A New York appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling striking down a state law that prohibits local governments from setting restrictions that could suppress people's voting rights because of their race.

New York can enforce its law banning voter dilution, suppression, intimidation, and obstruction, a Brooklyn appellate court ruled Thursday.

The judge ruled against a women’s roller derby league that had sought to block a Nassau County law banning men from participating in women’s sporting events.

President Donald Trump’s dramatic pause of federal grants and loans is queuing up a Supreme Court showdown over the Constitution that will test the court’s recently muscular commitment to curb executive power.

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she's found an outlet for the frustration that can result from being in the minority on the nation's highest court: boxing.

The outgoing president’s move is mostly symbolic, but he has given the push for the 28th Amendment some new momentum.

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Federal prosecutors have dropped bribery and conspiracy charges against New York's former Democratic lieutenant governor, citing the death of a key witness in the case.

The New York Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a Nassau County law prohibiting men from competing in female sports at a county-run facility is constitutional. State Supreme Court Judge Bruce ...

A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a ruling from a judge that struck down a state voting rights law designed to protect the political voice of minority groups. The ruling from the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court in New York City allows a lawsuit brought by six Black and Hispanic voters against the Town of Newburgh in the

An East Northport couple's lawsuit says a police chase sparked a wrong-way crash that seriously injured them. Another man is facing charges in the case.