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Judicial check on executive power: U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso ruled the Trump administration likely violated First Amendment by pressuring Apple...
Tensions rise between religious liberty and anti-discrimination in state-funded education:
Leaked 2016 memos expose Chief Justice Roberts driving the Supreme Court's historic stay of Obama's Clean Power Plan:
Major procedural win for oil companies like Chevron: Unanimous ruling lets them move Louisiana coastal erosion cases from state to federal court.
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Congressional pushback on Trump's DOJ: Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) unveiled three bills targeting hiring, prosecutorial misconduct, and immigration...
Landmark clarification: Unanimous Supreme Court holds courts must apply substantial-evidence review to BIA's determination if undisputed facts...
Historic breach: Supreme Court justices are publicly trading barbs, revealing deep ideological divides during finalization of rulings on voting...
Potential debanking crisis: Proposed order forces banks to collect citizenship info, potentially excluding undocumented immigrants and affecting...
Supreme Court ruling on tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act has sparked refund claims. Ag industry assesses international trade impacts, signaling limits on executive trade authority.
Historic SCOTUS case challenges Trump's EO narrowing 14th Amendment citizenship, heard April 1, ruling by June 2026.
Key congressional budget maneuver: Senate Republicans, led by Sens. Graham and Barrasso, plan to use reconciliation—needing just 51 votes—to fund ICE...
Key impacts of Republican Working Families Tax Cuts legislation on families:
Federal-state gun clash escalates: DOJ warns Gov. Spanberger against signing SB 749, banning AR-15-style rifle sales, or face litigation.
Pivotal Supreme Court case tests limits of executive authority over the independent Federal Reserve.
Historic 1982 precedent: In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Texas' law denying free K-12 education to undocumented children, violating the...
Pending SCOTUS decision could bar states from counting late-arriving, postmarked-by-Election-Day ballots, striking Alaska's 10-day grace period vital...
