A judge for the Cuyahoga County Probate Court in Ohio approved a settlement on Wednesday in which the city of Cleveland will pay $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old...

Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other women's groups filed suits Wednesday challenging abortion laws in Alaska , Missouri and North Carolina . Citing 42 USC § 1983 , which provides a means of attaining injunctive...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in an immigration case that will determine the permissible length of detention before a bond hearing is necessary, if one is required at all. Jennings v....

Judges for the US District Court for the Middle District Court of North Carolina ruled Tuesday that North Carolina must redraw congressional districts by March 15, 2017, and hold special primary and general elections by next fall. The...

US Central Command concluded on Wednesday that airstrikes carried out by the US-led coalition near Dayr az Zawr, Syria, in September did not violate international law. According to Russian sources , the strike killed...

A judge for the Dane County Circuit Court on Tuesday denied an attempt to have a recount of votes from the presidential election counted by hand. The recount is set to begin Thursday. Green Party candidate...

The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in Moore v. Texas , a case challenging Texas' standard for determining whether a person is intellectually disabled and therefore cannot be subject to capital punishment. In...

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Bravo-Fernandez v. US that the double jeopardy clause does not bar the government from retrying defendants after a jury has returned inconsistent verdicts and the...

The Green Party filed a lawsuit on Monday in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania contesting the presidential election results tallied on November 8. The claim offers as grounds for its motion news articles from the...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Beckles v. United States , a case analyzing whether the residual definition of "crime of violence" in §4B1.2 of the US Sentencing Guildelines (USSG) ...