Law & Justice

A federal judge in Massachusetts has vacated President Donald Trump’s $100,000 payment requirement for employers seeking new H-1B visas, ruling that the executive branch imposed what amounts to a tax without congressional authority. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin, an Obama appointee who previously blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order, sided with a coalition of 20 […]

A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on employers seeking H-1B visas, ruling Monday that the administration imposed what amounts to a tax without congressional authorization. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin, an Obama appointee, sided with 20 states that challenged the policy and invalidated every agency document used to implement […]

President Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon Thursday to former Republican Indiana Rep. Stephen Buyer, wiping away a 2023 federal conviction for insider trading that sent the nine-term congressman to prison for nearly two years. The White House proclamation, invoking the president’s authority under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, directed Acting […]

A federal judge in Rhode Island declared four Trump administration immigration policies unlawful on Friday, vacating rules that had halted legal immigration and asylum processing from 39 countries and the Palestinian Authority, nations officials had flagged for terrorism and security concerns. Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District […]

Two men wounded during the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, have filed federal lawsuits against the United States government, alleging the Secret Service’s gross negligence turned a preventable security breakdown into a near-massacre. James Copenhaver and David Dutch each filed separate but similar complaints in […]

A federal judge in the 11th Judicial Circuit will keep her job after a court investigation found she carried on a two-year extramarital affair with a high-ranking uniformed police officer, including sexual intercourse in her own chambers during business hours. Her punishment: a private reprimand, a few apology letters, and a ban from leadership positions […]

A New York judge shut the press and public out of a hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case this week, sealed the proceeding at the defense’s request, and then offered no explanation for the secrecy, while court staff hung up on a media lawyer who called to ask about it. Mangione, the 28-year-old former […]

The Supreme Court handed Alabama Republicans a major win this week, issuing an emergency order that allows the state to conduct its upcoming elections under a congressional map drawn by the GOP-controlled legislature, not one imposed by a federal court. The 6-3 ruling overrides a three-judge federal panel that had blocked the legislature’s 2023 map […]

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down key portions of the Trump administration’s policy barring transgender individuals from military service, ruling 2-1 that the restrictions are unconstitutional and driven by “animus.” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth fired back within hours, posting three words on X: “See you at SCOTUS.” The split decision, handed down […]

Rick Chow walked out of a Richland County courtroom on June 1 a free man for the first time since 2023, acquitted of murder after a jury deliberated roughly eight and a half hours and concluded the Columbia, South Carolina, convenience store owner acted in self-defense when he fatally shot a 14-year-old armed with a […]