The inmate population in the United States has grown steadily over the past fifteen years, increasing by 49.6 percent, while the proportion of those prisoners in private prisons has exploded -– according to the Justice Policy Institute’s analysis of federal statistics; the number of people in privately-run prisons More…
A federal judge late last week signed off on a deal struck between the WildEarth Guardians environmental group and the U.S. Department of the Interior that would compel the federal government to reach final Endangered Species Act listing decisions on 253 species in the next five years.
Some of those More…
A 33-year-old Idaho woman is seeking class-action status on a federal lawsuit challenging a new state law that bans abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, made possible by the claim babies are developed enough at that stage to feel pain.
The Anoka-Hennepin School District and lawyers for six students who sued the district over bullying began talks this week in an attempt to reach a settlement. While those talks were underway, the Parents Action League submitted a petition to the school board urging it not to budge on More…
The 2012 ballot isn’t the only place where a raging debate on same-sex marriage is taking place in Minnesota. Three same-sex couples filed an appeal in July in their bid to overturn Minnesota’s Defense of Marriage Act, and groups on both sides of the issue have filed paperwork with the More…
Indiana passed the most expansive school voucher program of any state in the country in May, but a group led by a teachers union asked a judge today to put an injunction [PDF] on the new program, the Choice Scholarship Program (CSP), citing certain layoffs and higher cost burdens on More…
As more states pass abortion bills with new regulations and restrictions, the effects of those previously passed are beginning to show through –- in lawsuits. Across the country, Planned Parenthood affiliates have filed suits challenging anti-abortion rights legislation that in some way targets the abortion provider and its services.
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While Planned Parenthood of Indiana lost its injunction Wednesday against a brand-new Indiana law — signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels on Tuesday — that strips abortion providers of Medicaid funding for reproductive and sexual health services, PP has claimed that about 9,300 Hoosiers will likely be deprived of access More…
On Tuesday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., heard oral arguments for two lawsuits that represent the first major challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009.
On the day Obama signed the health care bill into law — March 23, More…
Evangelical college Liberty University on Tuesday resumes an ongoing lawsuit against the federal government, claiming that provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care of Act of 2009 are unconstitutional.
Partner institution Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit law firm that traditionally defends right-wing causes, is representing the university and two More…
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