Litigation
Trump’s ‘giant win’ doesn’t validate unconstitutional birthright citizenship order
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against "universal injunctions" last week, President Donald Trump hailed the decision as a "GIANT WIN" for his administration. Trump added that "the Birthright…
Trump says the courts have no business questioning his definition of ‘alien enemies’
When President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) against alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in March, he implicitly asserted that they were "natives, citizens, denizens, or…
Texas cop who took child based on false abandonment claim won’t receive qualified immunity
Around 10 a.m. on a Friday in October 2018, 14-year-old Jade McMurry was confronted by two police officers, Kevin Brunner and Alexandra Weaver, at the door to the apartment in Midland, Texas, that she shared with her parents…
California’s one-per-month limit on gun purchases is unconstitutional
A California law that limits gun purchases to one per month is unconstitutional on its face, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled last Friday. The three-judge panel's unanimous conclusion illustrates the…
Judges in Newsom-Trump suit reject claim that the president can use the National Guard however he likes
Last week, a federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's unilateral deployment of the California National Guard, saying that decision was illegal and…
Trump argues that he can take over a state’s National Guard whenever he wants
Federal courts have no role whatsoever in assessing President Donald Trump's decision to take control of the California National Guard, Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate argued at a hearing before the U.S. Court…
Federal courts shrug at potentially lethal wrong-door raids
Early on a Wednesday morning in October 2017, FBI agents terrorized three innocent people, including a 7-year-old boy, by breaking into their home in Atlanta. The agents tossed a flash-bang grenade, rousted the two adults…
She lost her gun rights for passing a bad check. Will SCOTUS fix that injustice?
Seventeen years ago, Melynda Vincent was convicted of bank fraud because she paid for groceries with a bad check for $498. Although bank fraud can be punished by up to 30 years in prison under federal law, Vincent was…
Mistakenly arrested grandmother sues U.S. marshals who insisted she was a fugitive
Penny McCarthy is not now, and has never been, Carole Rozak. Yet in March 2024, half a dozen U.S. marshals accosted McCarthy in the front yard of her Phoenix home, insisting that she was Rozak, who was wanted on a warrant for…
Trump’s threats against Musk, Newsom reflect an authoritarian intolerance of dissent
On Monday, President Donald Trump endorsed the arrest of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who irked him by criticizing his militarized response to Los Angeles protests against his administration's immigration raids. Just…
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