Disparate impact is a critical tool for enforcing civil rights laws. Prohibiting intentional discrimination is important, but ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has acted in a series of cases involving challenges to executive orders signed by President Donald ...

The department’s move is one of many recent actions taken to dismiss criminal and civil actions against Trump allies such as ...

The state Supreme Court overturned two courts' decision in a case involving the New Mexico Racing Commission, saying that ...

The U.S. Navy may rename ships named for prominent civil rights and other American leaders like Harvey Milk, Ruth Bader ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review of ship names honoring Mr. Milk, a gay rights pioneer, and other leaders. In ...

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Rajasthan government’s response to a plea by members of the Jaipur royal family ...

May saw the death of a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who came the high court as a Republican but became a favorite among ...

Michael Hardwick was arrested for "sodomy" in the privacy of his home. He took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, but that was just the beginning.

The trial of three retired Salvadoran military officers for the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the Central American country’s civil war is underway in the northern city of Chalatenango ...

Jerrauld C. Jones, a longtime judge and state delegate, has died at 70. Jones became one of the first African-American ...

"In this article, we examine the law of standing and cases addressing how standing principles apply in cases challenging DEI ...