The U.S. Supreme Court, during arguments Monday, appeared to side with Catholic Charities in Wisconsin over whether ...

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...

Trump announced immediately after his inauguration that he would be reducing the size of the federal government and appointed ...

A doctor’s bid to resolve claims he violated a Texas anti-abortion law in a Chicago federal court hinges on whether he can ...

“Most Texans have already proven their citizenship when they got their driver’s license, but the feds have not allowed us to ...

Judge Lee H. Rosenthal said the student group that organizes Draggieland, the Queer Empowerment Council, was likely to ...

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

While the court has not yet issued a ruling on the merits of any of its cases, it continues to rule on jurisdictional ...

A divided federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration could not immediately use the 1798 Alien ...

The plaintiffs are asking the court to require the state to maintain cell temperatures between 65 and 85 degrees, a similar range as Texas jails and federal prisons are required to maintain.

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional ... a temporary injunction against the state. "The Court is of the view that excessive heat ...