An Arizona law that prohibits criminal defense attorneys from directly contacting crime victims or their families was reinstated Thursday by a federal appeals court.

Though the court declined to rule on the constitutionality of the law itself, it found that the plaintiffs’ challenge failed to show a substantial application in violation of the First Amendment.

An Arizona law that says members of a criminal defense team may only contact crime victims if they first go through the prosecutor’s office is constitutional on its face, the Ninth Circuit said ...

The Biden administration did not take legal action against Phoenix to impose sweeping changes the U.S. Justice Department ...

Many underrepresented people who built successful government careers credited those laws and their enforcement with expanding the path to prosperity.

The Justice Department froze civil-rights litigation to allow the incoming Trump administration to review the agencies priorities, reports said.