#law-justice

A plurality of Americans believe betting on election outcomes should be illegal, The POLITICO Poll finds.

Former President Joe Biden is in an uphill battle to try to stop the Justice Department from sharing recordings it collected of him speaking to his ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017, during which his speech and memory faltered.

The Trump administration told a federal judge that the Kennedy Center is still weighing whether to offer a full slate of performances or more limited programming over the coming months.

President Donald Trump’s name has been removed from the facade of the Kennedy Center, but inside the renowned performing arts venue, a difficult financial picture is forcing tough choices.

The Ninth Circuit panel cited a recent Supreme Court emergency docket ruling to give California parents a win over the state's policy.

Legal team of alleged gunman, 28, reverses position on ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense after one day...

In a unanimous decision, the justices ruled in favor of a Texas man who was prosecuted under a federal law prohibiting habitual drug users from owning guns.

DOJ urges judge to throw NAACP's legal action over xAI’s gas turbines in Mississippi.

Federal prosecutors' latest antifa conspiracy involves wearing a sweatshirt that says “I'm antifa!”...

All nine justices agreed that marijuana users are not categorically too dangerous to have a Second Amendment right to a gun.

"This administration is trying to take away one of the most fundamental rights that people with disabilities have fought for."...

One Democratic strategist told Newsweek the investigation could be "rocket fuel for fundraising and earned media" for Newsom.

For the second time in two months, the GOP-controlled Court handed a victory to a person on death row.

California governor says Trump is ‘coming after me because I am considering running for president’...

The dispute rejected by the Supreme Court involved the scope of students' free speech rights and schools' ability to restrict expression that could be viewed as reflecting their endorsement.

The influx of tens of thousands of immigration cases since last fall threatens to derail Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown and clog the courts.

In a Senate that took its constitutional role seriously, Blanche would not win confirmation a second time.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore all signs that were changed or removed at national parks across the country as part of President Donald Trump’s controversial directive last year.

The Justice Department failed to explain why it simply couldn’t put in writing that the slush fund is dead.

For decades, immigrants who are legal permanent residents in the U.S. could get loans through the Small Business Administration, a core pillar of small-business lending. Not anymore.

The ruling comes in the final days of the primary campaign between the former city comptroller and Rep. Dan Goldman.

Trump's Department of Justice is seeking patient files that include the names of young people who have been treated in transgender clinics, as well as hospital staff who have provided care.

Because of the triumph of originalism, the court’s docket increasingly features bizarre historical arguments.

A judge ordered the deportation of student Mohsen Mahdawi, abducted from his naturalization proceedings last April.

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Alabama from executing a man using nitrogen hypoxia, a relatively new method of carrying out the death penalty that experts say causes “air hunger” and that a federal court ruled violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

A mother has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the chatbot's design led to her daughter's suicide.

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

Robert Dillon was arrested at home in Florida despite living 300 miles away from where a crime was committed...

Mike Pence looked to the declaration we’re most likely going to be judged on.

California Democratic senator says Blanche ‘has been unable to put aside his role as Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer and represent the American people instead’...

The ruling voided “in its entirety” a policy from September requiring companies to pay $100,000 fees for H-1B visa petitions.

A blind study conducted by researchers at Stanford Law School has revealed that law professors judged responses to law student questions generated by AI systems t be superior to answers written by fellow law professors in 75 percent of evaluated comparisons.

The lawsuit asserts that ChatGPT has "aided and abetted [mass shooters] in deadly rampages” and has pushed vulnerable people to take their own lives, among other allegations.

In a pair of legal filings Friday, the Justice Department stated in writing for what appears to be the first time that a controversial $1.7 billion "anti-weaponization fund" will not continue.

The judge invalidated policies the Trump administration enacted last year that halted asylum grants, as well as the processing of immigration benefits for people from 39 countries.

After a major Supreme Court ruling, state-level voting rights acts and redistricting strategies in Democratic-led states are among the limited ways left for protecting racial-minority voters' power.

A judge asked what speedy legal recourse people might have if the government decided to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty. A government lawyer said he thought there was none.

A federal judge blocked a series of measures that have prevented officials from granting asylum, green cards and other legal immigration benefits to many immigrants.

Noem’s use of government jets and use of a government Flickr account are facing new scrutiny...

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A federal judge granted President Donald Trump’s request to again pause a collection of lawsuits seeking to hold him responsible for violence at the US Capitol five years ago while he pursues an immunity defense.

It’s “a legal absurdity,” said one expert.

The converted prison "should be closed because of health and human safety,” Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said.

"We are not moving forward with the fund. Period," Blanche told House lawmakers.

A judge ruled that an "86‑47" protest flag near the National Mall could not be seen as a threat against President Donald Trump.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier alleges OpenAI and boss Sam Altman built a 'web of deceit'...

The Justice Department said it 'strongly disagrees' with the court's ruling that paused a $1.776 fund for victims of government "weaponization," but would still abide by it.

A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving ahead with plans to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who it says were wrongly targeted by the government in the past.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori about investigations and prosecutions originating from U.S. Attorneys offices around the country.

Controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged Sen. John Cornyn's reelection and won President Trump's endorsement in the bitter primary fight that cost Republicans more than $100 million.

A judge halted Trump’s $1.8B fund payouts, setting a June 12 hearing as the legal fight over IRS-linked settlement intensifies.

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The Department of Homeland Security said that highly qualified and skilled green-card applicants will see no noticeable impact from a controversial policy announced last week that most people seeking permanent legal residency would have to apply from outside the US.

A Washington jury has convicted three protesters of federal conspiracy charges for trying to prevent federal officers from transporting two detained illegal immigrants from Spokane to Tacoma last June.

John F. Kennedy's niece, journalist Maria Shriver, called the ruling "an appropriate birthday present on my uncle's birthday today."...

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi testified in the Epstein investigation this week, while the current DOJ opened an inquiry into E. Jean Carroll's successful civil cases against President Trump.

A judge signaled she may reopen a case between President Trump and his own government that led the DOJ to create a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund," ordering the president's lawyers to respond to allegations of "deception" and "fraud."...

The Trump administration has been blocked from making any payments before a judge can hear arguments in the case.

A judge blocked the Kennedy Center from closing its doors during renovations, and ruled that its board acted unlawfully by adding President Trump's name to the building. The president reacted by saying he wants Congress to take it over.

The Trump DOJ clarified that E. Jean Carroll is not under investigation, though Dem donor Reid Hoffman might be.

Louisiana's Republican lawmakers raced to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional seats in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the current map unconstitutional in a sweeping ruling.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Texas State Democratic Rep. James Talarico in the aftermath of the primary, which solidified Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as his GOP competitor in November.

The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into whether author E. Jean Carroll committed perjury in connection with her civil lawsuits against President Trump, sources familiar with the matter said.

The former attorney general said she had surgery a few weeks ago but is “doing well.”...

A U.S. Senate race in Texas is now set with the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton winning the GOP nomination in a primary runoff Tuesday. He'll face Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.

The Southern Poverty Law Center asked a federal judge to dismiss the criminal charges filed against it by the Justice Department, saying the indictment represents a "top-down, retributive campaign" directed by President Trump.

The Supreme Court does not need altering — it has not done anything wrong.

The president's candidate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has faced numerous scandals, while Sen. John Cornyn has failed to excite the base.

Judges and grand juries have increasingly lost faith in the Justice Department as the president uses it to reward his friends and go after his opponents.

The Department of Homeland Security's move is part of a wider push to restrict both legal and illegal immigration.

Google has filed an appeal against a 2024 antitrust ruling that determined the company violated competition laws by paying billions to become the default search engine on Apple's iPhone devices.

Officers forced their way into the building days after the party vowed to defy a court ruling removing its leaders.

Texas' runoff primary elections are Tuesday. The race generating the most attention – and money – is the Texas Republican U.S. Senate primary between incumbent Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. President Trump finally waded into the race last week and endorsed Paxton, even a...

South Carolina is the latest Southern state that may redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court weakened a key section of the Voting Rights Act. The new district lines could squeeze out an institution in South Carolina and national politics: 17-term Congressman Jim Clyburn.

President Trump has alternated between bullying the justices and cozying up to them as the court prepares to announce major decisions that will determine the fate of the key aspects of his agenda.

The Maryland man was charged with human smuggling after a high-profile legal fight in which courts ruled he had been illegally deported to El Salvador.

The move targets at least one New York hospital in an effort to ostracize transgender Americans, critics warn...

The Justice Department has sued 30 states and Washington, D.C., in an effort to gain access to their complete voter registration lists.

DOJ is now very much an active participant in the online discourse that promotes and perpetuates ideas that are barely connected to reality.

The Supreme Court's recent ruling threatens the power of racial-minority voters in Voting Rights Act cases about not just Congress, but also at least 17 state and local governments, NPR finds.

Former CIA Director John Brennan is the subject of two criminal probes being led by the Miami-area U.S. Attorney's Office.