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Todd Blanche should not be attorney general. That won't likely stop Republican senators.
Federal judge finds Trump's IRS case and "settlement" was "improper," sanctions lawyers
Update: Judge denies WPATH request to block FTC from proceeding in Texas
Update: E. Jean Carroll got paid, despite Trump having "stall[ed] this case for years”
Immigration cases continue to reach shadow docket as Supreme Court recesses for summer
Two-hundred-and-fifty years in, Justice Jackson is doing the work that is needed from our leaders
The Trump admin went so far Thursday night that even Judge Reed O'Connor put a case on hold
Second federal judge blocks DOJ from getting trans minors' info via grand jury subpoena
The six opinions in the birthright citizenship ruling have a lot to teach us about the U.S. today
Supreme Court's conservatives OK trans sports bans
John Roberts's 5-4 opinion saving the Fed should have saved all independent agencies
Eight Supreme Court cases remaining
Before marriage, there was the nearly 20-year fight over sodomy laws
Thursday was Sam Alito's big decision day. Was it his last?
Federal judge blocks DOJ from seeking NYC trans care information via grand jury subpoena
This is what a 6-3 Supreme Court looks like
Does DOJ even know how to issue subpoenas for a proper purpose these days?
Reflecting on four years of Law Dork
Justices rule feds' prosecution of marijuana user for gun possession violates Second Amendment
Trans prisoners' medical care remains protected after a flurry of court rulings on Wednesday
As the Trump admin begins a new prosecution in Minnesota, the "Broadview Six" fallout continues
What's left from SCOTUS, and when to expect it
The Kennedy Center is a reminder that we can win, it will be messy, and Trump will be petty
Supreme Court rejects Alabama's request to let it kill Jeffery Lee with nitrogen gas this week
Federal court rules Alabama's nitrogen gas execution protocol unconstitutional
Arguing that DOJ's trans care subpoenas have no precedent, challengers on both coasts push back
Federal judge blocks Trump admin's effort to move 14 trans women to men's prisons
Trump judicial appointee, continuing to judge others, faces parking lot confrontation charges
The fight over DOJ's invasive trans care subpoenas is coming to a head
The Supreme Court's Republican appointees end civil rights redistricting protections
The justices will decide this June whether to constrain Trump at all — or give up completely
Federal judge ends Kennedy Center name change, bars two-year closure plans for now
Supreme Court, on another 5-4 vote, tosses out another death sentence
DOJ's fight against trans medical care in prison is a fight to erase trans people in the law
SPLC seeks dismissal of charges, citing Trump admin's "vindictive motive to punish the SPLC"
A 5-4 SCOTUS rejects Alabama's effort to make executing intellectually disabled people easier
DOJ has escalated its attack on trans care for minors. Where could it be headed next?
The Supreme Court allowed Texas to kill a man the state earlier said it was not permitted to kill
SCOTUS keeps mifepristone available on current terms, including mailing of the abortion drug
After a string of losses in its anti-trans project, DOJ turns to grand jury subpoenas in Texas
SCOTUS majority gives Alabama GOP a chance to use a map already found to be unconstitutional
John Roberts likes being political. He just doesn't like the accountability that comes with it.
The many problems with and caused by Monday's Supreme Court voting-case order
Rhode Island's Child Advocate sues to block DOJ subpoena on Rhode Island Hospital
The Fifth Circuit would like to run the United States
Mifepristone is back at the Supreme Court in case over mailing the medication abortion drug
Chris Geidner on life after the VRA
SCOTUS guts what remained of the Voting Rights Act before taking on TPS termination case
James Comey posted a picture of seashells by the seashore. Trump's DOJ indicted him for it.
DOJ's leaders just filed what amounts to a Truth social post as a legal filing in the ballroom case
SCOTUS majority lets shadow docket order justify tossing out Texas redistricting case ruling
DOJ jumps into action — to defend Trump's ballroom plan and attack those challenging it
DOJ plans to "strengthen" the federal death penalty — but Biden nearly cleared death row
Another step toward marijuana legalization
The SPLC indictment, the Klan history behind it, and the ignominy of Todd Blanche
Three rulings in the past week show the scope and breadth of efforts to fight anti-trans attacks
The 2016 Supreme Court memos and the mess that John Roberts has made of his court
Why Justice Sotomayor's apology to Justice Kavanaugh makes sense
D.C. Circuit Trump appointees again block contempt inquiry into Alien Enemies Act flights
They're so much weaker than they want us to think they are
The dangers of the Trump admin targeting journalists' sources, with Heidi Kitrosser
Pentagon "in violation of" court order in case over press restrictions, federal judge rules
We have the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Now is the time to use it.
Pam Bondi is out — and that is a good thing. She was Trump's lawyer, and DOJ paid the price.
Supreme Court likely to reject Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship
Supreme Court holds that Colorado's conversion therapy ban "censors" talk therapists
The birthright citizenship arguments will show what Trump has done to the United States
Immigration in the Trump era, with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
Eighth Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, sides with Trump admin's mandatory immigration detention policy
Trans West Virginians ask full appeals court to revisit alarming ruling in Medicaid coverage case
SCOTUS right imagines ways to fight a Mississippi law that allows more people to vote
Federal judge slows Voice of America return-to-work order; 70 people due back each week
Appeals court set to review a key, harsh Trump administration deportation policy this spring
SCOTUS takes up cases over efforts to end protections for immigrants from Syria, Haiti
DOJ is barely even a functional law firm at this point. Each day there is more proof.
A sharp warning in an ordinary news release: "President Trump’s Justice Department"
Former military lawyers say use of JAG lawyers in Minnesota violates the Posse Comitatus Act
Trump admin effort to claim Kari Lake had power over Voice of America was illegal, judge rules
Alabama was set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor Kay Ivey stopped it.
Judge moves, cautiously, toward civil contempt in case over treatment of trans people in prison
SCOTUS conservatives block California gender-identity student protections, N.Y. map change
DOJ is [not?] dropping its appeals of losses in the law firm order cases. What is going on?
Federal judge blocks new DHS policy that would allow arrest of thousands of legal refugees
Federal prison officials face civil contempt hearing, as ICE is threatened with criminal contempt
Trans inmate's lawyers claim "egregious retaliation" in violation of court order
SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group's attempt at avoiding accountability
Maine immigration observers sue over Trump admin "domestic terrorist watchlist" threats
Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, blocks Trump's IEEPA tariffs
Trump admin issues new policy aimed at ending transgender-related care in federal prisons
Exclusive: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo
SCOTUS changed the rules for bringing cases to the court because John Roberts won't sell his stocks
A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia
The Trump admin argument that masks "are for officer safety reasons" is actually an admission
The D.C. District Court strikes back
Opening up the Trump admin's attack on Minnesota refugees to greater public scrutiny
DHS's investigation of a man who emailed a DHS lawyer is over — but not the concerns it raises
Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions
150 days of Kavanaugh stops, and it just keeps getting worse
The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today
"The system sucks," or what a federal lawyer's comments really tell us about the Trump admin
Judge blocks Noem's second attempt to keep members of Congress out of immigration facilities
Minnesota's effort to end the surge is rejected as journalists are arrested, but pushback continues
Talking with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty about Trump, Operation Metro Surge — and FAFO
Challenging the "unprecedented" Operation Metro Surge — as the ground shifts by the hour
The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal action
ICE's Fourth Amendment-free search policy, Minnesota church protest charges, and more
DOJ's defense of Trump's Fed firing effort falls flat at SCOTUS
The Department of Justice has become a misnomer with Bondi at the helm
On heading into year two of the second Trump administration, and the necessity of pushback
Kristi Noem says that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop
Supreme Court allows candidate challenges to state ballot-counting rules
SCOTUS likely to allow state trans sports bans, but a changed tone could signal a narrow ruling
Kelly sues Hegseth over censure for lawmakers' video about troops' duty to refuse illegal orders
Following Wednesday's ICE killing, D.C. residents take to the streets, chanting "ICE out now"
An ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good. Judge Sara Ellis all but told us today would happen.
Five years later, as Trump's lies continue, the danger of the January 6 insurrection remains
DOJ, Virginia A.G. manufacture lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
A new, old type of lawlessness as Trump attacks Venezuela — and an opening for a better America
The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law