A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ruled that Republican members of the House of Representatives have standing to sue the Secretaries of the Department of Health and...
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Federal judge rules health care lawsuit can go forward
Baltimore reaches tentative $6.4 million settlement in Freddie Gray case
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Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses released from jail
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Obama issues executive order mandating paid sick leave for federal contractors
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DOJ revises cell-site simulator policy, broadens warrant requirement for cell phone surveillance
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Washington Supreme Court strikes down voter-approved charter school law
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Chile court upholds convictions for 1973 killing of Americans
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Federal judge rejects New York town’s law banning laborers soliciting on sidewalks
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Federal appeals court reinstates Nevada low-income voting rights case
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Kentucky official held in contempt for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses
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The city of Baltimore on Tuesday reached a tentative agreement with the family of Freddie Gray worth $6.4 million. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the settlement will now be sent to the Baltimore Board of Estimates...
Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses due to personal beliefs, was released from jail on Tuesday. District Judge David Bunning of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky...
President Obama on Monday issued an executive order that requires federal contractors to provide at least seven days of paid sick leave to employees. Obama announced his intent during a Labor Day speech in Boston, where...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a new department-wide policy that increases the number of instances in which US law enforcement must obtain a search warrant to use cell-site technology. Law...
The Washington Supreme Court ruled Friday that voter-approved initiative 1240 , which allowed 40 charter schools across the state, is unconstitutional. The court determined that the schools cannot receive public funding because the state superintendent has...
A Chilean appeals court on Saturday upheld the convictions of two men for the killing of two Americans in 1973. The Appeals Court of Santiago affirmed the seven-year sentence of General Pedro Espinoza Bravo and the two-year...
A judge for the US District Court for the Easter District of New York on Thursday ruled that a Long Island town's law preventing day laborers from soliciting work on sidewalks is an unconstitutional violation...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday reinstated a case claiming Nevada has failed to provide voter registration services to its low-income citizens, as required under Section 7 of the National...
A US district court judge on Thursday held Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court for her continued refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The ruling by District Judge David Bunning came after...
