Arguing that the Republican National Committee is collaborating with the Donald Trump presidential campaign in an alleged effort to intimidate minority voters, the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday asked a federal judge in New Jersey to hold the GOP in contempt of court. The main claim is that the GOP is violating a court order against… Read More

Three times in the Supreme Court’s current term, the Justices and their staffs have put together schedules for hearings, and three times they have intentionally chosen to bypass three of the cases waiting the longest to be argued. The likely reason: the Justices are inclined to think that those cases would only wind up in… Read More

A war crimes case of a kind that the Supreme Court has not seen in a decade is due to reach the Justices on November 1, and may soon be followed by a second.  One or both cases could pose significant challenges to the troubled system of war crimes courts run by the U.S. military at… Read More

Reacting to the federal government’s complaint that a nationwide ban on the policy of protecting transgender people’s rights goes much too far, a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, has ruled that his authority does stretch all across the country.  Since the government is in position to press its policy everywhere, the judge declared Tuesday,… Read More

A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to delay the case involving the legality of the Washington, D.C., pro football team’s trademarks on its name, the Redskins.  Those trademarks have been ordered cancelled under a law that forbids such protection for marks that are “disparaging” to someone. The team had failed in an attempt to… Read More

Four day ago, the Supreme Court’s most publicly visible Justice, who has gained unusual star power – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, strayed again into non-legal controversy.  And, on Friday she backtracked again, demonstrating anew the hazards of unguarded comments off the bench. In an interview with the Yahoo! broadcast personality Katie Couric during a book-promotion tour… Read More

Basing its decision on the Founders’ belief that concentrated government power threatens Americans’ liberty, a federal appeals court has ruled that the Constitution forbids a federal regulatory agency from being run by a single director. This is the latest challenge to the power of independent federal agencies – a challenge that has been running for… Read More

The Supreme Court, taking on for a second time a dispute over actions by top government officials in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, agreed on Tuesday afternoon to decide whether those officials may be sued for allegedly violating the rights of foreign nationals rounded up and jailed during a sweeping terrorism investigation. Former… Read More

The Supreme Court’s second day of hearings in its new Term moved it directly into some of the most significant controversies they will face in coming months, and it was plain that the outcomes are hardly going to be bold.  In a case of huge significance for those who buy and sell stocks, and in… Read More

Without comment, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down the Obama administration’s request for a new hearing on the legality of the President’s ambitious immigration policy.  That sets the stage for the case to move forward to a trial in a Texas federal courtroom.  It likely will mean that there will be no final decision… Read More