Reagan-Appointed Judge Slams Trump's Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Students
Judge William Young wrote a book-length order attacking “the problem this President has with the First Amendment.”
Judge William Young wrote a book-length order attacking “the problem this President has with the First Amendment.”
“I got arrested twice for being a Latino working in construction,” says Leo Garcia Venegas, the lead plaintiff in a new lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice challenging warrantless ICE raids on construction sites.
The fugitive freedom fighter allied with a government known for imprisoning dissidents, curtailing civil liberties, and forging equality in the sense that people are more equally oppressed.
By demanding that the Justice Department punish the former FBI director for wronging him, the president provided evidence to support a claim of selective or vindictive prosecution.
Five plaintiffs are arguing that several mass immigration arrests in the nation’s capital were made without probable cause.
The decision, which hinges on an exception to the Gun-Free School Zones Act, does not say whether that law is consistent with the Second Amendment.
The latest ruling reminds us that terrorism statutes are mostly redundant.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised that the federal government would reimburse the state for the costs of "Alligator Alcatraz," but doing so would make the detention facility subject to environmental reviews Florida ignored.
George Retes was denied access to an attorney, wasn’t allowed to make a phone call, was not presented to a judge, and was put in an isolation cell before being released with no charges.
A unanimous three-judge panel concluded that "no historical tradition supports" the 1987 law.
The justice’s stance on immigration enforcement is undermined by the facts of the case before him.
The Supreme Court will hear Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety this fall.
The ban's supporters, whose motivation is plainly protectionist, claim they are defending freedom by restricting it.
Seven judges agreed that the president's assertion of unlimited authority to tax imports is illegal and unconstitutional.
Florida officials can’t agree on whether unpasteurized milk is a health threat or benefit, leaving consumers more confused than if they were left to decide for themselves.
Trump went "beyond the authority delegated to the President," the court ruled, but it vacated an injunction that could have provided immediate tariff relief to American businesses.
Or will the justices say that Trump fired her for illegal reasons?
A federal grand jury reportedly refused to indict Sean Dunn for hurling a hoagie at a federal law enforcement officer.
The appeals court concluded that the government had failed to show that policy is consistent with "this Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation."
A federal district court judge granted environmentalist groups’ request for a preliminary injunction.
St. Catherine’s Monastery has been continuously inhabited for over 1,500 years. An Egyptian court ruling ended the monastery's longstanding separation from the government.
Asking SCOTUS to hear a case is not the same thing as convincing SCOTUS to hear a case.
SCOTUS will soon decide.
There’s no historical precedent for trying to ration constitutionally protected rights.
A video by the White House corroborates that account, calling into question just how serious the president is about actually addressing crime.
The federal government has embraced unconstitutional tactics and now wants SCOTUS to do the same.
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against any additional construction at the immigration detention center amid plans to increase the facility’s capacity to 4,000 detainees.
A federal court says U.S. citizens “are likely to succeed in showing” that immigration agents violated their rights.
President Trump’s invocation of emergency powers to impose tariffs faces skeptical judges.
The case is a baffling reminder that the more power a government official has, the harder it is for a victim to get a shot at justice.
If so, then why postpone any enforcement until October?
To win in court, the Trump administration will have to argue against a pair of legal theories that conservatives have spent years developing as a way to check executive power.
Golden State ammunition restrictions have been voided for violating the Second Amendment.
A federal judge ruled that Peninsula Township’s former restrictions on music, events, and grape sourcing violated the rights of local wineries.
After a pay dispute led to a work stoppage in late May, courts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, dismissed cases of indigent defendants who had no legal representation for 45 days.
The New York Civil Liberties Union and the New York State Police have been fighting for years over misconduct records that the state legislature made public in 2020.
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Norma Nazario blames her son's death on social media algorithms.
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The ruling upholds protections afforded to officers of the "quasi legislative or quasi judicial agencies" created by Congress.
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s six-year prison sentence and lifetime political ban mark a historic victory for accountability—and a public eager to believe that no one is above the law.
Despite the setback, Middletown Township is taking the case to the state supreme court.
When Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick is worried about our constitutional order, we should all pay heed.
Marcy Rheintgen was the first person to be arrested for trying to challenge Florida's bathroom bill. The case against her has been tossed out.
The lawsuit is a win not just for Anthropic, but for all users of large language models.