KATHARINE BIRBALSINGH: A school should be free to do what is right for the pupils it serves. The court's decision is therefore a victory for all schools.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were “illogical” and violated the state constitution, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct specifics of the IRS investigation. TOPEKA (KSNT) - A federal court decision paves the way for the IRS to access the bank records of God's Storehouse in Topeka, as the thrift shop is under investigation for campaign finance issues and unpaid taxes. The United States Court []
Monday’s ruling overturned a previous decision by a district court judge in the state
Like all things Donald Trump, the first day of his hush money criminal trial in New York started like a brewing storm. Not only did Judge Juan Merchan have to once again shut down Trump's attempt to have the judge removed, the fed-up Merchan then warned Trump to behave — or go to jail. — Read the rest
The Justice Department can reopen an antitrust probe into the National Association of Realtors, an appeals court ruled Friday, rejecting a bid by the real estate trade group to enforce a 2020 settlement with the Trump administration to close the case.
The New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday ruled the City of San Antonio can continue with its controversial-tree removal and bird mitigation efforts at Brackenridge Park, the Express-News reports. The court rejected an emergency request filed by two members of the Lipan-Apache Native American Church, who argued the tree cuttings prevent church members from accessing an area of the park they consider sacred, according to the daily. The filing also asked...
Bill 21 bars public sector workers in positions of authority — including teachers, judges, and police officers — from wearing religious symbols on the job.
The U.S. Supreme Court 2014 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby allowed religious, anti-abortion employers to refuse to cover contraception in their employee health insurance. But an extraordinary April 4 appellate court decision in Indiana turned the conservative Supreme Court’s landmark Hobby Lobby decision into a winning argument for abortion rights. The unanimous ruling from the three-judge panel, which found that the state’s abortion ban burdens the religious beliefs of those whose faiths...
A state Superior Court ruling said the justices did not believe the claim that the state’s law prohibiting a person from possessing a firearm if they had been convicted of a list of 38 offenses was invalidated by the higher court’s ruling in the case of a New York law struck down in 2022.
A state Superior Court ruling said the justices did not believe the claim that the state’s law prohibiting a person from possessing a firearm if they had been convicted of a list of 38 offenses was invalidated by the higher court’s ruling in the case of a New York law struck down in 2022.
Arizona can soon enforce a long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother’s life is at stake, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, opening the door to prosecuting doctors who perform the procedures.