New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order on Monday requiring that all future state contracts for internet services will only be given to internet service providers (ISPs) that follow net neutrality principles. The order...

California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed new workplace conduct legislation into law to protect whistleblowers who disclose workplace harassment or abuse in the capitol. While the California labor code already had protections against retaliation...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday denied a request to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order to redraw the 2011 congressional map. If granted, the stay would have blocked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling [opinion,...

An accused computer hacker won his appeal on Monday in the UK High Court of Justice , stopping his extradition to the US. Lauri Love, a British student, was indicted on charges of hacking into...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Court of Appeals for the Six Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of Ohio's lethal injection method on Thursday, just two weeks prior to a scheduled execution. The case...

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of Ohio's lethal injection method on Thursday, just two weeks prior to a scheduled execution. The case stemmed from two death row inmates attempting to prevent...

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati on Wednesday refused to produce legislative district data to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court . On Monday, the Supreme Court had ordered the parties in League of...

The US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday extended Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for certain Syrian immigrants. The TPS status is extended for 18 months and affects 7,000 Syrians in the US who benefit from that designation....

The US Court Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a lower court's ruling that temperatures in Louisiana's death-row prison cells be kept below 88 degrees Fahrenheit. In an opinion by the Chief Judge, the court explained...

The Washington Senate on Wednesday voted 26-22 to pass SB 6212 , which would require insurance providers that cover maternity care to also cover elective abortions and contraception. The bill, the Reproductive Parity Act (RPA), which was...