Lawsuits
Police blew up Texas woman’s home and sent her the bill. A judge says she’s owed $60,000.
Years after a SWAT team in Texas destroyed an innocent woman's home while trying to apprehend a fugitive, the local government will have to pay her $60,000 in damages plus interest, a federal judge ruled Thursday. That…
Unanimous Supreme Court ruling affirms that there is no ‘good’ discrimination
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that plaintiffs in "majority" groups cannot be forced to clear a higher bar to prove they were discriminated against than minority plaintiffs. The case originated…
Trump wants $25 million to settle his meritless ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit
President Donald Trump is currently suing one of the largest media companies in the country because one of its subsidiaries lightly edited an interview with his political opponent. This week, he apparently declined a…
Colorado sued over LGBT law punishing parents for ‘misgendering’ children
Tue May 27, 2025 - 4:21 pm EDT DENVER (LifeSiteNews) — A coalition of parental-rights groups is suing Colorado over a new law to make “misgendering” potential grounds to remove children in custody disputes, as textbook…
Federal court scraps rule that gagged Tennessee civil rights attorney from criticizing private prison
After a nearly three-year legal battle, a Tennessee civil rights attorney will no longer be gagged from criticizing a private prison. The local federal court has scrapped a rule that restricted lawyers from publicly…
Rikers takeover shows the crisis in American prisons and jails
A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment of an independent manager to fix rampant violence and persistent constitutional violations at the…
Government says the FBI doesn’t have to check address before a home raid
The Supreme Court last week heard a case from a family whose home was wrongly raided by the FBI, after which they were barred from bringing their civil suit to trial. Before the Court: Should the plaintiffs have been able to…
Judge orders Tufts grad student Rumeysa Ozturk’s release on bail
On Friday, a judge ordered the government to immediately release Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk on bail from a federal immigration detention center. The judge said Ozturk's challenge of her arrest…
LGBT activists agree to drop lawsuit against Alabama’s ban on child ‘gender transitions’
Tue May 6, 2025 - 4:58 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) – LGBT activists penalized for attempting to game the process to get a sympathetic judge to hear their challenge of Alabama’s youth “transition” ban have agreed to drop the case.…
Federal judge rules Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation is unlawful
A federal judge ruled today that the Donald Trump administration's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798 to remove alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the country is unlawful. U.S. District Judge…
