In a 4-1 opinion on Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the state's parental "notification law" requiring doctors to inform the parents of minors seeking an abortion is unconstitutional, and cannot be enforced. The Court...

In a 4-3 ruling on Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court held that Governor Terry McAuliffe's executive order granting a blanket restoration of the state's felon voting rights is unconstitutional. The voter-disqualification provision...

A federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of a Missouri lawmaker "who cited religious objections while challenging the inclusion of birth control coverage in his government-provided health insurance." The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires...

President Tayyip Erdogan ordered the closure of thousands of private schools, charities and other institutions on Saturday. Mr. Erdogan alleges Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen of orchestrating last week's failed coup and the schools and other institutions are...

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law which would require individuals to apply for a state-issued firearm registration number where they made their own weapons with parts they have purchased or found. Assembly Bill...

On Thursday the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint against Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania for denying zoning approval to a mosque in 2014. The complaint alleges that the township violated the federal Religious Land Use...

According to a 56-page report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International , Ukrainian government officials and Russia-backed separatists in the Ukraine have subjected citizen to "prolonged, arbitrary detention," torture, or other forms of inhumane...

On Thursday, Michigan Attorney General spokesman John Sellek said that Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and Secretary of State Ruth Johnson plan to appeal an injunction on the state's law eliminating straight-ticket...

The Washington Supreme Court Thursday found an antibegging ordinance under the Lakewood Municipal Code to be unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. The court found that the ordinance restricted protected speech in a public forum...

Today the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde was ordered by a French court to face criminal trial for her negligence in facilitating a $400 million government payout to...