Recent Updates
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Alabama Supreme Court won't move lawsuit against Moore
Civil Rights 08/19/2018The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday refused to transfer a defamation lawsuit against former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore by a woman who says Moore molested her decades ago.The court denied Moore's request to have the case heard in Etowah County in...
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Ugandan pop star, a government critic, faces military court
Civil Rights 08/15/2018A pop singer and prominent critic of Uganda's government was charged with unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in a military court on Thursday for his alleged role in clashes in which the longtime president's motorcade was attacked by peopl...
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Supreme Court examines Kentucky's medical review panels
Civil Rights 08/14/2018After Ezra Claycomb was born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy, his mother considered filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. But in 2017, Kentucky's Republican-controlled legislature passed a law requiring all such lawsuits first be reviewed...
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Child remains found at New Mexico compound, man due in court
Civil Rights 08/08/2018For months, neighbors worried about a squalid compound built along a remote New Mexico plain, saying they brought their concerns to authorities long before sheriff's officials first found 11 hungry children on the lot, and then the remains of a small...
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Lawyers ask US Supreme Court to stay Tennessee execution
Civil Rights 08/08/2018Attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the looming execution of a convicted child killer after the Tennessee Supreme Court and governor decided against a delay.In a filing Tuesday, federal public defender Kelley Henry and attorney Carl G...
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Tennessee high court refuses to block looming execution
Civil Rights 08/07/2018The Tennessee Supreme Court has refused to stay Thursday's scheduled execution of a convicted child killer while the state's new lethal injection protocol continues to be challenged on appeal.The order brings Tennessee within days of killing Billy Ra...
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Court questions whether Maine has money to expand Medicaid
Civil Rights 07/19/2018Maine's high court is weighing whether to allow the LePage administration to continue to block federal funding for voter-approved Medicaid expansion. Justices on Wednesday heard the administration's arguments against a court order r...
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Court opening puts pressure on Democrats in Trump country
Civil Rights 07/01/2018The opening on the Supreme Court has created a dilemma for Democratic senators up for re-election in the states that President Donald Trump won in 2016.The choice of whether to support the upcoming nominee could be particularly difficult for Sens. He...
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Supreme Court upholds Trump administration travel ban
Civil Rights 06/27/2018The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority. The 5-4 decision Tuesday is the court’...
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Ohio court's visitor center adds plaster cast of Harding
Civil Rights 05/15/2018A plaster cast used to create a sculpture of President Warren G. Harding found at the Ohio Supreme Court is on display in the building's visitor education center.The likeness was donated by the former president's family.It was used to create the scul...
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Trump administration defends Keystone XL pipeline in court
Civil Rights 05/05/2018Trump administration attorneys defended the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline in federal court on Thursday against environmentalists and Native American groups that want to derail the project.President Barack Obama rejected the 1,179-mile (1,80...
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Clicking 'checkout' could cost more after Supreme Court case
Civil Rights 04/16/2018The Supreme Court is hearing a case this week that could affect how much customers pay for online purchases.At issue is a rule saying that businesses don't have to collect state sales taxes when those businesses ship to a state where they don't have ...