The Biden administration formally asked the Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that invalidated a federal law that bars people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from possessing firearms. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed the new petition (pdf) in United States v. Rahimi, court file 22-915, which was docketed by the Supreme Court […]
Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-Okla.) on Tuesday criticized the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s “activist majority” decision to create a limited right to abortion, which he said goes against the will of the people. The court’s 5–4 majority ruling effectively upholds strict anti-abortion laws in place since last year but struck down one law that made abortions illegal […]
A former legal adviser to Michael Cohen, a key witness in the New York grand jury investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels, has claimed that the former Trump attorney is “far from solid evidence.” Veteran New York Attorney Robert Costello made the comments to reporters shortly after he appeared before a grand jury […]
America’s 45th president, Donald Trump, appears poised to become the nation’s first president to be indicted on criminal charges. Such a prosecution could have grave consequences for the nation’s justice system and the democratic election process, scholars and political leaders say. After leaked information about the secret grand jury process made its way into news […]
A good-government group is suing the District of Columbia to block its new law allowing immigrants—legal or otherwise—from voting in local elections. The law, which took effect on March 14 after Congress failed to overturn it, authorizes an estimated 50,000 noncitizen residents, including illegal aliens, to participate in local district elections. Critics say allowing noncitizens […]
A Missouri law that would have penalized police for enforcing federal gun laws was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge Tuesday, handing a win to the Biden administration Department of Justice that filed suit against the law last year. The DOJ alleged the law was undermining federal drug and weapons investigators by placing heavy fines […]
Two state attorneys general filed a motion in a free speech lawsuit on Monday, citing more than 1,400 facts from internal government documents, to prevent Biden administration officials from colluding with social media companies to censor users. “This case involves some of the most egregious First Amendment violations in American history,” Attorneys General Andrew Bailey of […]
A U.S. appeals Court has rejected a request to order the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ratify minimum requirements for seat size and spacing between airline seats. According to the ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, there is no clear and indisputable evidence that tight seating could prove dangerous to passengers, albeit being […]
The Supreme Court has told the Department of Justice (DOJ) to enter a response to former President Donald Trump after he asked the nation’s top court to vacate a partial stay against him in the Mar-a-Lago records case. Justice Clarence Thomas directed DOJ lawyers to respond to Trump by 5 p.m. on Oct. 11. Trump […]
