The Supreme Court on Monday gave a civic activist in Florida another shot at proving that his arrest at a city council meeting was in retaliation for his criticism of public officials.
In a major statement on privacy in the digital age, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the government generally needs a warrant to collect troves of location data about the customers of cellphone companies.
Read MoreA proposal that would create an independent commission to draw political boundaries instead of politicians should appear on the November ballot, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Read MoreThe U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it would appeal against a federal judge’s ruling that President Donald Trump may not legally block Twitter users from his account on the social media platform based on their political views, according to a court filing.
Read MoreA divided Supreme Court on Monday absolved a Colorado baker of discrimination for refusing to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple, ruling that the state exhibited "religious hostility" against him.
Read MoreA federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to Michigan's mandatory retirement age for state judges.
Read More“We decline Virginia’s invitation to extend the automobile exception to permit a warrantless intrusion on a home or its curtilage,” Sotomayor wrote.
Read MoreThis isn't the way to complain about toppings on a pizza.
Read MoreFew protections are as essential to individual liberty as the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Framers made that right explicit in the Bill of Rights following their experience with the indignities and invasions of privacy wrought by "general warrants and warrantless searches that had so alienated the colonists and had helped speed the movement for independence." Chimel v. California, 395 U. S. 752, 761 (1969). Ever mindful of the Fourth Amendment and its history, the Court has viewed with disfavor practices that permit "police officers unbridled discretion to rummage at will among a person's private effects." Arizona v. Gant, 556 U. S. 332, 345 (2009).
Read MoreThe Supreme Court said Monday that employers can prevent employees from joining together to file class-action lawsuits through arbitration clauses in their contracts, dealing a blow to organized labor and upholding the Trump administration’s position on federal employment law.
Read MoreSince it began, Michigan's effort to give poor people a fairer fight in court has been led by individuals trained in a lifetime of social justice.
Read MoreA 2-2 vote from the state Board of Canvassers on a ballot proposal to end union-scale wages for public construction projects means the effort is stalled and headed to the Court of Appeals.
Read MoreA federal judge in Washington state has issued a permanent injunction that blocks the Trump administration from slashing grants to a Planned Parenthood program that funds teen pregnancy prevention programs across the country.
The decision came from US District Judge Thomas Rice on Tuesday, whose ruling stated that the Trump administration cannot end the program, due to the fact that it would cause harm.
Read MoreBy a 7-to-2 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the procedure was a permissible way for the agency that administers patents to fix its mistakes.
Read MoreA federal appeals court appears to be on the side of Michigan prisoners seeking credit for good behavior.
Read MoreEven state prisoners have civil rights, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
In a 2-1 opinion, the court ruled that a 1999 amendment that excluded prisoners from coverage under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act is unconstitutional.
Read MoreJust when you thought you wouldn’t hear about the monkey selfie ever again, the legal saga lives once more. Although the parties — the photographer, a self-publishing book company, and PETA, on behalf of the selfie-taking monkey — reached a settlement in September of last year, the Ninth Circuit is now refusing to dismiss the case. This means the court will be coming out with an official appellate decision about the monkey selfie.
Read MoreThree former waitresses at the Grand Coney restaurant in Grand Rapids filed a lawsuit alleging they and other women were victims of sexual harassment by a shift manager at the restaurant.
Read MoreThe nation’s death rows are starting to look like geriatric wards. Condemned inmates in many states are more likely to die of natural causes than to be executed. The rare ones who are put to death often first spend decades behind bars, waiting.
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