A federal judge expressed skepticism about the Justice Department’s proposed police consent decree with Louisville.
The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing litigation and a stop to any new cases.
A Kentucky man who shot at Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg when he was a candidate in 2022 was sentenced Friday to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison after a tense sentencing hearing where Greenberg spoke of the harm the attack has caused.
An Inspector General investigation into the case claims false statements were included in the felony arrest warrant and criminal complaint against Omari Cryer.
After the U.S. Department of Justice froze civil rights actions, Hazleton officials didn’t raise their hopes too high that the federal government will drop a voting rights lawsuit against
Trump’s pardons signaled that as far as Trump cares, the rule of law is an empty slogan, Law Journal columnist Bennett Gershman writes.
After a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted a Hopkinsville man for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, as well as seven counts of money
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticizes the Trump administration's move to suspend police reform agreements, raising concerns about equal protection under the law.
Over the years, the right to citizenship has been won by various oppressed or marginalized groups after hard-fought legal battles. Here's a look at how birthright citizenship has applied to some of those cases.
Representative Stephanie Dietz of Edgewood is the new Chair of the Kentucky House’s Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice, Public Safety, and Judiciary, House Speaker David Osborne announced this week.