The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that the elevated marble plaza in front of the US Supreme Court is a "nonpublic forum" where a statute restricting...
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Federal appeals court allows Supreme Court to ban protests on ‘plaza’
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Planned Parenthood challenges Alabama Medicaid funding cuts
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Violence persists in South Sudan despite scheduled ceasefire
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City cannot govern where sex offenders live, Massachusetts high court rules
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Three Al Jazeera journalists receive multi-year prison sentence in Egypt
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UN Secretary General urges global community to address migration issues
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UN condemns use of sexual violence as war tactic
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Montana polygamy ban challenged
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Federal court lifts injunction on NSA phone surveillance program
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North Dakota federal judge blocks EPA waterway jurisdiction rule
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Planned Parenthood on Friday filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama , alleging that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's termination of Medicaid provider agreements for the facility violates...
South Sudan government troops on Sunday reportedly attacked a village in the country's Unity state despite a ceasefire that was set to begin the same day. The attack was reported to the Associated Press by John Riek,...
The Massachusetts Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a city within the state has no right to pass ordinances restricting where sex offenders can live. The ruling invalidates the "Ordinance Pertaining to Sex Offender Residency Restrictions in...
On appeal from a guilty verdict in 2014, three Al Jazeera journalists on Saturday received a three-year prison sentence for their roles in releasing video footage that allegedly contained false news in support of...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the global community to develop comprehensive solutions to allow for safe and legal migration after 70 bodies, believed to be Syrian asylum seekers, were discovered in a...
The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned the use of sexual violence as a "tactic of war" in Iraq and Syria. Following a briefing by UN Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab...
Three individuals in a polygynous domestic relationship on Friday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Montana , challenging Montana's law banning polygamy, following Yellowstone County officials' denial of a...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday reversed a ruling that blocked the National Security Agency (NSA) from obtaining call detail records from US citizens. Plaintiffs contended...
US District Judge Ralph Erickson of the US District Court of the District of North Dakota in Fargo on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against a rule granting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the...
