The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact a new Republican-backed law in Wisconsin that requires voters to present photo identification when they cast ballots.
A court ruling clears the way for hundreds and perhaps thousands of immigrants improperly expelled to Mexico from Southern California to be allowed to return to seek legal U.S. residency, an official with a civil rights group said on Saturday.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday put on hold enforcement of Arizona's "revenge porn" law that made it a felony to post online nude images of others without their consent, after a rights group said the measure was too broad and state attorneys agreed it should be revisited.
Documents released by the U.S. government show it views an executive order issued in 1981 as the basis of most of the National Security Agency's surveillance activities, the American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit to California educators over getting adequate English language instruction. State and federal law are requiring schools to teach non-English speakers the language, but California, according to the suit, is not offering instruction to nearly 20,000 students. The suit also alleges that the lack of instruction meant that some children were held back a grade or forced to live with low proficiency scores because of a language barrier.
