A county judge in Ohio temporarily blocked several state laws on Friday that combined to create a 24-hour waiting period for obtaining an abortion in the state, in the first court decision on the merits of a 2023 constitutional amendment that guarantees access to the procedure.
A New York judge said Friday he won't force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed antidiscrimination amendment to the state's constitution would protect abortion rights, dealing a blow to Democrats who pushed for the change.
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West lost a legal challenge Friday in his bid to get on the ballot in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Maryland's handgun licensing requirements, rejecting an argument from gun-rights activists that the law violated the Second Amendment by making it too difficult for people to obtain guns.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Friday that he was suspending his campaign for the White House and backing former President Donald Trump.