Court decisions, trials, and the cases working their way through the US and global legal system.
Candace & the Macrons
A Delaware judge ruled that French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte cannot pursue defamation claims against Candace Owens in Delaware b…
Trump Tees Off On Golf Course Injunction Hours After It’s Issued
A federal judge issued an injunction blocking Donald Trump from taking certain actions related to a golf course dispute, only to see Trump publicly di…
Court declines to restore Biden-era regulation allowing some deportation proceedings to be suspended
# Court Declines to Restore Biden-Era Deportation Suspension Rule A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a Biden administration regulation …
Legal Ethics Roundup: Supreme Court Recusals Derail Case, DOJ Targets Judges, Judicial Endorsement Controversy, Judge Leaks Sealed Records, Private Equity Rebuffed & More
# Supreme Court Recusals Block Case Decision; Ethics Violations Plague Federal Judiciary Multiple Supreme Court justices have recused themselves from…
Ninth Circuit Bats Around DOJ Lawyer In CA ‘Emergency’ Vote Purge
# Ninth Circuit Criticizes DOJ Arguments in California Voter Purge Case The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit subjected a Departme…
DOJ Demands Court Cancel Alaska Senate Race Because GOP Voters Too Stupid To Understand Ranked Choice Voting
# DOJ Challenge to Alaska Senate Race Highlights Ranked Choice Voting Dispute The Department of Justice filed court papers challenging Alaska's Senat…
Trump’s Very Busy Schedule Just Got A Court-Ordered Opening
A federal judge has ordered Donald Trump to appear personally in court for an ongoing lawsuit, rejecting arguments that his schedule prevented his att…
Trump administration and Texas urge court to leave their agreement on deportation proceedings in place
# Trump Administration and Texas Defend Deportation Agreement Against Legal Challenge The Trump administration and the state of Texas jointly urged a…
The Cold Reality Of The 22nd Amendment Enters The Chat
The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, imposes a constitutional ceiling on presidential power that appears newly relevant in current political discours…
The Ten Commandments, classroom walls, and the establishment clause
# The Ten Commandments, Classroom Walls, and the Establishment Clause The Supreme Court faces a renewed clash over religious displays in public schoo…
Being A Juror In A High-Profile Court Case Could Be Exciting, But It Comes With A Huge Cost
# The Hidden Price of Jury Service in High-Profile Cases Jury service in prominent trials offers the allure of participating in justice, but jurors p…
One Of America’s Greatest Judges Ditched An Even More Unique First Name
# Judge Learned Hand Abandoned His Birth Name for a Professional Identity The federal judge Learned Hand, one of America's most influential jurists, …
Impulse Control Sets Stage For Benchslap — See Also
# Trump's Pre-Dawn Judicial Attack Triggers Procedural Response in Golf Course Litigation President Trump attacked Judge Reyes before dawn, prompting…
DOJ’s Plan To Subpoena Susman Godfrey Off The ABA Case Does Not Survive Contact With A Judge
The Department of Justice's attempt to remove the law firm Susman Godfrey from an American Bar Association related case through strategic subpoena tac…
Golf Course Plaintiffs Give Judge Reyes A Heads-Up: The President Called You Insane Before Breakfast
# Federal Judge Faces Presidential Attack in Golf Course Litigation A federal judge presiding over a golf course dispute received early-morning criti…
Morning Docket: 10.19.26
# Trump Administration Legal Challenges Mount as Staff Prepares for Potential Democratic Victory Senior Trump administration officials are retaining …
'Not likely': Judge rejects Trump admin's 'unpersuasive' effort to disqualify major law firm in American Bar Association case
A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's motion to disqualify Susman Godfrey, a major law firm, from representing clients in ongoing li…
“Devoid of Any Factual Basis”: Again and Again, Judges Have Dismissed Trump’s Voter Data Lawsuits
# Judges Repeatedly Dismiss Trump's Voter Data Lawsuits as Factually Baseless Federal judges have repeatedly struck down litigation filed by former P…
Frustrated by Losses in the Courts, Missouri Republicans Want to Change How Top Judges Are Selected
# Missouri Republicans Push to Overhaul State Supreme Court Selection Process Missouri Republicans are moving to dismantle the state's merit-based sy…
New Law Grads Of Color Face Wider Employment Gap Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown
The Class of 2025 law graduates face a widening employment gap along racial lines, with Black law school graduates reporting the lowest employment rat…
Morning Docket: 10.15.26
# Morning Docket: October 15, 2026 Eight states have filed suit against OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT and related artificial intelligence tools cause…
DOJ Sues To Impose Bespoke 20,000 Disenfranchisement List On California
The Department of Justice filed suit against California seeking to enforce a voter purge list targeting approximately 20,000 individuals, raising cons…
Morning Docket: 10.16.26
# Morning Docket: October 16, 2026 Three major legal disputes moved through courts this week, each raising distinct challenges for the judiciary and …
Court unlikely to alter deference to sentencing guidelines commentary
# Court Unlikely to Alter Deference to Sentencing Guidelines Commentary The Supreme Court appears poised to preserve judicial deference to the U.S. S…
Beware Of FUBARS
# Beware Of FUBARS: Understanding Systemic Legal Failures in Practice The legal profession confronts a persistent problem that rarely receives formal…
Challengers ask court to pause agreement between Texas and the DOJ on deportation proceedings
# Federal Court Faces Pressure Over Texas-DOJ Deportation Accord Challengers have filed motions requesting that a federal court pause an agreement be…
Judge Dismisses Sol De Janeiro Packaging Claim
# Judge Dismisses Sol de Janeiro Packaging Claim, Handing Victory to Beauty Brand A federal judge has dismissed a packaging-related legal claim again…
11th Circuit resumes Georgia limits on minors’ social media use
# 11th Circuit Resumes Georgia Limits on Minors' Social Media Use The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has reinstated Georgia's law res…
Court appears likely to allow internet suit based on decades-old video privacy law to go forward
# Federal Appeals Court Signals Support for Video Privacy Act Suit Against Internet Companies A federal appeals court panel appears positioned to all…
Disgraced Former Judge Alex Kozinski Is Back In The WSJ, This Time Making ‘The Case For Firing Squads’
# Disgraced Former Judge Alex Kozinski Returns to Public View With Op-Ed Advocating Execution Method Alex Kozinski, the former U.S. Court of Appeals …
Trump Propaganda Ads Outlast Court Order Thanks To One Unopened Email — See Also
A federal judge's court order restricting Trump administration propaganda ads remained violated for weeks because the Department of Justice failed to …
James Ho Demands First Amendment Right To Post Covert Bathroom Pics
# Federal Judge James Ho Asserts First Amendment Protection for Covert Bathroom Photography U.S. Circuit Judge James Ho has mounted a First Amendment…
Challenge to Hawaii’s anti-Citizens United law likely to proceed
# Federal Judge Signals Readiness to Hear Challenge to Hawaii's Anti-Citizens United Campaign Finance Law A federal judge indicated she will likely r…
Georgia Senate debate covers inflation, Epstein files and neo-Nazis
# Georgia Senate Debate Spotlights Economic Policy and Extremism Concerns Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff and Republican challenger U.S.…
Trump admin asks 9th Circuit to reverse district judge and allow president to fire Washington US attorney who was appointed by court panel, complains of 'effective veto'
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn a district court order blocking the president from firi…
Morning Docket: 10.08.26
# First Circuit Weighs Challenge to RFK Jr's Vaccine Panel Overhaul The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard oral arguments on a legal c…
Rio court confirms Flávio Bolsonaro ally’s first-round victory
# Rio Court Confirms Douglas Ruas Victory After Ballot Annulment in Brazilian Municipal Election A Rio de Janeiro court confirmed Douglas Ruas as the…
Trump Appointee Signals Trump’s Press Ban Is Toast, Thanks Mostly To Trump
# Trump-Appointed Judge Signals Legal Defeat for Presidential Press Restrictions A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump has signaled skepticism to…
Monterey Bay Aquarium off the hook in Maine lobstermen lawsuit
# Monterey Bay Aquarium Wins Dismissal in Lobstermen's Economic Damages Lawsuit A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Maine lobstermen a…
Ninth Circuit sides with Forest Service in challenge to Idaho logging project
# Ninth Circuit Upholds Forest Service Logging Project Against Environmental Challenge The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor…
Federal judge weighs jurisdiction for ICE agent assault case in Minnesota
# Federal Judge Weighs Jurisdiction in Minnesota ICE Agent Assault Case A federal judge in Minnesota faces a jurisdictional question that pits state …
Kern County judge rips California over ‘invalid’ fracking ban
# Kern County Judge Strikes Down California's Fracking Ban as Procedurally Invalid A Kern County Superior Court judge has invalidated California's un…
From Biglaw To TV Judge
# From Biglaw To Television Judge: Inside The Unscripted Courtroom Industry A former BigLaw attorney has transitioned into television judging, offeri…
Federal Court Says Flock ALPR Database Searches Require A Warrant
A federal court has ruled that law enforcement agencies must obtain a warrant before searching Flock Safety's automated license plate reader (ALPR) da…
He Dressed Like Davy Crocket And Won Like Perry Mason
# The Legendary Country Lawyer Who Mastered Courtroom Victory Through Unconventional Style A lawyer who dressed in frontier wear and cultivated a del…
Court to weigh deference to U.S. Sentencing Commission’s interpretations of its guidelines
# Court to Weigh Deference to U.S. Sentencing Commission's Interpretations of Its Guidelines The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether federal …
Judge Arrests Potential Juror For Being 30 Minutes Late — See Also
# Judge Arrests Potential Juror For Being 30 Minutes Late A judge detained a potential juror in custody for arriving thirty minutes late to jury duty…
Supreme Court Wannabes Head Search Committee For Bari Weiss University Law School Dean
The University of Austin has launched its search for an inaugural dean of its new law school with a high-profile committee led by three federal appell…
Justices wrestle with procedural dispute over Air Force’s munition detonations in Guam
# Supreme Court Weighs Procedural Barriers in Guam Munition Detonation Case The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a procedural dispute that could…
Judge Pauline Newman’s Shadow Impeachment Finally Transferred To An Independent Court
Judge Pauline Newman's disciplinary proceedings have moved to an independent judicial body after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agr…
From IRS Audit To Internet Headlines: The Public Reality Of Tax Court
# From IRS Audit to Internet Headlines: The Public Reality of Tax Court Tax court proceedings have long occupied a peculiar position in American liti…
AI In The Courtroom: The Rules Are Coming, Just Not How Lawyers Expect
# AI In The Courtroom: The Rules Are Coming, Just Not How Lawyers Expect Courtrooms are not waiting for legislatures to act on artificial intelligenc…
“Equal Justice Under Law” – except for Guam and the U.S. territories?
# Federal Court Hierarchy Leaves Guam and U.S. Territories Without Full Supreme Court Access The U.S. territories, including Guam, operate under a fr…
Do You Also Want Your Money Back?
# Taxpayers Demand Refunds Over Government Spending on Presidential Luxuries Taxpayers are increasingly questioning federal expenditures for presiden…
Court sends mixed signals on whether it will allow state-tort suits seeking to hold energy companies liable for climate change to go forward
# Court Sends Mixed Signals on Climate Liability Cases Against Energy Companies The Supreme Court has left substantial uncertainty about the viabilit…
Court to hear argument in dispute over Air Force’s detonation operations in Guam
# Court to Hear Arguments Over Air Force Detonation Operations in Guam The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear oral arguments in a …
Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
# ProPublica Investigation Raises Bribery Allegations Against Senator Susan Collins ProPublica has released investigative findings detailing bribery …
Morning Docket: 10.01.26
# DOJ Files Sweeping Misconduct Complaint Against Minnesota Federal Judges The Department of Justice has filed a formal misconduct complaint against …
Israel top court puts Arab parties back on ballot
Israel's Supreme Court reversed a decision by the country's election authority on Tuesday, reinstating Arab political parties and a far-left Jewish la…
There Are Two Guys In Seattle Calling Themselves US Attorney. Neither Was Confirmed By Senate.
# Two Unconfirmed Attorneys Claim U.S. Attorney Title in Seattle, Raising Constitutional Questions Two individuals are simultaneously claiming the ti…
Morning Docket: 10.02.26
# Chief Justice Roberts Faces Social Backlash in Maine; Federal Prosecutor Reinstated After Illegal Dismissal Chief Justice John Roberts faces social…
Judge stays on Garcia-Torres murder retrial after disqualification bid
# Judge Remains on Garcia-Torres Murder Retrial Despite Disqualification Challenge A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge rejected a disqualificat…
Everything You Don’t Know About The First Woman Judge
# The Overlooked Legacy of America's First Female Judge The identity of America's first female judge remains obscured in legal history despite repeat…
Don’t Let Eric Schmitt Throw His Lawyers Under The Bus — See Also
# Eric Schmitt Faces Accountability for Jack Smith Legal Strategy Failure Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt came under fire for attempting to deflect res…
Eric Schmitt Drags Harvard And ASSLaw Into Jack Smith Hearing Faceplant
Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt attempted to deflect responsibility for a failed legal strategy by invoking Harvard Law School and Antonin Scalia Law Sc…
AI Can Read Between The Redacted Lines
# AI Technology Defeats Court Redactions, Creating Crisis for Judicial Secrecy Artificial intelligence systems can now recover information from court…
All The Court’s A Stage And Trump Judges Merely Players
# Trump-Appointed Judges Face Scrutiny Over Courtroom Conduct and Judicial Decorum Trump-appointed federal judges are drawing criticism from legal ob…
DOJ Offers Up Kristi Noem As ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ But D.C. Circuit Wants To Know Who Else Was In The Room
# DOJ Strategy Crumbles as D.C. Circuit Demands Full Accountability in Noem Investigation The Department of Justice attempted to shield senior offici…
He Left The Top Of The Supreme Court For A Job He Thought Mattered More
# Chief Justice Relinquished Supreme Court Post for Perceived Greater Impact John Jay, the nation's first Chief Justice, stepped down from the Suprem…
Supreme Court to hear argument on Trump administration’s deportation of immigrants to third-party countries
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether the Trump administration can deport immigrants to countries other than their nations of origin, …
With deadline near, diversity visa applicants ask judge for extended relief
# Diversity Visa Applicants Seek Emergency Court Extension as September Deadline Looms Diversity visa applicants facing a September 30 deadline have …
Miles Davis tattoo calls Ninth Circuit’s infringement test into question
# Miles Davis Tattoo Case Challenges Ninth Circuit's Copyright Infringement Framework A recent appellate dispute involving a Miles Davis tattoo has e…
Senator Accuses Jack Smith Of Perjury Because Missouri Lawmaker Too Dumb To Know About The Iowa Hawkeyes
# Senator's Perjury Accusation Against Jack Smith Collapses Over Hawkeyes Reference A Missouri senator leveled a perjury accusation against special c…
4-year-old 'sank' to bottom of apartment pool, drowned after another little boy opened gate 'easily' while uncle left them unsupervised: Lawsuit
A Tennessee family filed a wrongful death lawsuit after their 4-year-old son drowned in an apartment complex pool when a 9-year-old companion opened a…
Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee Suspends Mike Ozekhome As SAN
The Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee (LPPC) suspended Chief Mike Ozekhome from his rank as Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) at its 173rd gene…
Morning Docket: 09.24.26
# 5th Circuit's Citation Hypocrisy and Press Freedom Victories Shape Legal Landscape The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered an embarrassing les…
DC Circuit split on returning migrants from foreign prisons
A federal judge in Washington has ordered the U.S. government to facilitate the return of hundreds of migrants who faced deportation to El Salvador's …
Second Circuit questions who can sue over missing royalties in SiriusXM case
# Second Circuit Questions Standing in SoundExchange Royalty Dispute With SiriusXM The Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments this week…
When Justice Was Served Alongside A Whiskey
# When Justice Was Served Alongside A Whiskey A bartender who assumed judicial powers represents an extraordinary breach of legal authority and raise…
Trump Has Officially Out-Kinged The King We Fought A Revolution To Get Rid Of
# Trump Compared to King George III in Constitutional Overreach Debate Legal scholar Laurence Tribe raised alarm about executive power on CNN, drawin…
Judge finds feds’ environmental analysis of Arizona mine insufficient
A federal judge in Arizona ruled that the U.S. Forest Service failed to properly analyze environmental impacts on protected species when it approved a…
Judge Puts Lawyer’s Sleeveless Dress On Trial
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia halted proceedings and publicly criticized a female attorney's courtroom attire, specifically obje…
Missouri seeks to use congressional redistricting map expected to benefit Republicans
# Missouri Advances Redistricting Map Favoring Republican Representation Missouri's state legislature has moved forward with a congressional redistri…
Judge With Infamous ‘A, B, C, D, F, U’ Sobriety Test Gets Another Year Off The Bench
A judge facing judicial misconduct charges related to substance abuse has secured another year away from the bench by agreeing to undergo treatment an…
Eigth Circuit’s Flirtation With A Constitutional Crisis — See Also
# Eighth Circuit Court Revives Disputed Missouri Gerrymander, Defying Supreme Court Precedent The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has re…
Eighth Circuit Revives Missouri Gerrymander Supreme Court ALREADY Blocked… Time For Impeachment Articles
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a Missouri congressional redistricting map that the Supreme Court had already invalidated, triggering s…
Legal Ethics Roundup: Judge Warns Of Threat To Democracy, AI Slop Harms Extend Beyond Fake Cites, Philly DA Referred For Investigation, New Bill Aims To End ‘Stealth Impeachments’ & More
# Legal Ethics Roundup: Democracy Threats, AI Hallucinations, And Prosecutorial Conduct Under Fire A federal judge has raised alarm about threats to …
White House to ban CNN, MS NOW, Politico over ‘fake news’ claims
# White House to Ban CNN, MS NOW, Politico Over 'Fake News' Claims The White House announced plans to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House …
Morning Docket: 09.18.26
# Missouri Republicans Persist with Gerrymandered Map Despite Supreme Court Rejection; Second Circuit Narrows Fourth Amendment Protections at Border …
How Appealing Weekly Roundup
# Appellate Courts Navigate High-Stakes Decisions Across Multiple Jurisdictions Appellate courts across the United States continued their docket work…
More on Missouri’s congressional map and mail-in voting
# Missouri's Congressional Map Faces Fresh Legal Scrutiny Over Redistricting Claims Missouri's congressional district map has become the target of re…
What AI misunderstands about the Supreme Court
# What AI Misunderstands About the Supreme Court Large language models and AI systems consistently misrepresent Supreme Court jurisprudence, accordin…
How Americans feel about possible court reforms
# How Americans View Potential Supreme Court Reforms Public opinion on judicial reform remains divided as the nation debates structural changes to th…
ICE accused of continuing warrantless arrests in Oregon despite injunction
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated a federal court injunction by continuing warrantless arrests in Oregon, former detainees testified …
Maui doctor loses bid for new attempted murder trial
Gerhardt Konig, a Maui physician, failed to overturn his attempted manslaughter conviction after the Hawaii appellate court rejected his motion for a …
Actress suffers early setback in lawsuit over use of face in ‘Avatar’
Q'orianka Kilcher's lawsuit against 20th Century Studios over the alleged unauthorized use of her likeness in the "Avatar" franchise suffered an early…
At annual SCOTUSblog Summit, Sen. Durbin and Rep. Issa express differing views on Supreme Court
# Supreme Court Authority Debate Emerges at SCOTUSblog Summit Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and House Oversight Committee Chairman …
What a missing citation tells us about the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision
# Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Decision Raises Citation Questions The Supreme Court's recent decision on birthright citizenship contains a …
SNAP penalties blocked after states miss retroactive deadline
A federal judge halted penalties against states for failing to meet a retroactive deadline to implement new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program …
Former Syrian prison boss gets 60 years for torturing inmates
A federal judge in the United States sentenced Samir Alsheikh, a former Syrian prison official, to 60 years in prison for systematically torturing inm…
Ninth Circuit overturns order requiring Oregon to house transgender women in women’s prisons
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal magistrate judge's order requiring Oregon to house transgender women in women's prisons, finding…
DOJ Promises Lindsey Halligan Wasn’t A Fake U.S. Attorney — See Also
The Department of Justice defended the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina before the U.S. Court of Ap…
The Supreme Court Justice That Ran A Treason Trial
Chief Justice John Marshall presided over the treason trial of Aaron Burr in 1807, one of the most consequential criminal prosecutions in American his…
New Bill Might Finally Put A Stop To Judge Pauline Newman’s Stealth Impeachment
Rep. Scott Fitzgerald introduced the Judicial Conduct and Disability Reform Act to address what critics call a "stealth impeachment" of Federal Circui…
Trump blasts Supreme Court on social media
President Trump publicly criticized the Supreme Court on social media, escalating tensions between the executive branch and the judiciary. The attack …
Monopolist Google gets ‘behavioral’ guardrails and a monitoring plan
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected structural remedies in the government's antitrust case against Google, imposing behavioral guardrails ins…
Ninth Circuit deals blow to Kalshi on tribal land
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against Kalshi, the prediction markets platform, in a lawsuit brought by two Native American tribes chall…
Morning Docket: 09.16.26
Big Law firms face mounting pressure over lateral partner compensation strategies. Reuters reports that major law firms are reassessing whether aggres…
Even A Stacked Supreme Court Couldn’t Save Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Rule — See Also
# Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration's Mail-In Ballot Restrictions The Supreme Court declined to hear Trump administration arguments seeking …
Break the Supreme Court law clerk cartel
# Supreme Court Law Clerk Hiring Under Antitrust Scrutiny Federal judges have operated an informal but binding agreement for decades that restricts w…
Hawaii high court grapples with $222M taken from Maui wildfire settlement
Hawaii's Supreme Court confronts a contentious allocation of wildfire settlement funds after a Maui judge earmarked $222 million in attorney fees from…
Spat between justices deepens Brazil Supreme Court crisis
A bitter dispute between Brazilian Supreme Court Justices Alexandre de Moraes and André Mendonça has intensified an institutional crisis at the Suprem…
Morning Docket: 09.15.26
The Supreme Court rejected a presidential power to unilaterally discard mail-in ballots, establishing a significant boundary on executive authority ov…
Weil Isn’t Even Pretending To Be Sad About Losing Its Most Powerful Partner — See Also
# Weil Gotshal & Manges Dismisses Departure of Mike Aiello, While Legal Industry Confronts AI Fabrication Crisis Weil Gotshal & Manges made little ef…
For Most Of Its History, The Supreme Court Was Just A Tenant
The Supreme Court of the United States operated without a permanent home for most of its existence, functioning as a tenant in borrowed spaces through…
Alaska judge clears way for gold mining within national park
An Alaska state court judge has removed a legal barrier to gold mining operations within a national park, prompting concerns from environmental advoca…
Supreme Court won’t let Trump restrict mail-in ballots ahead of midterms
The Supreme Court declined to block implementation of a Trump-era postal rule that state election officials warned would severely disrupt mail-in voti…
‘Counsel, Do You Watch The News?’: Lawyer Gets Benchslapped Over AI Hallucinations In Murder Appeal
The New Mexico Supreme Court sanctioned an attorney for submitting fabricated case citations generated by artificial intelligence in a murder appeal b…
Morning Docket: 09.14.26
# Morning Docket Summary A clutch of legal industry developments dominates September 14, 2026. The Federalist Society continues shaping conservative …
Federal judge freezes Trump overhaul of mail-in voting as SCOTUS awaits
A federal judge has imposed a temporary freeze on President Trump's overhaul of mail-in voting procedures, blocking implementation while the Supreme C…
Trump's Jan. 6 judge 'interfered' and must 'dissolve' order requiring 48 hours' notice on 'Great Triumphal Arch,' DOJ says
The Department of Justice is challenging a federal judge's order requiring 48 hours' notice before construction begins on Trump's proposed "Great Triu…
Missouri Keeps Beating Dead Horse Of A Map — See Generally
Missouri Republicans continue pursuing legal challenges to their state congressional redistricting map despite repeated rejection by the U.S. Supreme …
Judge Demands Answers From DOJ For Refusing To Dismiss Reflecting Pool Case With Prejudice
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to explain why it refuses to dismiss a case involving the Reflecting Pool without prejudice, a p…
More election-related action on the interim docket
The Supreme Court has scheduled additional election-related cases on its interim docket, signaling continued judicial involvement in voting rights and…
Jurors recalled in Maui doctor’s bid for new attempted murder trial
A Hawaii court recalled jurors in the attempted murder trial of a Maui physician after discovering evidence that a juror discussed confidential delibe…
Trump admin 'unlawfully usurped the authority' of FEMA and violated post-Katrina reform law, federal court rules
A federal court this week ruled that the Trump administration violated statutory law by slashing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's workforce a…
Atiku Alleges Plot To Cripple Opposition, Condemns Court Ruling On NDC Registration
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar condemned a court ruling that he claims obstructs the registration of Nigeria's Democratic Congress (NDC), allegi…
That’s Some Epic Biglaw Shade — See Also
Weil Gotshal & Manges lost its corporate chair to rival firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore in a high-profile lateral move that prompted sharp commentary abo…
Is This Federal Appellate Opinion Too Informal?
A federal appellate judge employed colloquial language in a published court opinion, using the slang term "deets" as shorthand for "details." The Firs…
Supreme Court dismisses immigration case that was scheduled for argument in October
# Supreme Court Dismisses Immigration Case Scheduled for October Argument The Supreme Court dismissed an immigration case that had been docketed for …
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court
# Germany's Federal Constitutional Court Reinforces Judicial Independence in Budget Crisis Ruling Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfa…
9/11 and the Supreme Court
# 9/11 and the Supreme Court The Supreme Court has shaped the legal landscape following the September 11, 2001 attacks through several landmark decis…