A federal court ruled that the state of Texas could not show that a new voter ID law would not harm the voting rights of its minorities and struck down…
Eric Holder, speaking Thursday at the LGBT Bar Association’s Lavender Law Conference, told the Washington, D.C., audience that they are responsible for helping the Obama administration continue its quest for…
A Pennsylvania swim club that in 2009 allegedly turned a group of predominantly black children away from the pool settled a U.S. Justice Department discrimination case Thursday.
With a full year of data to work with, a new analysis by the New York Civil Liberties Union shows police averaged four arrests and seven summons a day at…
Saying state secrets may mean the sacrifice of individual liberties in this case, a federal judge in Los Angeles has tossed a lawsuit accusing federal authorities of spying on mosques…
In recently disclosed witness protection records, information has surfaced that New York prosecutors paid the hotel bill of a key homicide witness for months, despite testimony to the contrary.
In recent years, government officials in California and elsewhere have increasingly turned to court injunctions to try to keep known gang members from running the streets.
A 46-year-old Connecticut immigration attorney who was arrested after openly carrying a loaded pistol into a Tuesday screening of The Dark Knight Rises had a permit for the weapon and…
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