unmarried or gay prospective parents due to religious objections. The "Freedom to Serve...