Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump, Russia, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and several Trump aids including Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and...

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump, Russia, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and several Trump aids including Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort. The complaint, filed in the US District...

A Texas appeals court ruled Thursday that the Relationship Privacy Act , which prescribes criminal and civil penalties for defendants who disseminate pornographic visual material featuring former significant others without consent, is overly broad and it violates First Amendment...

A US federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Liberian commander known as "Jungle Jabbah" to 30 years in prison for defrauding the US immigration authorities and lying about his role during the Liberian civil war. Mohammed Jabbateh,...

Two federal regulators on Friday announced a $1 billion settlement with Wells Fargo after finding that the the bank violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Office...

A federal judge on Thursday enjoined the US government from sending a US citizen who has been detained in Iraq for almost a year to another country. This order follows the American Civil Liberty Union's request ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday ruled that Indiana's recent abortion law, House Enrolled Act No. 1337 , is unconstitutional . The law was enacted on March 24, 2016, and was challenged...

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's attempt to punish so-called "sanctuary cities." The lawsuit was filed by the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held Wednesday that an Ohio law banning the state's Department of Health from funding any entity or its affiliate performing or promoting non-therapeutic abortions through...

The Supreme Court of Maine on Tuesday upheld a voter-approved measure to implement ranked choice voting . Last summer, the Maine Supreme Court partially struck down 2016 legislation that enacted ranked choice voting...