Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A judge for the Superior Court of Massachusetts ruled that Massachusetts' attorney general Maura Healey will not be barred by sovereign immunity from bringing a...

A judge for the Superior Court of Massachusetts ruled that Massachusetts' attorney general Maura Healey will not be barred by sovereign immunity from bringing a lawsuit against Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) [official...

Oregon senators on Thursday voted for a bill that seeks to preserve net neutrality protections for the internet. The Oregon house voted on and passed the bill earlier in the week. The bill does not require all...

The attorneys general from 15 states and Washington, DC, filed an amicus brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in support of a challenge to four abortion laws enacted by Arkansas in...

A group of rights experts from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Wednesday demanded that the US government release Guantánamo detainee Ammar al Baluchi, a 40-year-old Pakistan national, stating that his detention the center is "arbitrary...

The Iowa Senate on Wednesday voted 30-20 to approve a draft of an anti-abortion bill that would ban most abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat. The bill now proceeds to the Iowa House of Representatives for consideration....

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a revised, five-count indictment filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the US District Court for the District of Columbia . At the...

The Illinois House of Representatives on Wednesday approved three bills to tighten gun control. HB1467 would criminalize selling, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing or carrying a bump stock or trigger crank that would allow non-automatic rifles to be used...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case challenging a Minnesota law that bans political apparel in polling places. The Minnesota law at issue states, "A political badge, political button, or...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it will be filing a statement of interest in the multi-district opioid lawsuit against distributors and manufacturers. In the statement of interest, the DOJ will assert that...