Federal Courts
Michigan wineries win $50 million in fight against local zoning rules
Amid the bucolic vineyards and winding hills of Old Mission Peninsula in northern Michigan, a group of wineries has fought a brutal multiyear legal battle against a restrictive zoning ordinance enacted by the local township.…
Trump’s birthright citizenship order is unconstitutional, says appeals court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship by reinterpreting the 14th Amendment. This is the first time that an appeals court…
Hunter Biden walks free while this Iowa man serves 4 years for the same ‘crime’
On December 1, 2023, after a bench trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Alexander Ledvina was convicted of violating a federal law that bars illegal drug users from owning guns. Exactly a year…
Trump’s firing of FTC Commissioner Slaughter ruled illegal by federal court
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that President Donald Trump's March firing of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was illegal on Thursday. The ruling not only…
Judicial nominee Emil Bove can’t recall whether he said the DOJ might say ‘fuck you’ to court orders
It's not often that the word fuck comes up at a Senate confirmation hearing. But Sen. Adam Schiff (D–Calif.) said it six times during the Senate Judiciary Committee's June 25 hearing on President Donald Trump's…
Why a Trump-appointed judge is torching his court’s approach to qualified immunity
Concurrences are underrated. Though they don't serve as the primary explanation for a court's ruling, they can add crucial context to majority opinions and shape how we interpret them—and the law generally. For a…
Appeals court briefs say Trump’s tariffs are based on a statute that does not authorize tariffs
In May, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his statutory authority when he invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose stiff, wide-ranging…
Our speech-based deportation policy ‘does not exist’
In a case that went to trial in Boston this week, the Trump administration argues that its policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting international students for expressing anti-Israel opinions "does not exist."…
Gun rights groups welcome demise of constitutionally dubious federal firearm taxes
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law last week, reduces the federal tax on transfers of firearm sound suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns from $200 to zero.…
A ruling against Trump’s immigration policies illustrates alternatives to universal injunctions
Last Friday in Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court concluded that federal judges do not have the power to grant "universal injunctions" against executive actions or federal legislation. Rather, it said, any…
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