The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Louisiana may enforce an abortion law from 2014 which critics say will result in the closing of most of the state's abortion clinics. The law,...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in cases dealing with fixed-rate contracts with an energy provider. The court consolidated a pair of cases, Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing and CPV Maryland, LLC v....

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday dismissed the last charge in a criminal case against former governor Rick Perry . The charge for abuse of official capacity under Texas Penal Code Sec. 39.02...

More than 200 members of Congress filed an amici curiae brief in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday, challenging the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision Tuesday, upholding a law that restricts use of medication abortion drugs. The Oklahoma statute restricted the use of Mifeprex and misoprostol, abortion-medication drugs that are generally...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that employers may no longer collect tips from service employees and share them with support staff even if the tipped employees are receiving minimum wage....

Republicans in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday vowed to block any Supreme Court nominee by President Obama . In a letter to the majority leader of the primarily-Republican Senate, all 11 of the Judiciary Committee's Republicans...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in cases dealing with damages for patent infringement and the Hobbs Act robbery statute. The consolidated cases of Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer and Halo Electronics, Inc. v....

US President Barack Obama delivered his plan to close Guantanamo Bay to Congress on Tuesday. This plan comes seven years after Obama first announced he planned to shut down the prison before the...

The Utah Senate on Monday voted to advance Senate Bill 73 , which would legalize the use of medical marijuana in various forms such as vapor or edible form. The bill allows for dispensaries to...