SAN FRANCISCO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson of the U.S. state of Washington on Friday filed a motion to ask a federal court to block restrictions imposed by the federal government on a family planning policy. Ferguson filed the motion to the U.S. District Co...
Washington state felons should have voting rights, federal court rulesJonathan Martin
Following Leavitt's post, the Justice Department argued that the matter before McConnell was moot. But the judge said in his order that "the evidence shows that the alleged rescission of the OMB Directive was in name-only and may have been issued simply to defeat the jurisdiction of the cou...
As part of its larger crackdown on illegal and legal immigration, the Trump administration moved to terminate DACA in the fall of 2017. But the policy was kept alive by federal courts, including the Supreme Court, which in 2020 ruled that the Trump administration had not properly rescinded the...
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit would have jurisdiction over the case. The question of birthright citizenship could eventually reach the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court previously answered this questions in an 1898 case. Ogletree Deakins’ Immigration Practice Group will ...
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that partisan-gerrymandering challenges to electoral maps are political questions that are not reviewable in federal courts. The 5-4 decision split along ideological lines effectively takes the courts out of the politics of...
U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan blocked the funding freeze only minutes before it was scheduled to take effect. The administrative stay, prompted by a lawsuit brought by nonprofit groups that receive federal money, lasts until Monday afternoon. Another court hearing ...
WASHINGTON -- The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that partisan-gerrymandering challenges to electoral maps are political questions that are not reviewable in federal courts. The 5-4 decision split along ideological lines effectively takes the courts out of the politics of gerrymandering, leaving ...
It includes information on preparing a protest, representation options and taking your case to the court system. 17 Your Federal Income Tax for Individuals Publication 17 covers the general rules for filing a federal income tax return. It supplements the information contained in tax form instructions...
While most criminal offenses are prosecuted in state court, the United States federal courts also have jurisdictions over certain types of criminal offenses. In the federal courts in and around United States, the prosecuting attorneys with the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) prosecute criminal...