The justices requested responses by early April from the states and groups who had challenged the executive order.

The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of ...

Civil rights are not reversible. Once the ratchet of rights has been opened, they cannot tighten. This was the argument of Martin Luther King, Jr, who stated numerous times, including after the famous ...

The amendments change the rules governing civil discovery. The new rules create a framework for active case management geared ...

I suspect that “reverse discrimination” plaintiffs are in for a big win in the U.S. Supreme Court. If recent oral arguments ...

The Trump administration views the rule as creating something not entirely unlike a situation where judges lack discretion.

The U.S. attorney general ordered that all the government files be turned over. But what exactly does the FBI have?

A citation will also indicate if the case is a criminal or civil. A criminal case can result in a $1,000 fine and/or a ...

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this ...

Doug Ducey (R). The court said in its ruling that the laws violated the National Voter Registration Act, the Civil Rights Act and an Equal Protection Clause in the Constitution, among other ...

A Guide to Small Claims Litigation in the New York State Courts is an essential and accessible edition that continues with co-authors Justice Gerald Lebovits and Mark H. Shawhan bringing light to ...

Police shooting: The court declined to take up San Jose Police Officer Michael Pina’s appeal of a ruling denying him qualified immunity in a $1 million civil lawsuit brought by the survivors of ...