The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday upheld Congress' authority to require larger employers to provide adequate health insurance for their employees or pay a fine. In a challenge by Liberty...
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) on Monday filed an emergency petition with the US Supreme Court challenging the National Security Agency (NSA) telephone record surveillance program. EPIC is arguing [press...
A French court on Monday acquitted French oil company Total , its CEO Christophe de Margerie and several other defendants on corruption charges in connection with a scandal involving the UN's Iraq Oil-for-Food program [official website;...
Senegalese police on Sunday detained former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre . Habre has been under house arrest in Senegal since 2005. Senegal and the African Union (AU) signed an agreement in...
The chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Kansas on Sunday refused to block a portion of a Kansas abortion law that requires abortion providers' websites to contain a link to...
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Sunday rejected a request by Proposition 8 supporters to block the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in California. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) ,...
The US Supreme Court issued its final orders of the term Thursday, granting certiorari in two cases, and sending several controversial cases back to lower courts for reconsideration. In White v. Woodall [docket; cert....
The US Supreme Court ruled in two landmark same-sex marriage cases Wednesday. In United States v. Windsor , the court ruled 5-4 that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District in favor of a landowner in a property rights case. Carl Koontz, Sr. refused to contribute money...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl that §1912(f) and §1912(d) of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) do not bar the termination of the...
