Law & Justice

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a Georgia law that requires age verification before minors can access social media sites, reversing the path set by an earlier injunction and sending the fight back to district court. The decision landed Thursday. Judges indicated it is unlikely that NetChoice’s lawsuit will succeed. The Center […]

A federal appeals court has permanently invalidated California’s bid to force ICE agents to wear identification on the job, holding that the state has no power to police how federal officers do their work. The New York Post reported that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Trump administration and found that […]

Anita Meston, a Christian secondary school teacher in the United Kingdom, says she lost her job after a student asked if she supported abortion and she answered that she is pro-life. Meston taught French and humanities at Biddick Academy. During a history lesson on the bombing of Dresden, she asked students to draw a comparison […]

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 on Wednesday to stop a lower court order that would have forced the Federal Communications Commission to issue an immediate final decision on revised television advertising rates for political parties and joint fundraising committees. The stay freezes a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit mandamus that had required […]

A Biden-appointed federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from removing any more trees at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes issued a temporary restraining order that runs until Oct. 26. The order followed weekend tree work at the course President Donald Trump is seeking to […]

U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama expanded an order last week in the Northern District of Illinois. The order blocks the state from enforcing its assisted-suicide law against religious health care workers. The Christian Post reported that the expanded order now covers all members of four Catholic and Christian health care associations. Covered doctors, nurses, hospitals, […]

A federal judge on Sunday night ordered the Trump administration to cancel any remaining taxpayer-funded advertisements on national television. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon, a Biden appointee, ordered the Department of Homeland Security to halt the campaign, the Washington Examiner reported. She issued the injunction Sunday evening, even after the administration said the ads […]

A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama ruled Friday that illegal immigrant Oscar Bergal cannot be deported to the Dominican Republic while his lawyers challenge his detention, one day after an ICE agent shot him during a Bronx enforcement operation. Daily Mail reporting described U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken’s order as a move “in […]

Catholic hospitals and religious healthcare workers in Illinois cannot be penalized for refusing to tell terminally ill patients about assisted suicide options, a federal court has ordered. The ruling pauses enforcement of key disclosure rules under the state’s new end-of-life statute. It keeps the government from turning faith-based caregivers into messengers for a practice they […]

Federal prosecutors have unsealed a new indictment charging former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiracy to commit torture, including against U.S. citizens, adding to a stack of narcoterrorism and drug-trafficking counts already pending in Manhattan federal court. Daily Mail reporting describes the charging document as alleging the couple “sat atop” […]