Recent Updates
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Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits
U.S. Law Review 06/15/2025A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.The girl’s family says that ...
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US communities spanning from red to blue blast Trump sanctuary list
U.S. Court News 06/11/2025State and local officials blasted the Trump administration’s widely anticipated list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions that are deemed uncooperative with federal immigration enforcement, with some of the most enthusiastic supporters of t...
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Democrats are drawing closer to the crypto industry despite Trump divisions
U.S. Court News 06/05/2025As President Donald Trump builds a crypto empire ? including hosting a private dinner with top investors at his golf club ? Democrats have united in condemning what they call blatant corruption from the White House.But the Democratic Party’s ow...
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World financial markets welcome court ruling against Trump's tariffs
U.S. Court News 05/29/2025Financial markets welcomed a U.S. court ruling that blocks President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.U.S. futures jumped early Thursday and oil prices rose more than $1. The U.S. dollar rose agains...
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Cuban exiles were shielded from deportation. Now Trump is cracking down
U.S. Court News 05/25/2025Immigration officials said Tomás Hernández worked in high-level posts for Cuba’s foreign intelligence agency for decades before migrating to the United States to pursue the American dream.The 71-year-old was detained by federal ag...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans
Court Watch 05/20/2025The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Trump administration from quickly resuming deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law enacted when the nation was just a few years old. Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emer...
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Supreme Court could block Trump’s birthright citizenship order
U.S. Court News 05/15/2025The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on keeping a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders.It was unclear what such a decision might look like, bu...
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Trump Seeks Supreme Court Approval to End Protections for Venezuelans
U.S. Law Review 05/12/2025The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.The Justice Department asked the high court to put on hold a ruling from a federal...
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How the military is dealing with Hegseth’s order to remove transgender troops
U.S. Law Review 05/09/2025The military services scrambled Friday to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a memo released late Thursday, reinstated orders issued earlier this year...
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Budget airline begins deportation flights for ICE with start of Arizona operations
National Court News 05/08/2025A budget airline that serves mostly small U.S. cities began federal deportation flights Monday out of Arizona, a move that’s inspired an online boycott petition and sharp criticism from the union representing the carrier’s flight attendan...
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Wisconsin Gov., he’s not afraid after Trump official suggests possible arrest
U.S. Law Review 05/03/2025Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday that every American should be concerned about “chilling” suggestions from President Donald Trump’s top border adviser that he could be arrested over guidance the Democrat issued to state employe...
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Trump’s tariffs loom over the economy as shipments from China fall
U.S. Law Review 05/01/2025American businesses are cancelling orders from China, postponing expansion plans and hunkering down to see what trade policy surprises President Donald Trump plans to spring on them next.The president’s massive and unpredictable taxes on import...