GOP members of Congress from Virginia who live outside the state’s only majority black congressional district don’t have standing to appeal a decision striking down its creation, the U.S. Supreme…
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Kansas officials to process federal voter-registration applications of about 18,000 Kansans who were turned down for failing to provide documentation of citizenship when they…
A Florida lawyer is trying to get his name on the Miami-Dade judicial ballot despite one impediment: The check written to cover his qualifying fee was 20 cents short.
Two recent Supreme Court decisions with regard to voting were significant because they did not change the law. Both were unanimous and both raise the question of whether the court…
Many people love using cellphones to take selfies and post the pictures on social media. Lately, one version of such photos has drawn the attention of lawmakers, free speech advocates…
A Tuesday hearing at a Baltimore courthouse on whether to extend the time that some polls would be open to voters that day was moved to a nearby sidewalk and…
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to an Arizona redistricting plan that had contended variations in legislative district populations were unconstitutional because they were intended to help…
A jury was selected and opening statements were made Monday in the federal corruption trial of a longtime former Louisiana district attorney on charges that he misused campaign money.
A T-shirt maker has received a letter claiming its “Bernie is my comrade” merchandise violates trademark and copyright rights of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.
A federal judge in Houston said on Wednesday that he will dismiss a lawsuit claiming Ted Cruz is not a natural-born citizen and cannot be president under the U.S. Constitution.
The U.S. Supreme Court returned to the equal-protection issue of “one man, one vote” on Monday with a unanimous decision that states may draw legislative district lines based on overall…
A federal appeals court has struck down Ohio laws that ban political lies in a challenge filed by conservative groups that objected to a congressman’s vote on health care.
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday leaves the U.S. Supreme Court without a conservative majority and has the potential to affect several high-profile cases.
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