The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to allow victims of a terrorist attack to collect damages from Iran through attaching government property present in the US. The case, Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran [SCOTUSblog...

The US Supreme Court held Wednesday in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers that the anti-retaliation provision of the securities law does not apply to an individual terminated before he reported acts of retaliation to...

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in Murphy v. Smith that federal law requires district courts to apply up to 25 percent of the judgment to attorney's fees in prisoner civil rights suits. The...

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Class v. United States that a guilty plea does not, by itself, bar a federal criminal defendant from challenging the constitutionality of his statute of conviction...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two Fifth Amendment cases Tuesday: Currier v. Virginia , and City of Hays v. Vogt . In the Currier case , Currier faced trial for breaking and entering and...

In anticipation of the expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a panel of UN rights experts on Tuesday urged urged the US to protect the lawful status of approximately 800,000 people. DACA recipients, or "dreamers,"...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upholding California's 10-day waiting period for purchasing a gun. The court denied a petition for...

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania released a map on Monday intended to remedy what the court declared as the unconstitutional gerrymandering present in the 2011 redistricting plan. While the court gave the legislature 18 days...

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) released two letters on Thursday stating that it would consider requests from two Congressional Representatives to release the hearing transcripts which caused former Trump advisor Carter Page to be...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. Nine local government and...