In the Courts
Federal Judge Blocks Billions Of Dollars For Border Wall Funding
A federal judge in California barred the Trump administration Friday night from reallocating $2.5 billion to construct border barriers. U.S.…
Read More »The Supreme Court Just Made An Announcement About DACA
The Supreme Court will decide whether President Donald Trump can rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program during…
Read More »The Supreme Court Just Ruled On The Census Citizenship Question
The Supreme Court ordered further proceedings in the dispute over a citizenship question on the 2020 census form Thursday, saying…
Read More »The Supreme Court Just Handed Down A Big Decision On Partisan Gerrymandering
In a decision with far-reaching implications for national politics, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts do not have…
Read More »Liberals Win The Day At Supreme Court, Though Gerrymandering And Census Cases Remain
The Supreme Court’s liberal bloc scored a pair of victories Wednesday, securing conservative votes to side with a criminal defendant…
Read More »Chaos Reigns Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling On Citizenship Question
The Trump administration filed an extraordinary last-minute request at the Supreme Court in the census citizenship question case Tuesday, asking…
Read More »Justice Gorsuch Joins Liberals To Deal Victory For Criminal Defendants
Justice Neil Gorsuch joined with the Supreme Court’s liberal bloc to deal victory for criminal defendants Monday, striking down a…
Read More »Kagan Seethes As High Court Conservatives Deliver Property Rights Win
An ideologically divided Supreme Court delivered a victory for property owners Friday, over a vigorous dissent from Justice Elena Kagan…
Read More »Racial Bias Runs Deep In The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision
Curtis Flowers of Mississippi has stood trial six times in connection with a grisly quadruple homicide in a small town…
Read More »Court Rules In Favor Of Title X And Abortion Restrictions In Major Win For Trump Admin
An appeals court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration can ban taxpayer-funded abortion clinics from performing abortions or making abortion…
Read More »The Supreme Court Just Upheld A War Memorial Cross On Public Land
The Supreme Court turned back a constitutional challenge to a cross-shaped war memorial in Maryland Thursday, finding that the monument…
Read More »Supreme Court Upholds Double Jeopardy Rule That Might Weaken Reach Of Trump’s Pardons
The Supreme Court left undisturbed Monday a legal rule that allows state and federal governments to prosecute individuals for the…
Read More »Major Drug Companies Sue Over Trump Administration Rule Requiring Prices In TV Ads
Three major pharmaceutical companies sued the Trump administration in federal court Friday over the administration’s rule requiring the companies to…
Read More »Democrat-Appointed Judges Reverse Deportation Order For Illegal Immigrant
A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, all of whom were appointed by Democratic presidents, reversed a…
Read More »How Well Does A Supreme Court Justice Live? See For Yourself
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has released 2018 financial disclosure forms for members of the Supreme Court, prompting…
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