The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a San Francisco ordinance on Tuesday that was implemented to halt deceptive advertising tactics employed by clinics opposed to abortion. The ordinance targeted ...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday released a proposal that will rescind the 2015 Clean Water Rule implemented by the Obama administration. The so-called Water of the United States...
The US Supreme Court on Monday held in Davila v. Davis that the procedural default of ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel claims are not excused by the ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel. Petitioner Erik Davila confessed to accidentally...
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case concerning a bakery that refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple,...
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the Trump administration's travel ban, partially lifting the temporary injunction that had blocked the ban's enforcement. The administration sought review of decisions issued by the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted an injunction Thursday on a Mississippi law that critics say allows individuals, including government employees, to discriminate against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people for religious...
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 US Supreme Court ruled Friday for an immigrant who had received poor legal advice from his counsel. The petitioner in Lee v. United States came to the US from South Korea in 1982...
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that where there is a public-trial violation during jury selection the defendant must demonstrate prejudice to secure a new trial if the issue is raised as an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. Members...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the convictions of several men who robbed, raped, kidnapped Catherine Fuller in the District of Columbia in 1984. Twenty-five years after being convicted in Turner, et al. v. United...
