The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Monday struck down the Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011 as violating the state constitution. The plaintiffs in the League of Women Voters v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania accused...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in National Association of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense that cases litigating the Clean Water Act should be heard by federal district courts. At issue...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday in Artis v. District of Columbia that the "instruction to 'toll' a state limitations period means to hold it in abeyance, i.e., to stop the clock." The...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari on Monday in an environmental case. Weyerhaeuser Co. v. US Fish & Wildlife Service concerns the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to preserve the the "dusky...
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 Supreme Court held Monday in District of Columbia v. Wesby that DC police officers acted reasonably when they arrested 21 people for unlawful entry during a house party in 2008, given that...
The Trump administration announced in a letter to state Medicaid directors on Friday that it will be rescinding the Obama administration's guidance that made it more difficult for state Medicaid programs to refuse to cover...
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled last week that the state's education funding formula does not violate the state constitution . The decision, which reverses a lower court ruling , came this week after 14 months of...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Ukraine parliament (Verkhovna Rada) passed a bill Thursday that recognizes regions currently under Russia-backed separatist control as "occupied" and supports retrieving those areas through political and diplomatic...
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in Trump v. Members of Congress introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit lawmakers from paying settlements...