A plurality of the US Supreme Court on Tuesday held that Congress possesses the legislative powers to retroactively immunize the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) from suit for taking property into trust for the benefit of...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Schedule I classification for marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act . Judge Alvin Hellerstein granted...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) interpretation of the permit requirement codified in the Clean Water Act (CWA) The question for the...

The US Supreme Court heard two oral arguments on Monday. Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31s concerns whether mandatory agency fees violate the First Amendment. The petitioners...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of California on Monday challenging the Trump administration's policy of separating asylum-seeking immigrant parents from their children. The...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday urged the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council to end the "pernicious use" of the veto. At the thirty-seventh session of...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that a federal law banning workplace discrimination based on sex extends to sexual orientation. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an expedited appeal of a ruling that blocked the Department of Justice (DOJ) from cancelling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases for its next term on Monday. New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira challenges the applicability of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and presents...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Twenty-three state attorneys general, led by New York's Eric Schneiderman , filed a petition for review in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...