US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to lift restrictions placed on offshore oil drilling. According to a statement , about 94 percent of the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) was either off-limits to or...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday granted a request from the Trump administration to stay ligation concerning an Obama administration air pollution regulation. The rule in question, the Mercury and...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday after the FDA banned a shipment of lethal injection drugs to prison officials. Texas argued that the...

The Texas State House of Representatives approved on Thursday a strict ban on so-called "sanctuary cities." The bill seeks to empower law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law against detainees and threatens to...

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. and Maslenjak v. United States . In Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. , the court is asked to...

The Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission on Tuesday released a report in which they "unanimously recommend that the current moratorium on the death penalty be extended." While the report noted that it was...

US District Judge William Orrick from the Northern District of California on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction against Executive Order 13768, titled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States which...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that tribal sovereign immunity does not extend to tribal employees acting in an individual capacity. Lewis v. Clarke arose when Brian and Michelle Lewis were injured in a car...

The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Monday filed the first complaint in a planned series of challenges to new California gun control laws put in place following the San Bernardino attack [LA...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two civil procedure cases: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, and BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell . Bristol-Myers Squibb...