Two clinics challenging Iowa’s new law banning abortions when a heartbeat is detected urged a state judge Friday to rule in their favor on summary judgment rather than take the case to trial.
Read moreSenators drilled Monday into the findings of last week’s watchdog report detailing the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, with Republicans pointing to political text messages as proof of bias and Democrats noting the report says nothing of the ongoing Russia investigation.
Read moreCriminal justice reform in Texas’ biggest county took another tortured step forward Thursday, as combatants in litigation over the county’s bail policies laid out their differences before a federal judge who is narrowing her injunction in the case.
Read moreThe escalating feud between attorneys for President Donald Trump’s “fixer” Michael Cohen and adult-film actress Stormy Daniels could overshadow the primary focus for Wednesday’s hearing: to sort out attorney-client privilege issues in the ongoing criminal investigation stemming from a raid on Cohen’s properties.
Read moreAt oral arguments Wednesday, the Seventh Circuit was highly skeptical of medical staffers’ claim they were blameless for a jailed woman’s death after she stopped eating or drinking for two weeks.
Read moreAt oral arguments Monday, the Seventh Circuit was critical of the Illinois High School Association’s refusal to create a para-ambulatory division that would allow disabled students to compete in track and field events against their disabled peers.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit heard arguments Monday in Indiana’s appeal to lift a temporary injunction blocking a state law that forces women to wait at least 18 hours between having a mandatory ultrasound and an abortion.
Read moreAttorneys haggled Friday in the D.C. Superior Court over whether the government should be allowed to proceed with search warrants for Facebook accounts associated with Inauguration Day protests, and if so, what information it should be allowed to access.
Read moreTrying to answer a question from the Second Circuit in a pregnancy-bias case, the Empire State’s highest court heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether a New York City anti-discrimination law allows for punitive damages.
Read moreAfter winning a court victory under the First Amendment, Fox pushed the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reject a San Francisco record label’s trademark claims over the network’s hit musical drama “Empire.”
Read moreAttorneys for Ohio and a Cleveland abortion clinic argued Tuesday before the state’s high court over whether the clinic has standing to challenge abortion restrictions that were tacked on to the state budget.
Read moreA federal lawsuit filed by more than two dozen parents of students enrolled in the Jackson Public School District accuses Mississippi education officials of planning an unconstitutional state takeover of the district without any community input.
Read moreAn attorney for the Ohio Department of Health argued before the state’s high court Tuesday that the last abortion provider in the northwest part of the Buckeye State must be closed because it does not have a valid agreement with a local hospital.
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The D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments Monday about whether a new environmental review must be conducted each year when elk hunting in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park is reauthorized.
Read moreAttorneys for Ohio facing a Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday defended the constitutionality of a law that revokes health care funding from abortion providers and asked the appeals court to throw out an injunction against it.
Read moreA group of voters challenged the constitutionality of Tennessee’s voting procedures before the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday, specifically the passage of a 2014 constitutional amendment that eliminated protections and funding for abortions.
Read moreAs repeal and withdraw have become increasingly familiar approaches touted in Washington lately, lobbyists for big agriculture are already anxious about President Donald Trump’s renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement next year, hoping the trade pact will be kept in place.
Read moreCook County defended its new sweetened-beverage tax in court Friday after it was put on hold three weeks ago, arguing against claims that it is unclear and does not apply uniformly to different types of drinks.
Read moreExperts told lawmakers Wednesday that low-level Chinese businessmen dabbling in money laundering and the trafficking of materials for nuclear power reactors in North Korea are making effective sanctions on Pyongyang close to impossible.
Read moreStudent-loan giant Navient and Sallie Mae Bank argued in court Tuesday against a lawsuit accusing them of taking advantage of student borrowers struggling to repay their debts.
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