US Policy & Courts Tracker

A federal court delivered a major blow to the Trump administration by striking down policies that blocked immigration benefits for applicants from 39...

Federal judges are issuing urgent warnings about rising threats to the judiciary, citing political rhetoric, intimidation, and eroding public trust as dangers to the rule of law and long-term democratic institutions.

Federal Court Rulings

• 🔥 Immigration Restrictions: Federal court strikes down Trump's immigration restrictions on citizens of 39 countries.
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Democratic lawmakers grilled Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in recent hearings, exposing cracks in the administration's economic messaging.

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A federal appeals panel issued a unanimous emergency ruling against a state concealed carry permit regime, with every judge agreeing on the core...

• Senate passed $70 billion legislation funding ICE and Border Patrol for three years with a 52-47 vote.
• Bill cleared after Republicans blocked...

Federal judges are repeatedly striking down Trump administration immigration restrictions, revealing a clear pattern of judicial resistance.

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A federal appeals court blocked Trump's military policy on gender dysphoria, ruling it arbitrary and motivated by animus. Judge Walker's dissent countered that courts lack authority to override Commander-in-Chief decisions on force composition.

Bazelon sees the FTC case as likely to expand presidential control over independent agencies.

• Birthright citizenship challenge has low odds of...

Supreme Court Rulings

• 🔥 Redistricting Protections Ended: The Supreme Court’s Republican appointees used the shadow docket to expand the...

Bipartisan pushback is mounting against multiple Trump initiatives through lawsuits and judicial rulings.

• Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy joined a...

The Supreme Court’s final weeks feature 26 decisions where the administration weighed in on all but one, testing the 6-3 conservative majority’s...

Trump's new executive order directs HHS and CDC to cut recommended childhood vaccines to match peer nations, directly challenging an April court pause...

Three simultaneous fronts reveal deepening tensions over immigration policy:

• SCOTUS declined Florida's original-jurisdiction suit against...

The US judiciary proposed expanding privacy protections in federal court filings.

The 6-3 shadow docket ruling lets Alabama use maps that eliminate a Black-majority district, despite prior findings of intentional discrimination.

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On June 2, President Trump announced an executive order on cyber risks from frontier AI models, titled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence...

Supreme Court Decisions

• 🔥 Alabama Redistricting Map: SCOTUS issued a 6-3 emergency decision allowing Alabama to use a GOP-favored congressional...

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 emergency ruling lets Alabama Republicans use their 2023 congressional map, potentially scrapping a second majority-Black...

A federal court declined to block President Trump's executive order, letting the US Postal Service implement new mail-in ballot standards like unique...