The Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a Yemeni man who has been held without charges at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba for more than 17 years.
Read More »Supreme Court sides with Alabama company in patent dispute
The Supreme Court sided Monday with an Alabama technology company over the U.S. Postal Service in a patent dispute.
Read More »Federal judge weighs Idaho’s doctors-only abortion rules
Planned Parenthood of the Greater Northwest and Hawaiian Islands filed the lawsuit against Idaho state officials in December.
Read More »Former officer Noor gets 12½ years for 911 caller’s death
He was sentenced Friday to 12½ years in prison for the shooting of an unarmed woman who had called 911.
Read More »Judge tosses charges against alleged white supremacists
A judge found their actions amounted to constitutionally protected free speech.
Read More »Court weighs if climate change violates children’s rights
Federal judges wrestled with whether climate change violates the constitutional rights of young people who have sued the U.S. government over the use of fossil fuels.
Read More »Former Iowa Chief Justice Arthur McGiverin dies
OTTUMWA, Iowa — The man who served longer than any other as the chief justice of Iowa’s Supreme Court has died. Reece Funeral Home in ...
Read More »Ellen Bree Burns, pioneering federal judge, dies at 95
HARTFORD, Conn. — Retired U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns, the first woman to serve on the federal bench in Connecticut who was widely admired ...
Read More »Court reverses regulators’ decision on pipeline’s impact
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday said state regulators must conduct a further review for Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace its deteriorating Line 3 ...
Read More »Lawyers: Census changed to give Republicans edge
A Republican redistricting expert advocated for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census to give an electoral edge to whites and Republicans.
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