The Supreme Court’s oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara suggest deep skepticism toward the Trump administration’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship by redefining the 14th Amendment’s “subject to the jurisdiction” clause.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a Catholic preschool’s claim that Colorado violated the First Amendment by excluding it from a universal preschool program because the school refused to admit LGBTQ children and children with LGBTQ parents.
A federal district court in Nebraska has denied a preliminary injunction sought by Osteria Segreto, LLC, allowing state enforcement of the Nebraska Barber Act against a cocktail bar that branded itself as The Barber Shop Blackstone.
The Eleventh Circuit vacated a district court's ruling that Atlanta's 1982 sign ordinance was unconstitutional, holding that the provision restricting off-site signs is content-neutral under the First Amendment. The decision vacates a lower court order that...
A divided Fourth Circuit applied the Supreme Court's new totality-of-circumstances standard and still held that Chesterfield County Corporal Gordon Painter violated clearly established Fourth Amendment law when he shot and killed Charles Byers, a man with...
The D.C. Circuit upheld the Transportation Security Administration's decision to maintain Saad bin Khalid on the No Fly List, rejecting his constitutional and statutory challenges to the listing and the agency's redress process.
Troy Baker’s motion to dismiss a federal indictment charging him with felon-in-possession of a firearm was denied by Judge Charles E. Fleming of the Northern District of Ohio.
The Ninth Circuit has vacated a three-judge panel decision in Baird v. Bonta and ordered the full court to rehear the Second Amendment challenge to California firearms regulations, according to a brief order entered April 15 by Chief Judge Mary...
A coalition of 22 state attorneys general, the District of Columbia's attorney general, and Pennsylvania's governor sued the Trump administration in federal court in Massachusetts on April 3, 2026, seeking to block an executive order that would restrict...
The Supreme Court will determine whether immigration officers must have clear and convincing evidence that a lawful permanent resident committed a disqualifying crime at the time of reentry, or if the government can rely on evidence produced later in...
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and 23 other attorneys general — representing 23 states and the District of Columbia — filed an amicus brief supporting a class of children challenging President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright...
A federal judge held that a Wisconsin state trooper violated the Fourth Amendment by searching a vehicle passenger's clothing after a K9 alerted to the truck he was riding in, and denied the trooper qualified immunity.
The Northern District of Indiana has denied a motion for judgment as a matter of law in a civil rights suit where a jury returned a mixed verdict against Indiana State Prison guards over allegations of excessive force.
A coalition of 24 attorneys general and one governor filed suit in federal court challenging a presidential executive order they argue would strip states of their constitutional authority to run elections and disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
A multistate coalition argues that a new presidential order unconstitutionally strips states of control over their own election systems and directs the Postal Service to block ballot delivery.
The D.C. Circuit vacated preliminary injunctions that had blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons from transferring eighteen transgender women plaintiffs to men’s facilities, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on their...
A federal judge clarified that his preliminary injunction against a proposed White House ballroom stops above-ground construction but allows below-ground national security facilities to proceed — rejecting the government's argument that the entire project...
The Trump administration has filed five uninvited amicus briefs in the last 13 months urging the Supreme Court to grant review in high-profile cases, potentially shaping precedential outcomes in religious freedom, criminal law, and voting rights.
An 8-1 Supreme Court ruling holding that Colorado's ban on licensed counselors attempting to change minors' sexual orientation or gender identity is subject to strict First Amendment scrutiny has exposed a rare fracture among the court's three liberal...
A divided D.C. Circuit panel issued a writ of mandamus Tuesday terminating the district court's criminal contempt investigation into the Trump administration's March 2025 transfer of alleged Tren de Aragua members to Salvadoran custody, ruling that the...