The US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memo Wednesday outlining policy changes to help combat the caseload backup throughout immigration courts over the past few years. This memo seeks to address the former policies that...

A bipartisan group of senators unveiled an immigration proposal on Wednesday as more Republicans offered support for immigration reform. Senator Lindsey Graham announced that Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME), Lamar Alexander (TN), Lisa Murkowski...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Wednesday: one concerning overtime-pay, and another concerning constitutional protections to criminal defendants. The first case, Encino Motorcars v. Navarro , asks the court two questions. First, whether...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. Hall v. Hall questions which judgments are final under Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 42 refers to the consolidation of cases versus separate...

Attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia filed a Protective Petition for Review in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday asking the court to review...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it plans to seek Supreme Court review of a trial court's decision to block the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ...

Supreme Court dismissed Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott today, claiming want of jurisdiction. This dismissal may seem surprising, given that the Court has chosen to hear other gerrymandering cases this term. This past October the Supreme Court heard Gill...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Supreme Court added 12 cases to its docket on Friday, including two Texas redistricting cases. The court had previously blocked two lower court rulings that...

The US Supreme Court added 12 cases to its docket on Friday, including two Texas redistricting cases. The court had previously blocked two lower court rulings that mandated the redrawing of Texas' congressional and state legislative...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state's voter ID law. Alabama's voter ID law was passed in 2011 in an effort to...