The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in United States v. Bryant that the use of tribal-court convictions as predicate offenses in substitute prosecution does not necessarily violate the constitution. The court held that...

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-2 Monday in Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust that Section 903(1) of the Bankruptcy Code preempts Puerto Rico's Recovery Act. The federal bankruptcy code preempts state...

A judge from Multnomah County Circuit Court in Oregon ruled on Friday that an individual's gender could be legally changed from from female to non-binary. This ruling legally recognizing a third gender option is the first...

The Michigan Senate on Thursday passed a bill (SB 291) that would compensate people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes once they are exonerated . SB 291, also known as the Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation...

California Governor Edmund Brown signed a bill into law on Friday that attempts to allow undocumented immigrants to purchase healthcare plans. The bill, SB 10 , allows the healthcare exchanges set up in the state...

A US magistrate judge issued an order on Thursday requiring California prisons to provide transgender inmates who identify as female access to female-oriented items to which inmates have access in women's correctional facilities. The order lists pajamas,...

A group of five doctors and the American Academy of Medical Ethics (AAME) filed suit Wednesday challenging a physician-assisted suicide law. The End of Life Option Act would allow "terminally-ill" patients, an individual who, determined...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held Thursday that the right to carry a concealed gun is not within Second Amendment right to bear arms. The court, reversing a prior 2014 decision...

Bleu Copas and Caleb Laieski filed a lawsuit in the Chancery Court for Anderson County on Tuesday, challenging a Tennessee law that protects counselors who refuse to provide services to individuals based on their religious...

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Thursday in Dietz v. Bouldin that federal district courts have "the inherent power to rescind a jury discharge order and recall a jury for further deliberations" in a...