A federal judge in Arizona is the latest to dismiss a case looking to knock former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot, rejecting claims that the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause forbids him from holding federal office. Published December 5, 2023
The late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will lay in repose at the Supreme Court on Dec. 18, with a private funeral the next day, according to the high court's press office. Published December 5, 2023
The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday over which side's argument would have the biggest consequences in a legal battle over a $15,000 tax bill that could potentially upend part of the 2017 tax reform law passed by Congress and signed by then-President Trump. Published December 5, 2023
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued its first ruling of the term, dismissing a case dealing with a disabled woman's ability to sue hotels after reviewing their websites for violating disability laws -- despite not planning to visit the hotels at all. Published December 5, 2023
President Biden on Monday ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-mast at the White House, military bases and at federal buildings in honor of the late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who passed away on Friday at the age of 93. Published December 4, 2023
Supreme Court justices expressed concern Monday over the federal government's objection to a bankruptcy deal struck by Purdue Pharma that would release the family who owns the company from liability in lawsuits related to the opioid crisis. Published December 4, 2023
Former President Donald Trump can be sued over his alleged incitement of violence ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protest, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Published December 1, 2023
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Supreme Court's first female justice, has died at the age of 93 in Phoenix. Published December 1, 2023
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to subpoena allies of conservative Supreme Court justices in a contentious meeting where the Democratic majority at one point did not allow Republican senators to speak. Published November 30, 2023
Only one victim's mother is siding with the federal government in rejecting a $6 billion bankruptcy settlement that would shield the family who owns Purdue Pharma from any civil liabilities. Published November 29, 2023
A number of Supreme Court justices on Wednesday expressed worries over the growth of the administrative state and the federal government's ability to penalize individuals through agency proceedings without a jury trial. Published November 29, 2023
Change.org has removed a petition protesting a Catholic women's college's decision to admit transgender students in 2024, saying it contained "hate speech." Published November 28, 2023
A federal court in Rhode Island on Monday dismissed the latest case attempting to keep former President Donald Trump off the state's ballot over the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Published November 27, 2023
Idaho asked the Supreme Court Monday to step in and let it enforce its pro-life law -- enacted after the high court's ruling last year ending a national right to abortion -- over objections from the federal government. Published November 27, 2023
Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, will consider admitting transgender students next year in a major change for the 179-year-old Catholic women's institution. Published November 24, 2023
The Supreme Court early next month will hear a case that could undo part of the 2017 tax reform law enacted by Republicans and former President Donald Trump -- all over a Washington state couple's $15,000 tax bill. Published November 23, 2023
A federal court in Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that mail-in ballots must be counted so long as they arrive at county elections offices by the deadline, even if they are missing a handwritten date or the date is wrong. Published November 21, 2023
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether civil penalties imposed by a federal agency, not a judicial court, violate the Constitution in a case that legal experts say could unravel the administrative state. Published November 21, 2023
Liberal advocacy groups are appealing lower court rulings in Colorado and Michigan that would keep former President Donald Trump on the primary ballot next year, asserting that the U.S. Constitution's clause on insurrection forbids him from being reelected following the 2021 riot at the Capitol. Published November 21, 2023
A federal appeals court delivered a blow Monday to voting rights advocates, ruling that part of the Voting Rights Act doesn't allow litigation to be brought by them -- only by the U.S. attorney general. Published November 20, 2023
