Warning the Senate that its decision in the impeachment trial of President Trump will be pivotal in deciding whether the United States remains “a safe and secure democracy,” House Democrats on Saturday laid out its case that the president must be removed from office.

Ahead of next week’s Senate impeachment trial, President Trump’s legal team on Saturday launched a broadside on House Democrats’ articles of impeachment, echoing past claims that they are on shaky legal ground as the result of a flawed process.

The Ninth Circuit halted a landmark climate change suit against the federal government filed by 21 young people, finding courts lack the authority to craft climate policy that ensures a planet capable of sustaining human life.

In the latest clash over environmental policy between the Golden State and federal government, California sued the Trump administration Friday over its plan to open over a million acres of the state’s public lands to oil and gas drilling.

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case on whether Electoral College voters are legally bound to cast their ballot for president in line with their state’s popular vote.

Siding with the governor, the Virginia Supreme Court refused to overturn a complete ban on all weapons on the Virginia Capitol grounds ahead of a pro-gun rally to be held there Monday.

Eyeing a generous infusion of cash from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget, the Judicial Council of California is pushing to modernize the courts with tech innovations that should make navigating the justice system a little easier.