Courts & Law
Image
Justice Kavanaugh defends crowded emergency docket, warns against releasing too many opinions
The Supreme Court has seen a giant wave of challenges and emergency appeals on its emergency docket since President Donald Trump took office in January.
Image
Supreme Court to consider whether race-based voting districts are constitutional
The Supreme Court on Friday asked attorneys in the case to consider whether, in seeking to comply with the 1965 voting rights law, the state violated the Constitution's 14th and 15th Amendments.
Image
Federal judge says he will decide whether Habba can lead prosecutions in New Jersey
Judge Matthew Brann ruled in a 27-page opinion that he would consider Habba's legal authority seriously after defendant Julien Giraud, Jr., who is facing federal gun and drug charges in New Jersey, asked the judge to throw out the case over questions about the legality of Habba's position.
Image
Supreme Court to hear case on Rastafarian man whose dreadlocks were cut by prison guards
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Rastafari man Whose Dreadlocks Were Cut by Louisiana Prison Guards
Image
Feds release Mahmoud Khalil from detention after over 100 days in custody
Khalil is now expected to travel to New York City to reunite with his wife and newborn son.
Image
Here are the unresolved Trump administration SCOTUS cases as court winds down for summer
The Supreme Court still has approximately a dozen cases on its dockets, including challenges from the Trump administration, and only one more release date scheduled.
Image
Appeals Court upholds ruling blocking Louisiana Ten Commandments law
Louisiana last year became the first state to pass a law that would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in "large, easily readable font" in every classroom.
Image
Judge blocks Trump admin from interfering with Harvard's enrollment of international students
The order comes after the Department of Homeland Security revoked Harvard's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification last month, after the Ivy League failed to provide information about its international students and students who engaged in school protests last year.
Image
Supreme Court rules against Florida firefighter who lost health benefits
Karyn Stanley, in Stanley v. City of Stanford, sued the city after officials said that her disability entitled her to only 24 months of insurance coverage. Stanley was hired by the city as a firefighter in 1999 and was forced to retire in 2018 due to a Parkinson's disease diagnosis.
Image
Judge orders ICE to release Mahmoud Khalil
A federal judge on Friday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release Mahmoud Khalil, whom authorities arrested months ago as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on antisemitism.
Image
Nebraska's Attorney General takes China’s Temu to court, alleging it steals Americans' data
Hilgers explained that Temu is set up in a way that it can gain access to a user's smartphone without having to go through the Terms of Agreements process and getting around Apple's App Store requirements.
Image
DC man found incompetent to stand trial in stabbing of Rand Paul aide, unlikely to be prosecuted
“There are no prospects that Mr. Neal will return to competency in the foreseeable future,” D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd E. Edelman said.
Image
Chief Justice Roberts adopts some gender-ideology language in upholding youth gender-transition ban
From "transgender boy" to preferred pronouns, majority opinion "riddled with radical ideological language," America First Policy Institute official laments. Justice Kagan not sure law would fall even under preferred legal standard.