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Jackson, 51, addressed the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of her first day of confirmation hearings.

Next week the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, the federal judge President Biden has tapped as his Supreme Court nominee.

The class-action suit claims Philly’s broken curb cuts and dilapidated sidewalks violate the ADA. We may know by the end of March if a deal can be struck.

District Judge David Bunning in Ashland issued the ruling Friday in two longstanding lawsuits involving Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County.

Sen. Troy Singleton said the proposal would increase understanding of how American democracy works.

Legal experts and voting rights advocates warn the "independent state legislature doctrine" could radically alter election administration across the country.

A U.S. magistrate judge issued a recommendation Friday that said denying the New York Times access to what police collected could be seen as government censorship.

The injunction broadens District Judge Amy Clark Meachum’s earlier order blocking the state’s investigation of the parents of one transgender teenager.

Family members told a news conference in Jackson, Mississippi, that authorities have known for decades that Carolyn Bryant Donham played a key role in Till’s slaying.

Texas abortion providers say their best hope of stopping the nation’s most restrictive abortion law is all but over.

After seven years of waiting and months of oral arguments, the first phase of this historic trial ended Thursday.

Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police in a racist and homophobic attack that he staged himself.

A trial over how Pennsylvania funds its schools is wrapping up in Commonwealth Court. Students from one of the plaintiff districts hope it leads to change.

Flores’ lawyer sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday, urging him to turn down Miami’s request and have the case settled in court.

A group of Republican lawmakers — some of whom voted for the law — now say no-excuse mail voting requires a change to the Pennsylvania Constitution.