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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