New York Judge Laura Taylor Swain has taken over the Rikers Island jail complex due to ongoing alleged constitutional ...

As courts buckle under hundreds of thousands of unresolved cases, a quiet fight is erupting in Albany over how — and where — ...

A Democratic representative from Georgia reintroduced a bill to create term limits for Supreme Court justices.

Kid Cudi has wrapped up his testimony in the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs. The rapper and actor ...

The embattled prison chief took an optimistic tack, but family members of those killed by prison guards have little faith ...

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an ...

A federal judge seized control of New York ... court case known as Nunez. Swain’s sweeping order gives the receiver — called an independent manager — full control over the city’s jail ...

NEW YORK — A federal court in New York has granted a preliminary injunction blocking removals under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) for people within that court’s judicial district. The case is G.F.F. v.

Now Elia and the National Federation of the Blind – New York are suing the court system. "This was flagrantly unlawful," Elia said. "The judge said if I could not perceive the evidence with my ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York’s highest court struck down a New York City ... than preserving the integrity of our election system, and in today’s age, the government should be working ...

The state’s highest court on Thursday ... that "Article IX of the New York State Constitution and the Municipal Home Rule Law grant localities broad authority to structure their own governments ...