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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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.
“Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch,” declared Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
The liberal justice faults the majority for leaving deportees to “suffer violence in far-flung locales.”
No matter how John O'Keefe died, the government failed here on multiple levels.
Although the appeals court said the president probably complied with the law he invoked to justify his California deployment, it emphasized that such decisions are subject to judicial review.
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A religious group using psilocybin mushrooms in ceremonies "put the State of Utah's commitment to religious freedom to the test," a federal judge wrote.
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Law enforcement seized Robert Reeves' Chevrolet Camaro without charging him with a crime. After he filed a class-action lawsuit, that changed.
