The three branches of government prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful and create a system of checks and balances ...

Several of Donald Trump's former personal attorneys who now have top roles in his administration earned millions that were ...

Judge Lance Walker heard arguments in a lawsuit by gun rights advocates who are challenging the Maine statute enacted in ...

Westchester County is holding a special election on Tuesday to pick a leader, a decision that will likely be influenced in ...

New York’s top court has been asked to reverse a ruling against a law that would allow noncitizens to vote in New York City ...

Ask Emmett Sullivan, the judge who blocked the Department of Justice from dropping the case against Michael Flynn.

An upstate New York judge has resigned after he got out of jury duty by claiming that he couldn’t be impartial — because he ...

Boulder’s lawsuit, like dozens around the country, seeks damages from fossil fuel companies to help pay for climate ...

President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the ...

Friday marked six years since passage of New York's Child Victims Act (CVA) − a landmark law empowering survivors of childhood sexual abuse to seek justice after years of silence.

Lawmakers in some states are pushing measures to crack down on abortion pills or penalize women who obtain abortions.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams thanked the Justice Department on Tuesday for directing prosecutors to drop the federal case ...