US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named acting Solicitor General Noel Francisco as his choice for the permanent position. Formerly a partner at large international law firm Jones Day , Francisco has spent a career...

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has federally established rights to groundwater...

Hawaii filed a request shortly before midnight on Tuesday for a temporary injunction to block President Donald Trump's new immigration executive order . Hawaii claims that this new executive order is "infected" with the same legal problems...

The US Senate approved a bill on Tuesday to overturn a rule created by the Obama administration regarding land management. According to supporters of the rule, it was created to streamline the communication process between federal...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday withdrew its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding a challenge to President Donald Trump's previous executive order on...

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against Native American tribes seeking to stop construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) . Judge James Boasberg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia rejected...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday that the city of New Orleans could remove three statues honoring members of the Confederacy, rejecting the appeal of several historic preservation organizations and...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a letter to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday in an attempt to clarify his response to a question from Senator Al Franken regarding...

The New York Police Department (NYPD) reached a new settlement on Monday over its surveillance of Muslims after a federal judge rejected an earlier deal in October. The new settlement would create greater oversight...

Republican representatives in the House Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee released two separate bills on Monday that, if passed, would repeal and replace...