So far, the hundreds of protesters fighting the Dakota Access pipeline have shrugged off the heavy snow, icy winds and frigid temperatures that have swirled around their large encampment on the North Dakota grasslands. But if they defy next week’s ...
Read More »Court: Asylum not automatic for former gang members
Immigrants in the United States illegally are not automatically eligible for asylum on the basis that they are former gang members who risk persecution if they return home, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday. Three judges from the 9th ...
Read More »Federal court weighs key decision on LGBT-workplace bias
A rare full-court session of a U.S. appeals court in Chicago heard arguments Wednesday on whether protections under a 1964 Civil Rights Act should be expanded to cover workplace discrimination against LGBT employees, as hopes dim among some gay rights ...
Read More »Obama stays busy on environmental front in final weeks
Citing fears of a Donald Trump presidency, environmental groups are urging President Barack Obama to stay busy in his final weeks. He is listening. With his days in office numbered, Obama has pushed ahead with several executive actions aimed at ...
Read More »Sons of Ethel Rosenberg plead with Obama to exonerate mother
The sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg returned to the White House on Thursday, more than 50 years after pleading unsuccessfully to spare her life, in a last-ditch appeal to President Barack Obama to exonerate her amid new evidence. Rosenberg ...
Read More »Protesters: Police shooting may be legal, but isn’t right
A prosecutor’s decision to clear a Charlotte police officer in the killing of a black man left some African-American community leaders saying while the shooting may have been legal, it wasn’t right. Many of them called on Charlotte police to ...
Read More »Weed is winning, but the train could still go off the tracks
Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying marijuana should be legal. But does that mean the federal government will let dozens of state pot experiments play out? Not by a long shot. The government ...
Read More »Illinois panel backs couple in civil union complaint
A same-sex couple denied access to a central Illinois bed and breakfast while planning their civil union ceremony has won another legal victory in a five-year discrimination case that’s highlighted the conflict between religious freedoms and gay civil rights. Owners ...
Read More »Illinois panel backs couple in civil union complaint
A same-sex couple denied access to a central Illinois bed and breakfast while planning their civil union ceremony has won another legal victory in a five-year discrimination case that’s highlighted the conflict between religious freedoms and gay civil rights. Owners ...
Read More »Planned Parenthood lawsuit challenges Missouri abortion laws
Planned Parenthood affiliates in Missouri are asking a federal judge to prevent the state from enforcing two laws that they say restrict access to abortion. The affiliates filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging requirements that abortion clinics meet standards for ...
Read More »Pipeline arrests strain North Dakota’s court system
The hundreds of arrests during the months of protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota have created an unprecedented burden for the state’s court system, which faces huge cost overruns and doesn’t have enough judges, lawyers and ...
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