Abayomi Whint, a Nigerian woman in the United States, has been sworn in as a judge for the Kings County Civil Court in New ...

NY's John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act upheld in court against challenges to its provisions against racially discriminatory vote dilution.

Griffin's electoral challenge followed the Republican National Committee and North Carolina GOP trying in August — and later failing — to have 225,000 North Carolinians purged from the voter rolls ...

While some advocates praise the commutations as a step toward ending capital punishment, others are outraged.