Trump’s Least Favorite Judge Has Friends in High Places
To President Trump, Judge James E. Boasberg is “a troublemaker” and a “Radical Left Lunatic.” But his record and biography, ...
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How Much Will Amy Coney Barrett Actually Stand Up to Trump?
Few modern Supreme Court ascensions have felt as baldly predetermined, even scripted, as Amy Coney Barrett’s. Justice Ruth ...
A Split on the Right Over Whether Teenagers Can Have Guns
Conservative judges have come to opposite conclusions on what the Second Amendment has to say about limiting the gun rights ...
State Supreme Courts have become an electoral battleground. But some states choose a different path
The recent election that determined control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court saw millions of dollars flooding in from ...
Will Extreme Spending and Partisanship Undermine Trust in State Supreme Courts?
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Judge temporarily blocks new Florida immigration law
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked police and prosecutors from enforcing a new state law that makes it a crime for ...
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money, for now
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars ...
Billionaires Musk and Soros push Wisconsin Supreme Court race spending over $100M
Spending by billionaires including Elon Musk and George Soros has helped push total spending on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by the Democratic-backed candidate over $100 million. The Brennan ...
North Carolina judges side with Republican colleague in close Supreme Court race
A North Carolina appeals court sided Friday with the trailing Republican candidate in an extremely close state Supreme Court ...
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Trump Nemesis Judge Muses: Who to Hold in Contempt in Deportation Case?
Judge James Boasberg says he thinks the Trump administration acted in bad faith the day he ordered it to bring back deportees ...
17-year-olds are adults in Texas’ legal system. Why?
A 17-year-old can’t buy alcohol, guns, lottery tickets and tobacco, vote, enlist in the military or serve on a jury, but ...
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Judge rules Alabama can't prosecute groups helping patients get abortions elsewhere
Although most abortions remain illegal in Alabama, the decision allows doctors and advocacy groups to tell patients about ...