The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, dismissing a claim that the imposed pollution regulations in Minnesota are too lenient. The...

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Thursday rejected a bid to block the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) . A three-judge panel of the DC Circuit...

Alabama death row inmate Christopher Brooks was executed Thursday night after the US Supreme Court denied his appeal for a stay of execution on the grounds that the sentencing was unconstitutional. Brooks argued that Alabama's death-penalty...

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an insurer cannot recover equitable relief under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for settlement funds a participant has already spent. The court found that nontraceable...

Christopher Brooks, an Alabama man scheduled for execution by lethal injection appealed to the US Supreme Court on Thursday for a stay of execution on the grounds that the sentencing procedure is unconstitutional. Brooks was sentenced...

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Campbell-Ewald Company v. Gomez that an unaccepted settlement offer to a lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit does not end the legal challenge. The class...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Nebraska v. Parker the court heard arguments onwhether the town of Pender, Nebraska, is outside Indian property and thus not...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Kansas v. Carr that a jury in a death penalty case does not need to be advised that mitigating factors , which can lessen the severity...

The US State Department released a statement Tuesday expressing concern over reports of "serious human rights violations and abuses" in Burundi. Allegations of mass graves, sexual violence by security forces, and enforced disappearances and torture are...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that daily fantasy sports websites in which players pay to participate are considered gambling and are therefore illegal in the state. Paxton released an official advisory opinion ...