The US Supreme Court Thursday granted certiorari to 11 cases, adding them to the docket for decision for the upcoming term. In the case Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission ...

California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill issuing a statewide ban against single-use plastic bags. Beginning in July 2016 grocery and convenience stores across the state will be required to...

The UK's Crown Prosecution Service on Wednesday dropped terrorism charges against Moazzam Begg , a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses related to the war in Syria . Begg...

A U.S. District judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma on Tuesday struck down federal tax subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . Judge Ronald White...

Oklahoma women's healthcare providers on Tuesday filed suit in state court stating that Oklahoma's laws restricting non-surgical abortion procedures are unconstitutional. The petitioners claim that Oklahoma House Bill 2684 "is an unconstitutional intrusion on women's reproductive...

Judge Thomas Griesa of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York declared Argentina in contempt of court Monday for the ongoing debt dispute after Buenos Aires refused to pay two US hedge funds...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted a stay preventing Ohio polls from opening Tuesday for those wishing to cast their vote early in the upcoming November mid-term elections. The 5-4 decision stayed the September...

The US Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the case of Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi v. IndyMac MBS, Inc. , a dispute involving the time allowed to file lawsuits claiming false information during...

California Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have required law enforcement agencies to acquire a warrant before using drones for surveillance. In his veto message Brown expressed his belief...

California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed into law a bill , prohibiting the so-called "gay panic" defense that has been used to reduce homicide charges to manslaughter. The defense has been used by defendants...