Author: Jack Birle
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Supreme Court to open next term with major climate change case
The Supreme Court’s next term will begin in October with major cases about costly climate change lawsuits and immigration. The high court announced the cases it will hear in the first month of its upcoming term, as the justices remain off the bench for their annual summer break. The Supreme Court will return Oct. 5,…
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Democratic states warn Supreme Court that Trump mail ballot order would cause chaos ahead of midterm elections
A coalition of Democrat-led states warned the Supreme Court this week that lifting a block on President Donald Trump’s mail-voting executive order would cause “extreme” changes as states prepare to send out ballots for the midterm elections. The group of 22 Democratic states, as well as the District of Columbia, sued the Trump administration in…
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Justice Kagan says Supreme Court is not a ‘puppet’ for Trump administration
Justice Elena Kagan pushed back this week on criticism of the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of the Trump administration, citing the multiple instances in which the majority on the high court pushed back on President Donald Trump in several high-profile cases last term. Kagan, who was appointed to the high court in 2010…
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Elena Kagan pays tribute to ‘untimely passing’ of Lindsey Graham: ‘Made me look funny’
Justice Elena Kagan began her testimony at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday by honoring late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), referencing a famous exchange during her 2010 confirmation hearing. Kagan was testifying alongside Justice Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court’s roughly $228 million budget request for fiscal 2027, with much of the increase…
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Convicted ex-Judge Hannah Dugan sentenced to no prison time for helping illegal immigrant evade arrest
Former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was sentenced to a $5,000 fine Wednesday for helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest last year but avoided prison time in her criminal case. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, a Clinton appointee, declined to give Dugan a prison sentence or probation, saying he did not believe it was a necessary punishment for…
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Clarence Thomas shreds ruling that ‘devalues’ citizenship in Supreme Court dissent
Justice Clarence Thomas shredded the Supreme Court‘s ruling striking down President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship order on Tuesday, accusing the majority ruling of using an “alternative history” of the 14th Amendment and expressing dismay over how it “devalues” citizenship. The high court ruled 5-4 that the 14th Amendment provides citizenship to children born in the…
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Trump census proposal faces legal headwinds
President Donald Trump has called for a ‘new’ and ‘highly accurate’ census, but he will likely have to wait for a new nationwide survey to be lawfully conducted. The Census occurs every 10 years to reapportion congressional districts and count the U.S. population, with the most recent tally occurring in 2020. Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday that…
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Friction with courts slowing key Trump policies
The Trump administration has faced renewed friction with courts as it seeks to implement its agenda, causing headaches for the Justice Department and the rest of the administration. While President Donald Trump‘s administration has faced slowdowns and setbacks in the federal courts since returning to office in January, a recent string of orders and actions…
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Supreme Court will examine racial redistricting law as other states consider new maps
The Supreme Court will rehear arguments about the Louisiana congressional map, which could have wider ramifications for other states’ maps as mid-decade redistricting is thrust into the spotlight. The high court on Friday requested briefs from the parties in Louisiana v. Callais, a case about whether the state’s “intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional…
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Trump’s tariff face major test before federal appeals court
President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tariffs will be at the heart of a legal drama on Thursday when a federal appeals court weighs his authority to levy them via executive action. The full panel of judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear arguments in the Trump administration’s appeal of a May…