A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Alaskan government's challenge in a case determining the right of Alaskan tribes to place land in a federal trust. Alaskan tribes originally sued the Department of the...
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Federal appeals court allows Alaska natives to place land in federal trust
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North Carolina legislators leave controversial LGBT law mostly unchanged
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California governor signs gun control laws
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Federal judge rules Mississippi religious objections law unconstitutional
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Federal judge blocks Florida efforts to cut Planned Parenthood funding
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UN rights body calls on AU to respond to Eritrea violations
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Ban on transgender service members lifted
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Indiana District Court: parenthood statute violates Fourteenth Amendment
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Canada Supreme Court overturns drug charges due to trial delay
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New Mexico rules exclusion of farm laborers from worker’s compensation unconstitutional
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The North Carolina General Assembly adjourned for the year on Friday after making only minor changes to the state's highly criticized House Bill 2 . Legislators altered the original law by restoring the right to...
California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed 20 bills into law , six of which were bills altering the gun laws in the state . Brown stated that he signed the bills "to...
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that a Mississippi law allowing for religious objections to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community is unconstitutional . HB 1523 , set to go into effect Friday, sought to...
US District Judge Robert Hinkle issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday blocking provisions of a new Florida law that would cut state funding to clinics that provide abortions. Though the law was planned to take effect on...
The UN Human Rights Council called on the African Union (AU) Friday to respond to a report that detailed gross human rights violations in Eritrea. The report found that systemic and widespread...
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Thursday announced a new policy that allows transgender individuals to serve openly in the military, effective immediately. The announcement , promised last week, lifted the ban...
The US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Thursday struck down the state's parenthood statute for violating the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment . Indiana Code Section...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday overturned a man's drug possession and trafficking conviction because he had been made to wait too long for his trial. The man, Shane Vassal, had waited three years before...
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the exclusion of farm and ranch workers from the New Mexico's Worker Compensation Act is unconstitutional. The court relied on legislative interpretation to hold that the...
