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This past Monday, a new order by a U.S. federal appeals court will hinder Native Americans’ ability to vote in North Dakota for the upcoming November 2018 elections.

There’s still decency in U.S. politics after all. For the time being, President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries is blocked after a ruling from a federal appeals court, according to CNN.

A federal appeals court has struck down Michigan’s ban on affirmative action. Experts say that while the decision is limited to the 6th circuit – including Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee – it makes it even likelier that the Supreme Court will get involved. Thoughts?

Today a federal appeals court ruled that California’s infamous Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, setting the stage for an epic showdown before the Supreme Court. Do you support marriage equality for same-sex couples? Sound off below!

North Carolina’s Supreme Court heard arguments about whether it should reinstate death sentences for four inmates whose punishments were reduced. The appeal seeks to challenge the ruling of a law that allowed certain criminal defendants to challenge their sentences on the grounds of racial bias in their prosecutions. 

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld victories in lower courts by Planned Parenthood after Republican-led states sought to strip the organization of Medicaid funding following the court’s move further to the right with the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh.

According to the ACLU’s update on Medium, some on the United States government’s No Fly List are being kept on the list due to a fear of future criminal activities and are not being allowed to plead their cases in court. As a result, the ACLU is petitioning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in […]

Jamal Knox, a 24-year-old Black rapper, was found guilty of making direct threats towards police in a new song by Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday after an appeal.

There have been two class action lawsuits filed against local and state officials by residents of Flint, Michigan. Claimants say the lead contamination which has plagued the city for almost four years and counting infringe upon their civil rights. After lower courts threw the cases out, the Supreme Court left in place a ruling handed […]

The Supreme Court has decided to allow parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban take effect. The court will also hear arguments on the validity of the ban, according to CNN.

The United States Supreme Court has denied the state of Arkansas the right to execute two prisoners out of 8 slated to be put to death this month. This decision was made before the state’s lethal injection drugs expire. These would be the state’s first executions in 12 years, since Eric Nance in 2005.

Ten years after an appeals court overturned his sexual assault conviction, Jarrett Adams returned to the court as an attorney. He’s now part of a team looking to overturn the conviction of a man who was sentenced to 89 years after the wife of a retired Chicago Police Department sergeant was found dead, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.