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The lower court judge had issued his opinion in response to a lawsuit filed earlier this month by 10 churches around Oregon that argued the state’s social distancing directives were unconstitutional. In a statement late Monday, Brown, a Democrat, praised the state Supreme Court action. “There are no shortcuts for us to return to life…

The plaintiff known as "Jane Roe" in the landmark 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion switched her support to pro-life movement after being paid to do, she said in a stunning admission before her 2017 death.Norma McCorvey, who died at age 69 from heart failure, made the revelation in a documentary titled “AKA Jane…

House Democrats told the Supreme Court on Monday that they are again in the midst of an "ongoing presidential impeachment investigation" as part of their "weighty constitutional responsibility" – and, the Democrats argued, redacted grand-jury material from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s now-completed Russia probe must be turned over as a result.Top Democrats have repeatedly suggested since…

Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn departs U.S. District Court, where he was expected to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia's ambassador to the United States, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2017.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. — who recently signed court filings that benefited felons…

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' revised federal guidelines on how sexual assault allegations should be handled on college and K-12 campuses is the target of a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, claiming the changes would "inflict significant harm" on victims and "dramatically undermine" their civil rights.The suit, filed on behalf of four advocacy groups for sexual assault…