A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised ...

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police ...

A New York roller derby league has lost its bid to temporarily block a local ban on transgender female athletes.

Gabriella Larios, staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union, opposed the decision in a statement, calling it discriminatory. “This decision is an outlier among the many courts to ...

Two former New York City police officers and members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were among the nearly 1,600 who ...

Harry Black, staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative, reviews decisions from the the New York Court of ...

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties ...

Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 are being legally challenged by civil rights unions, ...

A swirl of executive orders, new legislation and fiery rhetoric in the first days of President Donald Trump’s administration ...

Twenty-two states -- including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut -- plus the District of Columbia and San Francisco sued in federal court to block Trump's order. New Jersey Democratic Attorney ...

Eighteen states and the ACLU filed lawsuits seeking to prevent President Trump from denying citizenship to children born in ...