By Marcia Coyle | December 11, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to decide whether the nation's workplace anti-bias law bars sexual orientation discrimination. The justices may soon have another opportunity to take up the closely watched question. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard arguments Sept. 26.
By Katheryn Tucker | December 8, 2017
Three soldiers whose convictions the Georgia Supreme Court reversed in November move another step closer to freedom—a bond hearing.
By Tom McParland | December 8, 2017
In a 3-2 ruling, the state Supreme Court ruled late Thursday that two government agencies violated the Delaware Constitution by banning the possession of firearms in state forests and parks.
By John Council | December 8, 2017
U.S. District Judge Gray Miller has rejected an attempt by three religious organizations to receive FEMA disaster funding to repair their Hurricane Harvey-damaged churches.
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By Angela D. Giampolo | December 8, 2017
It's been over three years since Kevin Harrigan, Philip Williams and Kathryn Knott bashed a gay couple, Andrew Haught and Zachary Hesse, in Center City Philadelphia on Sept. 11, 2014. At the time, there was outrage that such an attack could occur in Philadelphia, a place where LGBTQ people are supposed to feel safe in a city considered the most LGBTQ-friendly in the country by the Human Rights Campaign.
By Jonathan Ringel | December 8, 2017
Former State Bar of Georgia president Ken Shigley and former Dougherty County district attorney Ken Hodges are the only announced candidates for the spot being vacated by Judge John Ellington, who is seeking an open seat on the state Supreme Court.
By C. Ryan Barber | December 7, 2017
Hogan Lovells, representing the California-based outdoor apparel company Patagonia Works and Conservation Lands Foundation, among other clients, is suing various Trump administration agencies. Covington & Burling, advocating for three groups, filed suit against the U.S. Interior Department.
By Tom McParland | December 6, 2017
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that a provision of the Delaware Constitution requiring political balance on the state's courts is unconstitutional.
By R. Robin McDonald | December 6, 2017
First Amendment lawyers say that the conviction of Georgia citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale for misdemeanor resisting arrest, even though she was cleared of felony obstruction and criminal trespass, could embolden more prosecutions of journalists gathering the news.
By Katheryn Tucker | December 6, 2017
I do think there is a good First Amendment argument against the law,” Emory Law Professor Alexander "Sasha" Volokh said. The U.S. Supreme Court has “recognized in many cases that nude dancing is a form of speech that gets some protection."
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