President Donald Trump’s administration asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to vacate an order by a district court that reinstated federal grants to address teacher shortages. The Trump administration argued that the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts lacked jurisdiction unless Congress “unequivocally” waives the government’s sovereign immunity. They further argued that [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Biden-era federal regulations on “ghost guns,” or mail-order kits that allow people to build untraceable weapons at home, handing gun control groups a rare win at the conservative high court. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the court’s opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena [...]

The acting clerk of Ulster County, New York, rejected on Thursday the filing of a $100,000 judgment against a doctor who is accused of unlawfully providing abortion-inducing drugs to a Texas woman. Refusing to file the summary judgment, Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck invoked New York’s SHIELD Act. He further noted that Ulster County’s decision is [...]

Two former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officials filed a lawsuit Thursday against US President Donald Trump seeking to challenge their dismissal as commissioners from the FTC. Trump fired Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Tuesday, making the two commissioners the latest officials dismissed from an administrative agency. Filed in the federal district court for [...]

The deans of 79 US law schools issued a joint letter on Wednesday condemning US President Donald Trump’s efforts to sanction law firms and lawyers, warning that such actions violate the US Constitution. The deans, who signed the letter in their personal capacity, stated: We write to reaffirm basic principles: The government should not punish lawyers [...]

US federal authorities arrested and detained Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk on Tuesday in Medford, Massachusetts. Ozturk is a Turkish national on an F-1 visa, which allows her to study in the US. Footage of the arrest shows unidentified officers with their faces covered apprehending Ozturk as she walks down the street. They identified [...]

A lawsuit challenging the use of a commercial messaging app by members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet to coordinate military strike plans in Yemen was assigned on Wednesday to Judge James Boasberg, the same federal judge whose ruling on Venezuelan deportations to El Salvador recently sparked tensions between the White House and judiciary. The latest [...]

Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Tuesday vetoed Senate Bill 296, a bill that would have granted him the power to appoint the chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court every four years. Presently, the members of the Utah Supreme Court have an exclusive say on who becomes the chief justice. SB 296 would have changed [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California allowed President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking the processing of refugee applications to take effect on Tuesday. However, the order states that processing of individuals conditionally approved for refugee status before the executive order was issued must continue. The executive order effectively suspends the [...]

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 592 on Tuesday “to end the failed reform social experiment in New Hampshire.” The bill rolls back some of the reforms made to the bail setting process over the years and increases the length of time police can detain a suspect without bail. Specifically, the bill permits [...]