JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge blocked many of the state's abortion restrictions Thursday, reimposing a preliminary injunction against them just a little over a month after the state's ...

Several lawmakers in the House of Representatives have called the Constitutional Court’s ruling that ordered split local and ...

The United States Supreme Court punted on Monday the constitutionality of the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) back down the legal ladder, requiring three different federal appeals courts ...

A Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking to halt the scheduled July 12 local government elections in Lagos State over ...

Massachusetts' highest court is imposing a legal protocol that could result in hundreds of criminal defendants being set free due to a lack of legal representation. Supreme Judicial Court Justice ...

A recent Supreme Court decision puts an expectant immigrant mother in South Carolina and her baby at risk in a way that's not ...

Asked what a world without judicial independence would look like, Justice Clint Bolick offered an ominous answer. "It looks ...

In the lead-up to the Speak Up for Justice panel, JURIST Associate Editorial Director Alanah Vargas spoke with Judge Esther Salas of the US District Court in New Jersey about what it means to uphold ...

Organizers can soon begin canvassing on a proposed constitutional amendment to guarantee same-sex marriage rights in the Ohio Constitution, the state attorney general says.

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined a petition from Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen seeking a revival of a state ...

A judge has dismissed a discrimination case launched by former premier Ewart Brown over a criminal investigation against him.

The Supreme Court declined to take up the issue on Thursday but the two senior Republican appointees sent a message in the ...