Author: Jack Birle, Washington Examiner
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Supreme Court opens floodgates to candidates challenging election laws
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The Supreme Court opened the floodgates on Wednesday for candidates to file preelection lawsuits challenging election laws, finding political candidates have the standing to start those legal battles. The high court ruled 7-2 in favor of Rep. Michael Bost (R-IL), deciding that Bost has proper standing, as a federal candidate for office, to sue Illinois…
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Judge rules California schools cannot hide student gender identity from parents
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A federal judge handed a group of parents and teachers a major victory late Monday by ruling the state of California ran afoul of the Constitution with a public school policy to hide students’ gender identity and preferred pronouns from parents. The lawsuit, brought by teachers Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori West in 2023, challenged the…
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Supreme Court denies Trump bid to deploy National Guard to Chicago
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The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration’s request to lift a lower court order blocking the federalization and deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, marking a rare loss for President Donald Trump on the high court’s emergency docket. In a 6-3 ruling, the high court said the administration failed to show that federal law…
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Trump faces more tough decisions at the Supreme Court after winning streak snaps
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President Donald Trump has had a largely successful year at the Supreme Court, but on Friday, he was handed his first loss in months, and more difficult decisions from the justices appear on the horizon. Since the Trump administration took office in January, it has petitioned the Supreme Court’s emergency docket more than two dozen…
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Supreme Court to hear death row inmate’s challenge of racial bias in jury selection
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The Supreme Court announced on Monday it will take up a death row inmate’s challenge over allegations that the dismissal of four black jurors during his trial was unlawful, adding to the justices’ caseload for the current term. The high court said it will hear arguments in Pitchford v. Cain later this term, limited to…
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Judge blocks Trump’s LA troops deployment for third time after getting overruled twice
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U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer blocked President Donald Trump‘s use of the California National Guard for a third time on Wednesday, despite an appeals court halting Breyer’s two previous orders stopping the deployment of troops to Los Angeles. Breyer granted a request by California officials to declare Trump’s federalization and deployment of National Guard troops…
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Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Trump’s birthright citizenship order
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The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear arguments in a case challenging President Donald Trump‘s executive order on birthright citizenship later this term. In an order released Friday afternoon, the justices said they would take up for review Trump v. Barbara, a case originally brought in a federal court in New Hampshire by a…
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Judge finds new way to block Planned Parenthood defunding after appeals court overruled her
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A federal judge again blocked a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that prevents Medicaid reimbursements to abortion providers, despite a federal appeals court lifting her previous halt on the law in a different lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani ruled late Tuesday that the federal government likely failed to give clear notice of the…
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Fiery dissent in Texas redistricting case paves path for Supreme Court appeal
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U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry Smith issued a scathing, lengthy dissent aimed at a district judge on a panel that struck down Texas’s new congressional map, likely providing ammunition for the state’s forthcoming appeal to the Supreme Court. Smith accused U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown of “embarking on a results-oriented crusade against the Texas Legislature” in…
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Supreme Court pushed to take up NRA free speech case
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EXCLUSIVE — The Supreme Court is facing a push to revive the National Rifle Association’s free speech lawsuit against a former New York official, after a federal appeals court ruled that the official has immunity from the allegations against her. The NRA claims that Maria Vullo, a former superintendent of New York‘s Department of Financial Services,…
