Author: Kaelan Deese

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, a Republican, is stepping into the national spotlight this week as a key figure in a landmark Supreme Court battle over religious liberty and public education. But it’s not the kind of attention most Republicans would seek out in the deeply red state, which is also part of the colloquially…

As the 100-day mark of President Donald Trump‘s second term approaches, his power struggles with the courts over executive authority have emerged as a defining feature of his presidency. More than 150 lawsuits have been filed by Democratic state attorneys general, advocacy groups, and civil rights lawyers, all seeking to halt or undo Trump’s efforts to reverse Biden-era…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a case brought by Maryland parents who say public schools are trampling their religious rights. At issue is whether Montgomery County Public Schools violated the Constitution by requiring elementary school children to sit through LGBT-themed story time without notifying parents or letting them opt out of books about…

A federal appeals court in Washington pressed the Trump administration Thursday afternoon over its decision to bar the Associated Press from White House events, with one judge warning that press pools have long played a vital role in holding presidents accountable. “During the Watergate period, the press pool was right in there with President Nixon,”…

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming an integral part of everyday life. But as the technology explodes, the debate intensifies on how to harness it properly and ethically. This Washington Examiner series, The Integration Era, will look at how AI is being used responsibly in Congress, how its usage is causing headaches in schools, and how Congress and courts are…

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming an integral part of everyday life. But as the technology explodes, the debate intensifies on how to harness it properly and ethically. This Washington Examiner series, The Integration Era, will look at how AI is being used responsibly in Congress, how its usage is causing headaches in schools, and how Congress…

The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a legal victory on Monday, allowing President Donald Trump to resume deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act, with some limitations that will likely lead to another lawsuit in a different federal court. In a 5-4 decision, the justices lifted U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s…

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) urged Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday evening to investigate a left-wing activist group that he says launched a “hyper-partisan vendetta” against conservative attorneys who represented President Donald Trump prior to his reelection. In a letter sent to the Justice Department head Thursday night, Gooden called the dark money-funded…

A new database launched Thursday is drawing attention to hundreds of state laws and regulations that legal experts say have flown under the radar and are in need of reexamination following a string of religious freedom cases at the Supreme Court. The website, religiousequality.net, catalogs over 600 state-level provisions across all 50 states that exclude religious…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to deny authorization for two companies to sell flavored e-cigarettes, delivering a win to federal regulators and reversing a lower court ruling that had temporarily undercut the agency’s tobacco control powers. In a 9-0 opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the justices…