The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in United States v. Bryant , a case concerning Indian rights to counsel. 18 USC §117(a) makes it a federal crime for any...

The Supreme Court Monday stayed an Alabama court decision that repudiated the parental rights of a woman (VL) who had been raising the three children she shared with her same-sex partner. The Alabama Supreme Court [official...

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday in DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts a California court's refusal to enforce an arbitration clause in a contract. In 2008 Amy...

US President Barack Obama on Saturday applauded the new climate change agreement reached Friday at the Paris summit. The agreement was reached during the twenty-first annual conference of parties, known as COP21 . He stated...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in four cases. In Birchfield, Danny v. North Dakota , consolidated with Bernard, William R. v. Minnesota and Beylund, Steve M. v. North Dakota, the court will...

An appellate court judge granted a temporary stay to daily sports fantasy sites DraftKings and FanDuel hours after a New York judge on Friday granted a temporary injunction demanding the fantasy sports companies cease operations in that state....

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked lower court ruling allowing both partners in same-sex couples to be listed as the "birth parents" on birth certificates of their children. The court and state health department will,...

US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed the Every Student Succeeds Act into law. The new measures hand much of the power over education success monitoring back to the states and allow them to make the...

A group of same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging a North Carolina law that permits magistrates to refuse to perform same-sex marriages on religious grounds. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of six plaintiffs...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the use of racial preference in undergraduate university admissions. In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin the court must decide whether the University...