After nearly 10 hours of extensive debate, the Vermont House of Representatives voted 89-54 on Tuesday to approveS.55 , a piece of major gun legislation. The bill mandates universal background checks, raises the purchasing age...

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in two matters today; Hughes v. United States and Koons v. United States . Hughes asks how attorneys should determine the precedential effect of Supreme Court opinions...

Three plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that BMW cheated during emissions tests of their diesel vehicles. The plaintiffs, individual...

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced Monday that the 2020 census will include a question regarding citizenship status, a measure the Justice Department said will better aid enforcement of the Voting Rights Act . California Attorney General Xavier...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In United States v. Sanchez-Gomez the Supreme Court is determining whether the Ninth Circuit had jurisdiction to hear a pre-trial challenge by defendants about a policy that...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of Maurice Greenberg's Starr International Co. The appeal argued that the federal government illegally bailed out AIG during the financial crisis of 2008 at...

Government watchdog group Common Cause filed a pair of legal complaints on Monday accusing Cambridge Analytica LTD and its affiliates of violating federal election laws that prohibit foreigners from participating in the decision-making process of US...

US President Donald Trump on Friday directed JSecretary of Defense ames Mattis to ban transgender troops from serving in the military if they require surgery or significant medical treatment. The memorandum revokes the president's August order...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Kentucky Senate approved a bill on Thursday that outlaws the use of the dilation and excavation abortion method for patients in their eleventh week of pregnancy...

The Kentucky Senate approved a bill on Thursday that outlaws the use of the dilation and excavation abortion method for patients in their eleventh week of pregnancy or later. The method is most commonly used in...