The US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that acting officers of federal agencies who were appointed by the president to fill a vacancy temporarily cannot act in that capacity after being officially nominated to the...

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable seizure can continue after the legal process has concluded. In Manuel v. City of Joliet , the court reversed the lower...

The Maryland House of Delegates approved legislation on Monday to bar police statewide from checking the immigration status of individuals they arrest or from stopping an individual for the purposes of suspected immigration violations. The...

The Baltimore City Council voted 11-3 Monday to approve a bill that would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022. Maryland's current minimum wage is $8.75 and is slated to increase to $10.10...

More than 850 family members of victims of the 9/11 attacks filed a lawsuit Monday against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . The suit alleges that Saudi Arabia provided support to al Qaeda in multiple...

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signed a bill into law on Monday aimed at protecting student organizations' rights to manage internal affairs in a manner that is consistent with the group's religious or political beliefs. The law passed...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Murr v. Wisconsin and Howell v. Howell . In Murr v. Wisconsin , the court heard arguments regarding whether "parcel as a whole" in a...

The Senate Judiciary Committee began hearings on Monday for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch . Each of the 20 senators on the committee, as well as Gorsuch himself, began the hearing by providing opening statements. Democrat...

Judge Derrick Watson of the US District Court for the District of Hawaii stood by his ruling against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban and denied a motion on Sunday...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by Senator Bob Menendez in a bribery and fraud case. The appeal argued that Menendez's alleged conduct was immune from legal scrutiny because...