Federal Courts
3 areas where courts resisted Trump’s attempts to avoid judicial review in 2025
In December, CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss provoked internal and external criticism by postponing a 60 Minutes segment about President Donald Trump's deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members to Centro de…
How politicians and cops tried to dodge responsibility in 2025
On his way out the door last January, President Joe Biden issued broad, preemptive pardons for several relatives and political allies. Those stay-out-jail cards set an alarming precedent that could undermine the…
L.A. man sued after police blew up his business. Courts say he gets nothing.
The Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment "was designed to bar Government from forcing some people alone to bear public burdens," the Supreme Court said in Armstrong v. United States, "which, in all fairness and…
The DOJ Assails D.C.’s ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban As an Arbitrary, Historically Ungrounded Gun Law
In Washington, D.C., a gun cannot be legally owned unless it is registered, and it cannot be registered if it qualifies as an "assault weapon" under D.C. law. That policy, the U.S. Justice Department argues in a…
Refusing To Let Trump Deploy the National Guard in Chicago, SCOTUS Adds a New Wrinkle To the Debate
The Supreme Court yesterday declined to let President Donald Trump deploy federalized National Guard members in the Chicago area to protect immigration agents and facilities from protests that have sometimes turned violent.…
Washington professor has a right to mock ‘land acknowledgements,’ court rules
A decade ago, the University of Washington (U.W.) adopted an official statement that "acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the…
Recording or following law enforcement ‘sure sounds like obstruction of justice’
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says recording or following federal law enforcement "sure sounds like obstruction of justice," despite federal circuit courts repeatedly ruling that such activity is core…
Texas case asks SCOTUS if police can jail journalists for reporting
Priscilla Villarreal was not arrested for "merely asking questions," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton insists in a brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the Laredo news vlogger's petition for review of her…
Prosecutors want to punish OneTaste leaders for crimes they weren’t charged with
Federal officials are recommending 15- to 20-year prison sentences for orgasmic meditation leaders Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, based on the idea that they should be punished for crimes they were never charged with nor…
DHS is breaking its own rules in D.C. immigration arrests, federal judge confirms
President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign received a legal setback on Tuesday when a federal judge issued yet another preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For the second time…
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