Law & Justice

A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama temporarily blocked the National Park Service from pulling the permit of a left-wing protest group flying an “86 47” flag within sight of the National Mall, ruling the message amounts to protected political speech, not a threat against President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss granted a […]

Mark Geragos, the longtime defense attorney for convicted murderer Scott Peterson, told Fox News Digital at CrimeCon in Las Vegas that his team possesses evidence that could force courts to take another look at Peterson’s two-decade-old murder conviction, weeks after a San Mateo County judge denied Peterson’s latest bid to overturn the case. The claim […]

A rural Virginia sheriff and the county’s top prosecutor told residents this week they will not enforce the state’s new ban on so-called assault weapons or its expanded restrictions on carrying firearms in public, setting up a direct confrontation with Richmond just weeks before the laws take effect. Clarke County Sheriff Travis Sumption and Commonwealth […]

A federal jury in Washington state convicted three protesters of conspiracy charges for attempting to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from transporting two detained illegal immigrants out of Spokane last June. Jac Archer, Justice Forral, and Bajun Mavalwalla II each face up to six years in prison and $250,000 in fines after the verdict […]

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling Friday that the board of trustees broke the law when it unilaterally renamed the iconic Washington venue without an act of Congress. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, gave the administration […]

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a ban on Glock and Glock-clone handguns on Tuesday, joining California and Maryland in a growing push by Democratic governors to outlaw the most popular pistol brand in the United States. The law does not take effect until October 1, 2026, but its passage already signals where blue-state gun policy […]

A federal judge declined to block President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting, ruling that Democrats and voting rights groups who challenged the measure moved too early, before any federal agency had taken a single step to carry it out. The decision hands the White House a procedural win on election integrity while leaving […]

Former President Joe Biden filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice on Tuesday to prevent the release of private audio recordings and transcripts from conversations he had with his biographer in 2016 and 2017, recordings that became part of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents. The lawsuit, filed in […]

Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed legislation this week banning the sale, transfer, and manufacture of Glocks and Glock-clone handguns, making Maryland the second state in the country to outlaw the most widely owned pistol platform in America. The ban takes effect January 1, 2027. The move follows California’s lead. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a similar […]

A federal three-judge panel blocked Alabama’s proposed congressional map on Tuesday, ruling that the GOP-drawn plan was “tainted by intentional race-based discrimination” and ordering the state to keep using a court-imposed map with two majority-Black districts ahead of the 2026 midterms. The decision hands Alabama Republicans a setback in their effort to reclaim a congressional […]