Recent Updates
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Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back
Litigation Reports 07/27/2025Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump administration are filing appeals, pursuing legal action and speaking out in an unusually public campaign to fight back.More than 50 immigration judges — from senior leaders to new appointees &mdash...
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House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files
U.S. Court News 07/23/2025A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy President Donald Trump and Republican leadersh...
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Court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction
U.S. Court News 07/20/2025As President Donald Trump focuses on global trade deals and dispatching troops to aid his immigration crackdown, his lawyers are fighting to erase the hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the f...
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Trump tries to blame others as tensions rise around handling of Epstein case
Litigation Reports 07/16/2025President Donald Trump is countering criticism of the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped records around the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, trying to place blame on former government officials.On Tuesday, he accused former...
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Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
U.S. Court News 07/13/2025The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of thei...
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Georgia appeals court upholds ruling saying election officials must certify results
U.S. Court News 07/10/2025A Georgia appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that said county election officials in the state must vote to certify results according to deadlines set in law.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney had ruled in October that &ldqu...
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US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling
U.S. Court News 07/06/2025Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African nation of Djibouti while their legal challenges played out in court have now reached the Trump administration’s intended...
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International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack
Litigation Reports 07/01/2025The International Criminal Court has been targeted by a “sophisticated” cyberattack and is taking measures to limit any damage, the global tribunal announced Monday.The ICC, which also was hit by a cyberattack in 2023, said the latest inc...
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What’s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court’s ruling
Litigation Reports 06/28/2025The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican administration’s major victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions.Immigrant advocates are vowing to fight to ens...
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Court widens court options for vaping companies pushing back against FDA rules
U.S. Law Review 06/24/2025The Supreme Court sided with e-cigarette companies on Friday in a ruling making it easier to sue over Food and Drug Administration decisions blocking their products from the multibillion-dollar vaping market.The 7-2 opinion comes as companies push ba...
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ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses
Litigation Reports 06/20/2025Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job.“...
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Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits
Litigation Reports 06/15/2025A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.The girl’s family says that ...