After writing a majority opinion in 2007 upholding Indiana’s voter ID law, Posner later wrote that the law is “now widely regarded as a means of voter suppression rather than of fraud prevention.”
That possibility has worried inmate and immigration advocates, who say it could make prison guards and other federal officials less accountable for violating the law.
Three Vietnam War veterans, a historic preservationist, the D.C. government and the Commonwealth of Virginia sued to halt construction.
Clarence Thomas has said he has no plans to step down. He joined the court in 1991 and could become the longest-serving justice in its history in 2028.
The attorney general began the search for an outside counsel on Oct. 1, the day New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed her as special prosecutor in the case.
A federal judge said she had no authority to grant the department’s preemptive request to delay resolution of the election if incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R) loses.
The Justice Department’s push to prevent the counting of ballots from any of more than 20,000 people on its list is unusual, and courts have been skeptical so far.
Piker’s complaint says that Jennings took some clips of him out of context and that Piker had been reacting to a debate between two Black political commentators.
After the first Trump administration tried to bar judges from using administrative closure, the Biden administration codified the practice in 2024.
In his opinion, Kelly said the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in arguing that Trump’s ban violated the news outlets’ right to due process and a free press.
Alito has achieved new prominence on the court in the Trump era, after spending years in the shadow of conservative colleagues with more star power like Antonin Scalia.
The former official, David J. Rush, was arrested in May and charged with theft of public money.
Without the opportunity to request a bond hearing, some arrested immigrants have spent months in detention facilities while awaiting their removal proceedings.
Christa Pike had been sentenced to death three decades ago for the murder of a classmate, a crime the woman committed at age 18.
A prosecutor confirmed Monday that he had begun the process of pursuing criminal charges against seven alleged perpetrators and would present the case to a grand jury.
CNN and MS NOW reported that some of their journalists were denied access to cover the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House for a state dinner.
The White House argued Trump’s actions are lawful under the First Amendment and accused the outlets of publishing sensitive or classified information.
The Justice Department cleared the deal. But a federal judge paused it after an antitrust lawsuit was brought by 12 Democratic state attorneys general.
The comments headline a legal brief filed by the New York Times and other publications in their copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.
The high court’s order dealt only with applying the changes to the upcoming midterms. The case now returns to the lower courts, where legal fights will continue over whether the order can be implemented in future elections.