#law-justice

A 5-4 ruling says that a lawsuit challenging the ballroom project is improper, giving a green light for construction to continue.

AI has sparked widespread concern about its potential effects — though the evidence for some of the most alarming predictions remains less certain.

The ruling was a win for Stanford’s student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, and it followed another court victory for students targeted by the Trump administration last year.

The opening salvo of a Second Amendment case centered on bans of modern semiautomatic firearms landed Friday afternoon at the U.S. Supreme Court.

A judge temporarily blocked the agency from refusing to deliver ballots in noncompliant states, which could disproportionately affect Democrats and many battleground elections.

"Aggressive" DOJ staff meddled with the state's August elections, its Republican governor said.

GOP campaign committees want quick ruling before election ads ramp up next week.

Fidelity to the judicial role constrains them from insinuating that the president will abuse his power — but if he does, they will respond decisively.

The ruling marks a blow to the federal government's long-delayed effort to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of developing the plot to crash planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

Mayor Karen Bass just made it official: Los Angeles is a sanctuary city when it comes to enforcing food safety laws with thousands of street vendors, many of them illegal aliens, that have popped up all over the city.

A judge said the labeling of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk constituted “unlawful retaliation” and violated the company’s First Amendment rights.

Article III does not appoint federal judges as the White House’s interior designers.

The same judge that previously ordered Trump’s name be taken down is considering the venue’s new attempt to add it back.

The president’s executive order is now in effect for the midterm elections, but the ruling leaves the door open to renewed challenges from rights groups.

Christian Castro charged with assault after allegedly shooting Venezuelan man and remains in custody in Texas...

A lawyer for Fed governor Lisa Cook said her mortgage documents provide no legal basis for Trump to remove her.

Despite an $18 billion settlement to end a nationwide child endangerment lawsuit, the firm clearly no longer sees social media as its main product—or its future.

Wednesday on MS NOW's "On the Line," New York Attorney General Letitia James said the U.S. Postal Service and the president do not "have jurisdiction over | Clips...

Moms for Liberty has filed a lawsuit against the School District of the Chathams Board of Education for allegedly “pushing secret gender transitions.”...

The order came amid a spate of legal challenges, including one by Democratic state attorneys general, that could still result in the rules being blocked.

The liberal justice dissented from the SCOTUS decision to allow parts of President Donald Trump's executive order on elections.

The ruling is not the final word in a fast-moving legal fight over the administration’s efforts to change voting rules before the midterms.

New York City lawyers said in a response to a lawsuit that the administration complied with the law but acknowledged some confusion over the launch.

The Trump administration has been probing major U.S. companies under a novel use of a federal law meant to police federal contractors.

Right-leaning groups told the court that ICE engaged in illegal “ideological targeting” of the left in the Minneapolis 15 case.

The DOJ attorneys called the Kennedy Center “structurally unsound, fundamentally unsafe, and embarrassing to the Nation’s Capital.”...

The Supreme Court lifted Judge Indira Talwani’s block on Trump’s mail-in ballot order in 23 states. A second nationwide injunction still stands.

The ruling could advance Trump's bid to “take over” elections.

This completely unnecessary showdown was brought to you by an incompetent Supreme Court.

It's not yet clear how this will affect the midterms...

The lawsuit argues that the mayor’s plan would introduce unfair competition to a struggling industry dealing with slim profit margins.

Homeowner lawsuits against home builders allege mold-related illnesses, while builders say the allegations are off the mark and costing them millions.

The "public charge" ban has been called "equal parts retrograde and unlawful."...

The Court’s legitimacy comes from how it decides, not what it decides.

A federal judge said the indefinite pause, which affected nationals of countries in every corner of the globe, ran afoul of antidiscrimination protections.

The U.S. stopped issuing visas for citizens of 75 countries because it said they were likely to need public assistance. A judge ruled the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality.

The ruling comes after months of back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Joyce Beatty, a Democratic representative from Ohio, asked a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center trustees from putting President Trump's name up in three places at the arts complex.

After previously leading a weaponization working group and serving as pardon attorney, Martin will focus on election-related issues, the president said.

Chinese national Yupeng Sun, a resident of Massachusetts, was arrested for allegedly voting illegally during the 2024 presidential election.

No one knows what the Constitution’s 26th Amendment means.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rushed to defend the son of her predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) after the U.S. Department of State revoked his visa, and various news outlets linked him to the cartel-connected illegal fuel market. Sheinbaum claimed there is no evidence of wrongdoin...

Trump lawyer Dan Epstein appealed an Obama-appointed Florida judge’s sanction in the IRS settlement case after AFL backed his challenge.

A federal court struck down a Biden-era ATF "ghost gun" rule, restarting a legal saga that made its way to the Supreme Court in 2025.

Justice department claims there’s ‘no dispute’ over whether ex-FBI head’s post could be read as a threat against Trump...

Trump’s lawyers make arguments that, if accepted by the justices, would render a wide range of laws unenforceable.

Women’s hard-won legal protections now sit, perhaps unintentionally, in this bill’s path.

Opening arguments kicked off Tuesday in what could be Meta’s most consequential legal fight yet over youth safety and addiction. If Meta loses the case, it could fundamentally change how the company’s social media platforms operate.

The Supreme Court denied a request from President Trump to reconsider his appeal of writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million lawsuit on Monday.

The lawsuit comes after the FCC ordered ABC to seek renewals between two and five years before its TV stations' licenses were set to expire.

In May, a federal judge dismissed a criminal indictment against Abrego Garcia, who had been accused of smuggling immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

In a Court eager to move fast and break things, the justices are moving fastest in religion cases.

The DOJ's investigation was prompted by concerns that the College of William & Mary violated federal law in some scholarship selections.

A federal prosecutor who was fired earlier this year is suing the DOJ, alleging she was unlawfully dismissed for political reasons tied to her work prosecuting a case against anti-abortion activists.

The Supreme Court denied a long-shot appeal by Trump over a $5 million judgment for defaming and sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll.

New bans on using student IDs for voting in Indiana and New Hampshire have sparked lawsuits after creating the latest hurdles to the ballot box for the U.S. voting-age group least likely to vote.

New bans on using student IDs for voting in Indiana and New Hampshire have sparked lawsuits after creating the latest hurdles to the ballot box for the U.S. voting-age group least likely to vote.

Judge R. Brooke Jackson says the email — asking federal agencies to help punish Colorado — “makes no sense in our democracy.”...

Attorney General Rob Bonta’s antitrust crusade is smothering the Golden State’s signature industry.

A socialist lawmaker in New York City has claimed "biological need" gives shoplifters the right to steal from store shelves.

The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.

As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more.

The SAVE America Act is just one part of a package that includes an executive order and threats of prosecution, all in an effort to make Trump’s math work.

Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.

After failing to eliminate funding for unaccompanied minors’ lawyers altogether, the Administration is pushing cases toward entities that lack both immigration expertise and the capacity to take them on.

There is a counterintuitive way for the Trump administration to put a correct Texas ruling nixing part of the National Firearms Act on a firmer footing.

The Department of Justice informed Attorney General Todd Blanche Wednesday that under current law, firearms were not banned in post offices.

The Justice Department issued a legal opinion giving the U.S. military broader powers to detain migrants near certain areas along the southern border.

The dismissal marks the latest setback in swing states' efforts to prosecute fake electors who tried to keep Trump in the White House after he lost to Joe Biden in 2020.

The White House wants to keep building after two lower courts said the project needs approval from Congress.

The new ruling revived cruel aspects of Texas' voter suppression law.

The court dismissed a case over the Alien Enemies Act in a messy conclusion to a long-running legal battle that had seemed destined to end up before the Supreme Court.

The intended parents had asked to end the pregnancy at 20 weeks when the fetus was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, setting off a painful legal battle.

A federal judge gave a chilling warning to Justice Department lawyers fighting the further releases of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein: If they don’t comply with court orders, contempt proceedings could ruin their futures.

Plus, a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Harvard, and concerns grow over living conditions aboard the USS Lincoln.

The federal lawsuit alleges that the service from the president's media company violates the Constitution. Meanwhile, Trump Media executives say they have signed up more than 10 customers.

The agency that polices the industry does not have the staffing, the legal tools or the will to broadly crack down on wagers that are easily manipulated, experts say.

Much of Trump’s new executive order appears designed to troll judges by forcing them to side with groups like “alien enemies.”...

California’s attorney general accused billionaire David Ellison of “blackmail”...