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The reauthorization of Section 702 is one of the most important issues facing Congress in the second half of this year.

McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a lawsuit after a state agency warned her about refusing to marry gay couples. She hopes a recent U.S. Supreme Court case about religious freedom helps her cause.

A legal challenge has been filed to block Iowa’s new legislation banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy

Republican governor Kim Reynolds plans to sign the bill into law on Friday, her office says

Ohio could be the fourth state to establish a constitutional right to abortion.

Ohio could be the fourth state, following California, Michigan, and Vermont in 2022, to establish an explicit state constitutional right to abortion. On July 5, the campaign Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom submitted more than 710,131 signatures for a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment to provide that “every individual has a right to…

"Florida is simply not free to exceed the bounds of the United States Constitution," the judge wrote

A new lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Illinois says fewer than 1% of the more than 2.6 million stops made by Chicago police over six years resulted in an arrest or the discovery of illegal drugs or a gun.

The court didn’t explicitly rule out consideration of a student’s race, leaving door open to interpretation of college admissions aims

Border agents promise better chance of asylum for those agreeing to go to Mexico and apply there, then strands them with no access

LOS ANGELES — A cadre of civil rights advocates rallied outside a downtown courthouse Thursday to demand accountability within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which is embroiled in a lawsuit over recent oversight efforts to identify members of deputy gangs.