The California Senate approved Senate Bill 227 Tuesday in an attempt to protect its taxpayers from the recent tax overhaul and its cap on individual deductions for state and local taxes. The new federal tax...
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Three organizations representing 15 Kentucky Medicaid recipients filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration, Department of Health and Human Services , Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and others over...
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Department of Defense must give the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 72 hours notice before transferring an American detained abroad in order to allow for a legal...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) published its annual report Thursday, covering global human rights issues from late 2016 through November 2017, and more than 90 countries. It highlights human rights problems occurring in Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Russia,...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. Hall v. Hall questions which judgments are final under Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 42 refers to the consolidation of cases versus separate...
EU Advocate General Melchior Wathelet advised the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Thursday that the rights of same-sex spouses must be recognized by every member of the EU, even if a country's government has not authorized...
A three-judge panel in the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina struck down North Carolina's 2016 congressional redistricting plan Tuesday. The case was brought by consolidated plaintiffs Common Cause and the League of Women...
Alabama certified Democrat Doug Jones’ special election win over Republican Roy Moore Thursday, rejecting Moore’s Wednesday bid to halt such certifications and proceed with an investigation into election fraud. In a last ditch effort Wednesday night, Moore filed...
In the midst of a growing and devastating opioid epidemic, officials in Lorain County, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas Friday against 25 large drug companies and distributors of opioids...
Deputy Director Leandra English filed an amended complaint Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump and his pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as interim director. When former director Richard Cordray formally resigned November 24,...
