Author: Jack Birle, Washington Examiner

The Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis asking the justices to overturn its 2015 decision legalizing gay marriage nationwide. The high court did not elaborate on its decision to reject the petition, but the justices were widely expected to reject the appeal. In Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis cheered…

The Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the legality of counting mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, which could have sweeping implications for laws in more than a dozen states. The high court on Monday granted the petition to hear Watson v. Republican National Committee, reviewing a Mississippi state law that allows mail…

President Donald Trump faced his first major policy test before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, with his tariffs under scrutiny. The case is the first of likely many where his emergency powers are under the microscope by the high court. Trump cited declared emergencies over fentanyl and trade deficits to justify his tariffs under the…

A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed a Texas law outlawing minors from attending “sexually oriented performances” to proceed, after a lower court previously struck down the law as unconstitutional. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit tossed a 2023 ruling from a federal district court that had permanently…

The Supreme Court‘s Wednesday oral arguments over the legality of Donald Trump‘s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs pitted the president’s constitutional foreign affairs powers against Congress’s constitutionally delegated tariff power. The justices appeared highly skeptical of the Solicitor General D. John Sauer’s arguments that the president’s sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are…

A federal judge extended an order barring President Donald Trump‘s federalization and deployment of the National Guard to Portland, as she prepares to issue a final ruling later this week. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut has continuously sided with Oregon officials over the Trump administration about whether the president lawfully ordered the deployment of the…

A federal appeals court handed the Trump administration a win Wednesday evening, pausing a lower judge’s order mandating daily court appearances for a top Border Patrol official to give updates about immigration operations in Chicago. The move came shortly after the Justice Department sought what’s known as a writ of mandamus to strike U.S. District Judge…

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a top U.S. Border Patrol official to appear in court daily to give her updates about immigration operations in Chicago, eliciting pushback from conservative legal experts who say she is overstepping the authority of the court to tell the executive branch how to operate. U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis…

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from requiring state sexual education programs to remove references to gender identity to continue receiving federal grants. Judge Ann Aiken of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted a request on Monday from Democrat-led states, including Oregon, Washington, New York, and Maryland, along with…