A judge for the the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Thursday blocked an executive order that mandates Florida state government agencies provide pre-employment drug screening for all prospective employees and provide for...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday denied a request to release photos of Osama Bin Laden taken shortly after his death last year. Nonprofit...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU-WA) and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that US Border Patrol agents are routinely stopping vehicles to check...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Thursday convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor on all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Wednesday signed legislation to repeal the death penalty . The bill was approved by the House and the Senate earlier this month. Upon signing the...
The US Supreme Court heard its final oral arguments of the term Wednesday in Arizona v. United States to determine whether Arizona's controversial immigration law [SB 1070 materials; JURIST news...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC that § 6501(e)(1)(A) of the IRS code does not apply to an overstatement of basis. Ordinarily,...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak on US sovereign immunity in suits involving "trust or restricted Indian lands." David Patchak...
The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) has ruled that Title VII employment discrimination protections extend to transgender individuals. The decision came as a result of an employment discrimination complaint filed by the Transgender Law Center...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Wood v. Milyard that federal courts of appeals, like district courts, have the authoritythough not the obligationto raise a forfeited timeliness defense on their own...
