A second federal judge has signed off on a revised settlement in a suit that had accused the New York City Police of illegally surveilling Muslim communities in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. Judges...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling allowing a Texas school board to open their meetings with a student-led public prayer. By affirming the lower court ruling, the...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld copyright protections for features incorporated into the design of useful articles. The court ruled 6-2 in Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc. in favor of Varsity...

Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law a bill that separates the celebrations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate General Robert E Lee. King and Lee were both born in...

Education and parent groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to prevent the Michigan government from using certain public funds for private schools. The suit is a response to the state's education budget , which allocates $2.5 million for reimbursements...

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corporation , a case involving the authority of bankruptcy courts. The case involves a trucking company seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection,...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation, Léo Heller , on Tuesday urged the international community involved in development cooperation to work toward ensuring that people everywhere have rights to water and sanitation ....

The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would prohibit cities in the state from passing so-called "sanctuary" laws limiting how local government groups cooperate with federal immigration agencies. The bill defines a sanctuary policy...

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed HB 1549, known as the the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2017 , on Tuesday, which would prohibit abortions because of Down's Syndrome or genetic abnormalities of the child. According to the...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) may have committed war crimes in Benghazi on and around March 18. Benghazi has been center of stand-off between the LNA and...