May 2, 2016 Iowa Supreme Court affirms right to be drunk on front porch The Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed the right to be drunk on your front porch.
May 2, 2016 New Jersey Supreme Court sides with Christie on pensions New Jersey's top court sided Tuesday with Gov. Chris Christie in his fight against public-worker unions over pensions, preserving major cuts meant to stave off a budget crisis -- and giving the governor a win as he weighs a Republican presidential bid.
May 2, 2016 Illinois justices overturn state's landmark 2013 pension law The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday struck down a 2013 law that sought to fix the nation's worst government-employee pension crisis, a ruling that forces the state to find another way to overcome a massive budget deficit.
May 2, 2016 House approves Keystone bill, as court ruling delivers win to pipeline backers The House easily passed a bill on Friday authorizing construction of the Keystone pipeline, just hours after Nebraska's highest court tossed a lawsuit challenging the route -- increasing pressure on President Obama to approve the long-delayed project.
May 2, 2016 Colorado Supreme Court strikes down local fracking bans The Colorado Supreme Court struck down attempts by two cities to ban or delay fracking on Monday, a major victory for the oil and gas industry.
April 28, 2016 NY judge decides Trump University case going to trial A New York judge decided Tuesday that a fraud case against Donald Trump over his former school for real estate investors will go to trial – raising the possibility that the Republican presidential front-runner could testify during campaign season.
April 28, 2016 Lawsuit claims Hastert owes accuser $1.8M in hush money A man who alleges he was sexually abused by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and later promised $3.5 million to stay quiet filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit Monday, saying he's owed more than half the money Hastert promised.
April 28, 2016 Federal judge upholds controversial North Carolina voter ID law Lawsuits challenging changes to North Carolina's election law failed to show it hampered the ability of minority voters to exercise political power, a federal judge ruled Monday in dismissing the cases.
April 28, 2016 Report reveals secret meeting by environmentalists to target Exxon, oil industry Environmentalists backing a Big Tobacco-style government probe of oil companies plotted their strategy for targeting companies like ExxonMobil at a closed-door meeting in Manhattan earlier this year, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
April 28, 2016 Second Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice resigns over pornographic email scandal A second Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice quit the bench Tuesday in a widening scandal over raunchy and otherwise offensive emails that he and others exchanged with friends and lawyers.
