Author: Kaelan Deese

Just over a month into his second term, President Donald Trump is moving with haste to push legal battles over his executive actions to the Supreme Court, signaling an aggressive strategy to expand presidential power in the face of resistance from lower courts. Trump has made three attempts over the past several days to rush…

The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court order that told the Trump administration to release nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments by midnight on Wednesday in the dispute over its hold on U.S. Agency for International Development funds. The Justice Department in an emergency filing contended that the administration needs more time…

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could significantly affect workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and expand legal avenues for white and heterosexual employees to sue for discrimination. The eventual ruling in the case, Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, could determine whether so-called reverse discrimination claims should be…

The Supreme Court on Monday overturned the conviction and death sentence of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip, citing prosecutorial misconduct that likely tainted his 2004 trial. The ruling in Glossip v. Oklahoma overturns the conviction of a defendant who has spent more than two decades on death row and sends the case back for a new trial.…

A forthcoming Supreme Court decision in a case known as United States v. Skrmetti could significantly weaken lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders related to transgender procedures for minors. If the Supreme Court eventually rules to uphold Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1, a state ban on gender-affirming care for minors, it could erode the constitutional arguments…

After a flurry of legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive actions prompted courts to block parts of his agenda, several recent rulings suggest the Trump administration’s legal arguments are beginning to gain traction. While judges have blocked major initiatives, including an attempt to freeze foreign aid funding and impose new restrictions on birthright citizenship,…

A left-wing policy think tank in Washington, D.C., is supporting a legal battle against the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, operating on millions of dollars donated by the foundation owned by billionaire Democratic donor George Soros. The small nonprofit group, Governing for Impact, or GFI, appears to have been instrumental in shaping legal strategies…

A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked former President Joe Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education plan, ruling that his administration lacked the authority to implement key provisions of the student loan repayment program. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Missouri and six other Republican-led states that sued to halt SAVE, arguing that…

A series of court rulings temporarily halting several of President Donald Trump‘s executive actions has prompted an aggressive push from the White House and its allies to reshape the judiciary with new conservative judges. The legal roadblocks have fueled concerns from Democrats about a “constitutional crisis,” while Trump supporters argue the judiciary is being weaponized…

The recent firings of federal officials and rounds of executive orders under President Donald Trump have ignited dozens of lawsuits, spurring a growing public debate about the scope of his authority — and whether Trump is restoring powers that the framers originally intended for the commander in chief. Many of the lawsuits from former inspectors general disputing their terminations…