The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a transgender immigrant was protected from being deported to Mexico under the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) . Edin Avendano-Hernandez petitioned the Board...

Five judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion stating that the circuit's decision to uphold the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was "clearly and...

The Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA) , in partnership with the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School released a report Wednesday estimating that between 80,000 to 100,000 prisoners were in...

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Wednesday published a ruling holding that a lesbian woman has no visitation or custody rights to a boy given birth by her partner before they were married. Writing for the court,...

Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry Williams on Wednesday rejected motions to drop charges against six police officers implicated in the case of Freddie Gray, a black man who was injured in police custody and later died in April. The...

California on Tuesday agreed to restrict its controversial practices of solitary confinement. The class action lawsuit was brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) , which alleged that approximately 3,000 prisoners were kept in isolated...

The California Senate on Monday unanimously approved Senate Bill 358 , which would strengthen existing equal pay policies and help close the remaining gender pay gap. The bill broadens existing policies by stating that women must be...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that a six-foot-tall statue of Jesus may remain on US Forest Service land. The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed the suit claiming...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Monday that employers may refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraception for moral reasons, rather than restricting the ability to refuse to those with religious...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a Kentucky county clerk's bid to continue refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples pending an appeal. Kim Davis, the clerk for Rowan county, has declined...