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On this September 11, Trump's troops remain in Washington, D.C.
SCOTUS rejects S.C. request to enforce anti-trans restroom policy against trans student
Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer over testimony in Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation
SCOTUS conservatives OK Trump admin's racial profiling of Latinos in low-wage jobs
Two cases, involving 20 people, show how dangerous the attack on trans people has gotten
Holding vigil in "a post-USA America" as Trump orders the vigil gone
Trump keeps moving the U.S. closer to being the fascist war machine he wants
The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism
This weekend in Trump's effort to make fascism happen
Federal judge signs off on DOJ and Oklahoma's sham anti-immigrant lawsuit
The D.C. Circuit's realpolitik orders in the foreign aid funding case
Trump's SCOTUS appointees each shared alarming views in allowing NIH grant cuts
Judge blocks State's use of Trump's travel ban to reject visa applications
Judge orders DOJ to give more info on subpoenas targeting trans minors' medical care
Law Dork talks with California A.G. Rob Bonta
How a Lafufu in a shot glass tells a stark story about the dangers of this moment
Our leading papers failed to stand up to Trump's criminal justice authoritarianism
Appeals court reverses course, upholding Arkansas's ban on trans medical care for minors
Trump takes on D.C., sort of, in a rambling news conference full of lies
Judge Karen Henderson is standing up for our divided system of government
D.C. Circuit Trump appointees shield Trump admin from accountability over March 15 flights
DOJ manufactures another lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
Making my way in the world in 2025, as an American
Stepping back and finding our place in this moment
Supreme Court conservatives hide behind their own masks as they upend the law
Following SCOTUS, Trump's birthright citizenship EO still faces skeptical courts
Trump's CECOT prisoners were released, but the legal fight is nowhere near over
District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order
The future of the Voting Rights Act is at the Supreme Court
The Roberts court allows Trump's gutting of the Education Dep't in a lawless ruling
Trans, nonbinary passport protections remain in effect, judge rules
Evidence challenging the Trump admin's immigration moves is now out in the open
Supreme Court allows Trump admin to resume mass-firing plans
Bombshell report alleges El Salvador disclaimed responsibility for those U.S. sent to CECOT
The Fourth in Beyoncé's America, where the message was bright and clear
After earlier judicial action, courts allow Trump admin to send men to South Sudan
SCOTUS allows Trump admin to send eight men to South Sudan with no process
SCOTUS's parental rights messages: Protect anti-LGBTQ views, ignore LGBTQ people
John Roberts puts off deciding where he stands on fascism
SCOTUS conservatives end "universal injunctions" in birthright citizenship cases
Supreme Court's conservatives give "defund" Planned Parenthood efforts a win
11 key allegations made in Erez Reuveni's whistleblower disclosure about DOJ
SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice
Mahmoud Khalil's release was a bright moment in a day highlighting the right's power
Where is the outrage over Skrmetti?
SCOTUS upholds Tennessee's ban on trans minors' gender-affirming medical care
Federal judge blocks Rubio's anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy for all
Trump admin continues its destructive path, but groups, judges keep pushing back
About the Supreme Court's unanimous decisions
Federal judge says Trump's National Guard activation was illegal, but appeals court stays order
Where are the people the Trump administration has deported?
D.C. Circuit's Trump appointees issue another administrative stay to block justice
Trump is spiraling. We face the consequences. Where are the other branches?
Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead
A day for the Democratic appointees on SCOTUS — but what does it mean?
Judge orders Trump admin to let those sent to CECOT challenge Alien Enemies Act removal
Federal judge protects trans care for federal prisoners, blocking Trump order for now
Enter June: Preparing for SCOTUS
SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to end legal status for another half-million people
Emil Bove cannot become a federal judge
DOJ rushes to SCOTUS in dispute over people it is trying to send to South Sudan
Supreme Court sidesteps religious charter school question for now on 4-4 deadlock
Lawyers claim Trump administration is trying to send people to South Sudan
SCOTUS allows one big anti-immigrant Trump policy to take effect
Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge
SCOTUS, in a 7-2 vote, blocks AEA removals from northern Texas during litigation
DOGE sought access to Congress's watchdog
Ultimately, the "nationwide injunction" arguments were about the birthright citizenship order
The "contract case" wrench that SCOTUS conservatives gave DOJ to defend Trump
Monday's lesson: Don't mess with librarians.
It does matter. Defending the rule of law in the Trump era is essential.
Federal judge temporarily blocks further Trump-backed mass firings across gov't
Federal judge in Vermont orders Rumeysa Ozturk be released "immediately"
Supreme Court allows Trump's anti-trans military ban to go into effect
The ruling against Trump's law firm order shows how to respond in this moment
Federal judge appointed by Trump rules that Trump's AEA proclamation is "unlawful"
SCOTUS majority appears likely to OK nation's first religious charter school
Trump at 100 days, with Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman
The education of Judge Gregory Katsas
The horrors are not aberrations. This is the Trump administration's plan.
The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday
A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists
ICE contradicts DOJ filing at SCOTUS that a pending habeas case blocks AEA removal
Trump admin asks SCOTUS to let it enforce anti-trans military ban during litigation
Read A.G. Bondi's memo purporting to implement Trump's anti-trans attacks
SCOTUS conservatives seem eager to increase parents' religious rights in public schools
SCOTUS likely to reject challenge to preventative care insurance protections
Amidst Trump's chaos, SCOTUS conservatives are still moving their agenda
Supreme Court blocks some Alien Enemies Act removals in Texas-based case
Federal judge blocks Trump effort to fire more than 1,400 CFPB employees
The pushback against Trump's lawlessness is real — and making a difference
SCOTUS sets May 15 arguments in Trump birthright citizenship order request
Judge finds "probable cause" the Trump admin is in contempt over March 15 flights
Trump told us the horrifying reason why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not back in the U.S.
Luigi Mangione's lawyers: Bondi's actions should prevent DOJ from seeking death penalty
State Dep't official says embassy confirms Abrego Garcia is alive in El Salvador's CECOT prison
DOJ balks at court order in Abrego Garcia case, judge finds gov't "failed to comply"
SCOTUS says Trump admin must "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
Read the DOJ memo barring employees from participating in American Bar Ass'n events
Two judges issue temporary orders blocking Trump's Alien Enemies Act removals
SCOTUS, 5-4, backs Trump effort to end one route for Alien Enemies Act challenges
What happened this week in Trump's authoritarianism speed-run
Justices skeptical of S.C.'s efforts to stop suit over Planned Parenthood exclusion
Fed'l court rules Alabama AG's threatened abortion-fund prosecutions unconstitutional
Appeals court keeps Trump's anti-trans military ban blocked for now
Law firms and the rule of law remain under attack; Jenner and WilmerHale fight back
SCOTUS upholds "ghost gun" rule; lower courts block Trump AEA deportations, anti-trans policies
The Signal chat, state secrets, and March 15
Donald Trump wants to, and is working to, destroy the rule of law
DOJ quietly making moves in appeals over Biden's Title IX trans student protections
Federal judge blocks Trump's anti-trans military ban as "soaked in animus"
Nearly 25,000 fired employees rehired in the past week, federal HR officials tell court
Why trying to understand what the Trump admin did in response to the TRO matters
Court blocks deportations hours after Trump says he invoked Alien Enemies Act
In several decisions this past week, judges have raised key death penalty questions
Federal judge blocks Trump order against law firm, calling it a "personal vendetta"
What is happening to Mahmoud Khalil is chilling — and intended to chill all opposition
SCOTUS takes up challenge to conversion therapy ban aimed at protecting LGBTQ kids
Trump lashes out, acting as an authoritarian in attacks on perceived opponents
No. 2 at DOJ directs fed'l prosecutors to focus on Trump immigration enforcement policies
Kim Davis loses. Again. Unanimously. (But, this still might not be the end.)
The Supreme Court, barely, upholds our three-branch system of government
DOJ: Trump admin is reviewing mifepristone cases, dropping EMTALA case
Monday check-in: Still no word from SCOTUS on USAID payments case
RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy
Social Security announces "massive reorganizations" and a "target" of 7,000 job cuts
Roberts steps in to protect Trump admin's effort to avoid court's USAID payment order
Military issues policy banning trans military service, implementing Trump EO
The Social Security Administration "eliminated" its civil rights office
SCOTUS orders new trial for man Oklahoma courts would have allowed to be executed
On DOJ's petty and small — but also alarming — complaint against a federal judge
The importance of being litigious
Reviewing Trump's military order, judge says admin's anti-trans acts "scream animus"
Trump admin goes to SCOTUS to fight for right to fire protected agency head
Trump and Musk to America: Drop Dead.
DOJ in disarray: Bove's bluster to blame? Resignations ripple after Adams case order.
Bull-DOGE-ing the federal government and, with it, America
Don't let Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk us out of democracy
Defense Sec orders immediate "pause" on trans medical "procedures," trans military recruits
A.G. Pam Bondi says Trump sets DOJ policy, all DOJ lawyers are "his lawyers"
DOJ lawyer tells judge animus wouldn't be the end for Trump's anti-trans military EO
Meet two lawyers leading the fight for trans people's lives against Trump's anti-trans attacks
Sunday scaries: Elon Musk edition
Exclusive: Social Security "immediately" stopped making sex identification changes on Friday
Disappearing websites, data among the chaos as Trump's anti-trans censorship begins
Court blocked trans woman's prison transfer, as second lawsuit filed for other trans women
Trump's mission: Discrimination and destruction
Trump continues attack on trans people, going after trans kids, teens in new order
Trump maligns trans service members, diversity, learning in discriminatory EOs
Trans woman in prison sues over Trump's anti-trans "sex" definition order
The immunity decision does not mean that Trump can do anything now
Trump ends federal contractor civil rights order with roots that go back to FDR
Multiple lawsuits challenge Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship
Trump talks of ending gov't weaponization, as he acts to target foes and the vulnerable
The coming administration, and what it means here at Law Dork
Supreme Court unanimously upholds law that effectively bans TikTok on Sunday
Judge who wanted to ban mifepristone refuses to dismiss case
Exclusive: A.G. Garland withdraws federal execution drug protocol following review
Justices skeptical of Fifth Circuit ruling that upheld Texas age-verification internet law
GOP-led House passes bill to ban trans students from girls' sports
Special counsel's report on the January 6 case is now public
Lawless Cannon orders DOJ to tell her about Jack Smith's January 6 report
TikTok, creators face tough day at SCOTUS, with ban set to go into effect on Jan. 19
SCOTUS — barely — allows Trump’s New York state-court sentencing to proceed
Trump and Alito, two men who disdain ethical constraints, chatted on Tuesday
Trump is laying out his legal takeover this week — before he even takes office
Ohio gives local law enforcement the ability to charge up to $750 for public video footage
In striking down net-neutrality rule, Sixth Circuit asserts newfound judicial supremacy