The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 50 other interest groups, sent a letter on Tuesday urging the US Department of Justice to investigate...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia on Monday filed a lawsuit against two officials in Georgia seeking an extension of the voting registration deadline . The lawsuit comes after Hurricane Matthew affected many coastal...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a class-action lawsuit Monday regarding children's education in relation to the Flint water crisis. The plaintiffs include 15 Flint families who allege that the Michigan...

Several conservation groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accusing the agency of violating environmental law by neglecting the effects of unregulated immigration. The plaintiffs include public interest groups across...

Mohamedou Ould Slahi, author of the 2015 Guantanamo Diary memoir, was released from Guantanamo Bay on Monday after 14 years of imprisonment. He was transferred back to his native Mauritania, bringing Guantanamo Bay's population down to 60...

The US Supreme Court denied certiorari . The main issue in the case was whether a defendant's counsel can present one mitigating factor at the sentencing...

Less than 24-hours after canceling a hearing on the vote-by-mail ballots, District Judge Mark Walker for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued an order requiring Florida to provide a method for...

US District Court for the Northern District of Florida , issued an order on Saturday cancelling a hearing on a lawsuit regarding vote-by-mail ballots. Judge Mark Walker was highly critical of Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner...

President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a new bill creating the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, tasked with identifying and finding solutions to problems facing Native American youths. The...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) set new rules on Thursday establishing new liquidation risk management rules for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETF). The industry will now be required to establish...