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.