Without any dissent, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal from Anthony Novak, who was jailed for four days and charged with a felony for making a parody Facebook page of his loc...
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Supreme Court To Decide If IRS Can Secretly Access Bank Records
Fresh off a new injection of $45 billion to ramp up its enforcement efforts, the IRS is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to allow its agents to secretly obtain financial records, without ever notifyi...
Time For SCOTUS To Set Meaningful Due-Process Standards For State UDAP Laws
WASHINGTON, D.C. – APRIL 19, 2018: The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., is the seat … [+] of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Judicial Branch of government. (...
Supreme Court Keeps New York’s Updated Gun Control Law In Effect—At Least For Now
Topline The Supreme Court left New York’s updated concealed carry law, which prohibits firearms from being carried in “sensitive locations,” in effect on Wednesday as legal challenges against it move ...
No Immunity For Prosecutor Accused Of Fabricating Evidence In Death Row Case
For the second time, a federal appeals court has denied prosecutorial immunity to a Louisiana district attorney accused of falsifying testimony that sent a man to death row. Created by the U.S. Suprem...
Supreme Court Needs To Close Loophole That Lets New York Cops Seize Guns Without Warrants
Thanks to a little-known loophole, lower federal courts have regularly written the government a blank check to search homes and seize firearms from lawful gun owners without a warrant. One of those ow...
Indiana Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Indiana’s abortion ban was blocked in court on Thursday only a week after it first went into effect, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt state-level bans that went i...
New York’s Updated Gun Legislation Can Take Effect, Court Rules—Replacing Policy Supreme Court Struck Down
Topline New York’s updated concealed carry policy will take effect Thursday as scheduled after a federal judge threw out a lawsuit challenging it on Wednesday, suggesting states could still have a leg...
Georgia Abortion Ban To Stay In Effect, Judge Rules—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Georgia’s six-week abortion ban will remain in effect as a court challenge against it moves forward, a state judge ruled Monday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt ...
Wyoming Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Wyoming’s abortion ban will remain blocked in court as the litigation against it moves forward, a state judge ruled Wednesday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt st...
Kentucky Abortion Ban Goes Back Into Effect—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Kentucky’s laws banning abortion will go back into effect after previously being blocked in court, an appeals court ruled Monday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt...
Louisiana Abortion Ban To Go Back Into Effect—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Louisiana’s abortion ban will soon go back into effect after being previously blocked, an appeals court ruled Friday amid a back-and-forth legal battle, as abortion providers file a string of ...
North Dakota Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline North Dakota’s abortion trigger ban was blocked in state court Wednesday, one day before the law was set to take effect, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt state-le...
West Virginia Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Abortion is now allowed again in West Virginia, at least temporarily, after a state judge blocked on Monday a 19th century-era abortion ban that went back into effect last month, as abortion p...
With $185M Settlement Between MLB And Minor Leaguers, League Continues Battle To Save Antitrust Exemption
Major League Baseball settled a class action lawsuit with former minor league players over pay, and … [+] with it the practice of settling cases before the league’s antitrust exemption cou...
Louisiana Abortion Ban Blocked Again—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline A Louisiana judge on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order that once again blocks the state’s abortion ban from taking effect until a court hearing early next week, as abortion pr...
Louisiana Abortion Ban Goes Back Into Effect—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Louisiana’s trigger laws banning abortion went back into effect Friday after a state judge lifted an order that had previously blocked them, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aim...
Most Americans In States Banning Abortion Disapprove Of Roe V. Wade Decision, Poll Finds
Topline Most U.S. adults disapprove of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and letting states ban abortion, according to a new Pew Research poll—including slight majorities of residents of the 2...
Mississippi Court Lets Abortion Ban Stand—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Mississippi’s ban on abortion will take effect on Thursday, a state judge ruled Tuesday, denying a request by abortion providers to block the ban, as abortion providers file a string of lawsui...
Maryland Loosens Concealed Carry Law In Light Of Supreme Court Gun Ruling
Topline Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) instructed state police Tuesday to be less restrictive about which firearm owners in the state are granted concealed carry licenses, as states with strict conceal...
Andy Cohen On The Business Of Bravo, Fatherhood, And Speaking Out For Gay & Women’s Rights In America
Andy Cohen and ‘The Real Housewives’ franchise cast on Bravo. NBCUniversal/Bravo It has been 16 years since Andy Cohen decided to take a risk on a new show idea at Bravo calling itself The...
Ohio Supreme Court Lets Abortion Ban Stand—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Ohio’s six-week ban on abortion will remain in effect for now, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to block state-level bans that took ...
Americans’ Support For Government Action On Abortion Surges After Roe V. Wade Decision, Poll Finds
Topline The percentage of Americans that think abortion and women’s rights should be among the government’s top priorities has almost tripled in the past six months, a new Associated Press/NORC poll f...
Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Make It Easier To Overturn Elections
Topline The Supreme Court may soon give state legislatures total control over their states’ elections—and make it much easier for them to overturn the results—as the court announced Thursday it will t...
Supreme Court Justice Breyer Retiring Thursday—And Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Be Immediately Sworn In
Topline Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire on Thursday and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be immediately sworn in to replace him, ushering in the court’s first Black female justice—and...
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire Thursday
Topline Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire on Thursday, he informed the White House, bringing his decades-long tenure on the court to an end as the court wraps up a controversial term th...
Texas’ Pre-Roe Abortion Ban Blocked In Court — Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Texas became the third state Monday to have a statewide abortion ban blocked in state court despite the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, as abortion providers file a string of lawsu...
Abortions Can Resume In Louisiana—At Least For Now—As Trigger Bans Blocked In State Court
Topline A Louisiana court granted a request by abortion providers to temporarily block trigger bans that outlawed the procedure in the state Monday, as pro-choice advocates try to claw back access to ...
World Leaders React To Roe V. Wade Decision
Topline Leaders of the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries spoke out on Friday against the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a ruling that will restrict access to abortion ...
Here’s How It Could Threaten Birth Control Access
Topline The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday and gave states license to ban abortion—increasing the likelihood that many contraception methods like birth control pills and Plan B could be t...