A pair of concerned voters filed suit in Detroit, Mich., the epicenter of a cascading election scandal involving Dominion Voting Systems that could ultimately entangle at least 28 states.
Among those that relied on Dominion's voting software were all seven of the crucial battleground states poised to determine the still-disputed...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to leave in place the bulk of the Affordable Care Act, including key protections for pre-existing health conditions and subsidized insurance premiums that affect tens of millions of Americans.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, among the conservative justices, appeared in...
(Associated Press) The New York Police Department will stop making people who have been arrested remove their religious headwear for mug shots as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit.
The initial plaintiffs, two Muslim women and an advocacy group, had filed the federal lawsuit in 2018, with another two...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump's campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states.
The new filings, joining existing Republican legal challenges in Pennsylvania and Nevada, demand better access for campaign observers to locations where ballots are being processed and counted, and raise...
A judge ruled on Monday to limit California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive authority during the coronavirus pandemic.
Sutter County Superior Court Judge Sarah Heckman issued a preliminary order this week forcing Newsom to stop writing executive orders related to coronavirus restrictions after determining that at least one of his previous orders...
(Headline USA) A federal judge on Monday rejected a Republican effort to block nearly 127,000 ballots in Houston that were cast at drive-thru polling centers, amid reports of rampant voter fraud in the region.
The lawsuit was brought by election-integrity watchdog groups who have railed against the effort to exploit...
(Headline USA) A federal judge in Chicago struck down a key immigration rule Monday that would deny green cards to immigrants who use food stamps or other public benefits, a blow to the Trump administration on the eve of the election.
In a decision that applies nationwide, U.S. District Judge...
(Headline USA) A Wisconsin court commissioner on Monday set bail for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of killing two people during a protest at $2 million, setting aside pleas from one victim's father to double that amount.
Kenosha County prosecutors have charged Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois, with fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign are signaling they will pursue an aggressive legal strategy to try to prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election.
The matter could find its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, especially if those ballots could tip...
(Headline USA) Signature matches. Late-arriving absentee votes. Drop boxes. Secrecy envelopes.
Democratic and Republican lawyers already have gone to court over these issues in the run-up to Tuesday's election. But the legal fights could take on new urgency, not to mention added vitriol, if a narrow margin in a battleground state...
(Headline USA) The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday denied a Republican-led petition to toss nearly 127,000 ballots cast at drive-thru voting places in the Houston area.
The state's all-Republican high court rejected the request from GOP activists and candidates without explaining its decision.
The effort to have the Harris County ballots...
(Headline USA) The Michigan appeals court on Thursday rejected an appeal from a Democratic state official who wants to ban the open carry of guns outside polling places.
The court, in a 3-0 order, declined to hear the case but noted that it's already illegal to intimidate voters or aggressively wave...