On election night in 2015, a victorious John Bel Edwards said something he hadn't said during his campaign, something I hadn't expected. "We will prevail," he said during his victory speech, and...
Opponents of the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline, a 163-mile crude oil line that would run from Lake Charles to St. James, filed suit against the pipeline’s backer Tuesday to make its documents public...
A Louisiana judge ruled Thursday that a company building an oil pipeline through south Louisiana trespassed on the land of three people opposed to the project, but he allowed the work to continue...
...Government actors have, it seems, endless reasons to shroud their actions in secrecy; that’s why tools like the Freedom of Information Act and state open records laws are so critical. But it turns...
... As of September 11, 2019, the asylum ban is in full effect after the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a ruling by a federal district court in northern California that had preliminarily enjoined the...
...Human rights groups welcomed Thursday's ruling. "Too many ICC states have cooperated with the U.S. to set up the global torture programme, we now call on these same states to cooperate with the...
... Lawsuit payouts are not withdrawn from the police budget and resources, but rather are taken from the city’s broader fund. As a result, taxpayers are burdened with these costs — in addition to...
... With just five weeks to go until the Presidential Election, we’re pleased to note that, recently, six organizations involved in the long struggle to try and get the prison at Guantánamo Bay...
...The judge acknowledged the concern of plaintiffs regarding the potential damage to reputations and even safety of those merely accused without merit, stating that in the age of social media, "all...
... “Yes, it was in 1789, but it is still on the books,” said Katherine Gallagher of the Center for Constitutional Rights , which also filed an amicus brief in the case . “At the time that it was...
