The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Henderson v. United States that an error is "plain" within the meaning of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) so long as the error was...

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 on Wednesday in Evans v. Michigan that double jeopardy applies even if the trial judge acquitted the defendant based upon an erroneous...

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Chaidez v. United States that its holding in Padilla v. Kentucky does not apply retroactively. In Padilla, the court held that immigration...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously in Gunn v. Minton that federal law does not deprive state courts of subject matter jurisdiction over a state law claim alleging legal malpractice in...

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 72-23 to approve the Women's Health and Safety Act Tuesday, tightening regulations for abortion clinics and mandating that an Alabama-licensed physician who has admitting privileges at a...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Tuesday ruled that 810,000 barrels of oil collected by British Petroleum (BP) immediately following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC...

Spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , Rupert Colville, on Tuesday criticized Egypt's draft law on demonstrations for failure to adequately protect freedom of assembly as enshrined in the Universal...

Lawyers for Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that they have sent a letter to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) calling for an independent investigation of Sri Lanka's compliance with its own Lessons...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that a woman in a same-sex relationship could adopt her partner's biological child . The court held that Austria's existing ban on the practice, also...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6-3 in Bailey v. United States that police cannot a detain a suspect a mile away from the premises in the search warrant. The...