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The fight over abortion access was debated on Capitol Hill Thursday during a hearing about the controversial new Texas law that bans such procedures after six weeks and makes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, a Texas-based ob-gyn, told the House Judiciary Committee that Texas Senate Bill 8 — which took effect on Sept. 1 after the Supreme Court declined to block ...

An appeals court has formally ended a lawsuit that in 2018 temporarily suspended a California law that allows adults to obtain prescriptions for life-ending drugs, a gap that advocates blamed Thursday for a significant drop in its use that year. California lawmakers made the lawsuit moot last month when they reauthorized and extended the law until 2031 while reducing the time until terminal p...

<p>Police located and arrested the suspect - identified as 37-year-old Shawn Scott Densmore - at Hamilton Hall without further incident. Densmore is not a student at Oregon, the university confirmed. He faces charges of menacing, burglary, criminal trespass, kidnapping and carrying a concealed firearm. (Lane County Jail/SBG file){/p} EUGENE, Ore. - Investigators believe an intruder with...

<p>Police located and arrested the suspect - identified as 37-year-old Shawn Scott Densmore - at Hamilton Hall without further incident. Densmore is not a student at Oregon, the university confirmed. He faces charges of menacing, burglary, criminal trespass, kidnapping and carrying a concealed firearm. (Lane County Jail/SBG file){/p} EUGENE, Ore. - Investigators believe an intruder with...

DNY59 / iStock The Colorado Court of Appeals has deemed unconstitutional a state law that allows criminal juries of fewer than 12 people to convict a defendant of a felony. In doing so, a three-judge panel for the state's appellate court decided a Denver judge violated the state constitution by dismissing one person from a jury during deliberations and letting the remaining 11 me...

Former Arizona congresswoman and shooting survivor Gabby Giffords speaks during a demonstration with victims of gun violence in front of the Supreme Court as arguments begin in a major case on gun rights on November 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. Giffords, the gun-control nonprofit founded by former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords, has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the National Rifle As...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Philadelphia councilman Isaiah Thomas about a new law that prevents police officers from making low-level traffic stops, which disproportionately affect Black drivers. Popular on NPR.org NPR Editors' Picks

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Farragut High School student who said he was excited to try out for the boys' golf team before the law was passed. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Tennessee's law that prevents transgender students from playing on athletics teams that align with their gender identity, saying lawmakers are illegally discriminating against ...

Best Lawyers® awarded Gibson Dunn its 2022 Law Firm of the Year for Appellate Practice. The title of Law Firm of the Year is awarded to only one firm per practice area. Additionally, the firm earned Tier 1 rankings in 138 practice area categories in its 2022 Best Law Firms survey. Overall, the firm earned 175 rankings in nine metropolitan areas and nationally. The rankings were announced on N...

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