A coalition of advocacy groups filed suit in federal court Monday to challenge a Trump administration executive order aimed at reducing federal regulations. Public Citizen, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the union Communications Workers of America...
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Advocacy groups sue to block Trump order to eliminate regulations
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Sri Lanka to seek additional time to investigate war crimes
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Peru AG seeks arrest of former president
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Federal appeals court rules immigrants have no right to lawyer in expedited cases
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ACLU sues Oklahoma AG/EPA nominee over failure to supply public records
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Maryland top court: defendants cannot be held before trial if unable to afford bail
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ACLU files new lawsuit challenging Trump’s immigration order
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GOP senators announce bill to reduce legal immigration
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Legal advance company accused of scamming 9/11 first responders, NFL players
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Federal judge refuses to lift order delaying Ohio exeuctions
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The Sri Lankan Foreign Minster said Wednesday that the country will petition the UN for more time to investigate the allegations of war crimes occurring during the country's 26-year-long civil war . Sri Lanka...
Peru's Attorney General Pablo Sanchez sought the arrest of former president Alejandro Toledo Tuesday on charges of laundering of assets and influence trafficking. Peruvian prosecutors opened a formal investigation earlier this week into allegations that Toledo took USD $20 million...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 Tuesday that immigrants who are caught entering the US illegally have no right to legal representation in an expedited hearing. A law passed in 1996...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oklahoma and the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma Attorney General and nominee for head of the Environmental Protection...
The Maryland Court of Appeals adopted a rule on Tuesday ending the practice of holding criminal defendants in jail before trial when they cannot afford bail. The rule does not abolish the practice of required money...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump's controversial executive order restricting immigration. The ACLU claims that the ban is unconstitutional under the First...
Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Tuesday announced the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act that would reduce overall legal immigration into the US. In 2015 a total of 1,051,031...
The New York Attorney General and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against RD Legal Funding, LLC and founder/owner Roni Dersovitz for allegedly scamming 9/11 first responders and NFL...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday refused to lift a preliminary injunction that delays executions in Ohio. Last month Judge Michael Merz blocked Ohio's lethal...
