New: U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges on lower courts may need to disclose contributions from law firms, bar associations and former clients ​to fund receptions or celebrations in their honor under newly adopted ethics ‌guidance. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

The Trump DOJ and Harmeet Dhillon lose again, extending their unbroken record of defeat in their nationwide campaign to force states to cough up sensitive voter data. This time, in Arizona. Background at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/harmeet-dh...

New: U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges on lower courts may need to disclose contributions from law firms, bar associations and former clients ​to fund receptions or celebrations in their honor under newly adopted ethics ‌guidance. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

It's starting to get very meta, when Trump posts on Truth a copy of the ballroom motion DOJ lawyers filed last night that reads a lot like a Truth social post.

Awkward: DOJ moves to terminate a 2022 consent decree with the police department in Springfield, Massachusetts, with a brief labeled throughout as a "draft." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Department of Defense may require reporters to be escorted by staff in the Pentagon building despite a federal judge’s finding that the press restrictions violates a court order, a federal appeals court ruled.

NEW: A BIA order says valid DACA is not a reason for an immigration judge to prevent deportation. DHS said DACA doesn’t confer legal status + can still be removed. The order, on Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago’s case, is precedent for immigration judges to follow. www.npr.org/2026/04/25/n...

NEW: Trump's $10B suit against IRS hits static as judge questions whether it's a sham since Trump controls decisions of both sides. Judge Kathleen Williams (Obama/FLSD) cites Trump order requiring all exec branch employees adhere to his legal positions www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

New: A federal judge expanded the reach of restrictions stopping the Trump administration from forcing universities to turn over sweeping amounts ​of data so it can examine the schools' use of race as ‌an admissions factor. Today's injunction applies to the Ivy League. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

BREAKING: Judge on Trump's suit v. IRS declines requested extension, orders briefs on whether parties are sufficiently adverse for case to proceed. Judge Kathleen Williams (Obama) sets 5/27 hearing. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

New: A federal ​appeals court cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce a Republican-backed ‌state law that would let them arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: The Trump administration again plans to terminate the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants, after a judge blocked its initial effort ​to revoke permissions to live in the United States granted to people who used the Biden-era CBP One app. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: The Trump administration again plans to terminate the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants, after a judge blocked its initial effort ​to revoke permissions to live in the United States granted to people who used the Biden-era CBP One app. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

A federal judge whose son was killed by a disgruntled lawyer at her New Jersey home expressed concern ​on Thursday that Congress could weaken state laws designed to bolster security for judges by ‌protecting their personal information online @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4mL0jOl

New: U.S. ‌District Judge Esther Salas during an ABA conference in Boston expressed concern about efforts in Congress that could weaken state laws enacted after her son's murder that aim to protect the personal information of judges online. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

The U.S. Department of Justice faced a skeptical judge in its bid to defeat a lawsuit by Democratic-led states challenging part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on providers of gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/48fw7VA

New: The DOJ faced a skeptical judge in Boston today in its bid to defeat a lawsuit by Democratic-led states challenging guidance it adopted for probes as part of Trump's crackdown on providers of gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: The DOJ faced a skeptical judge in Boston today in its bid to defeat a lawsuit by Democratic-led states challenging guidance it adopted for probes as part of Trump's crackdown on providers of gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, who before relocating to Austin, Texas, last year helped transform a tiny courthouse in Waco into a hub for much of the patent litigation in the United States, ​plans to resign @nateraymond.bsky.social @blakebrittain.bsky.social reut.rs/4n415Gp

I get the funny feeling the Supreme Court is not eager to take up President Trump's appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx...

Yes, normalize this! Former justices who have their wits about them should be out of the road (or one town over, in Breyer's case) regularly. Btw, per the docket, "Justice Breyer did not participate in oral argument but will participate in case deliberations."

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has authored a 1st Circuit opinion today holding that people who worked for a nonprofit that had been funded by FEMA were not the agency's employees and could not recover backpay after funding ran out. fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...

The latest today from Trump's "Remodeling DC" cases: Judge Amy Berman Jackson tosses out plans to rip out sections of the 15th Street NW bike lane connecting downtown to the Tidal Basin. Rules the changes were rushed through under the banner of beautifying DC & prep for the 250th celebration.

New: A federal judge in Boston has blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar energy industry groups say have stymied the ​development of new energy generation projects. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: A federal judge in Boston has blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar energy industry groups say have stymied the ​development of new energy generation projects. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

UPDATE: DOJ still going after this lawyer at 9th Circuit, seeking almost $6000 in legal fees from him over representation he performed pro bono.

Scoop: FCC Chair Brendan Carr—who has used his post to chill the speech of Trump's critics—has been invited by a media organization to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...

That thing where a Harvard law professor argues a New York Times reporter should be disbarred for reporting. open.substack.com/pub/divideda...

Searing opinion from a federal judge on Long Island, who describes "police state"-like tactics by ICE to arrest peopleand draw up after-the-fact warrants. He says DOJ is damaging its credibility with the courts by trying to shield ICE from scrutiny. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Unserious leaders are unsafe," Judge Kasubhai wrote. "There is nothing more serious than our leaders’ dedication to the rule of law so that we might maintain the integrity of our constitutional democracy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Using Maine law, the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to hold federal agents accountable for the wrongful detention of a civil engineer in Portland during the large-scale operation in January." mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/14/p...

What a deep cut!

Imagine a world where the memos instead of being kept internal had been maybe cleaned up and published as concurring or dissenting opinions; they practically read as such when you drop the informality of using first names.

Great, shocking reporting on the origins of the Supreme Court maneuver that has enabled Trump to impose his agenda without full-blown legal review. Roberts resented the Obama admin’s EPA and wanted quick protection for oil companies.

New: A Tufts University graduate who had been arrested by U.S. immigration agents last year as part of the Trump administration's targeting of pro-Palestinian ​campus activists has returned to her home in Turkey following a settlement ‌with the government. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

If you think legislation that targets “low enrollment degrees” only impacts the humanities please look at this list. Degrees in chemistry, math, physics, political science, data analytics, psychology and economics are being eliminated. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/16/o...

Acting ICE head Todd Lyons to leave agency at end of May - www.reuters.com/world/us/act...

Judge Kato Crews of Colroado released an Iranian man from ICE custody today in part because the U.S. probably can't deport him to Iran anytime soon while the countries are at war.

New: The U.S. Sentencing Commission today adopted new guidelines for punishing white-collar criminals, adjusting for inflation how fraud ​victims' losses are calculated in a way that could result in lower ‌sentences. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: Federal judicial rulemakers voted to abandon a key part of a proposed rule governing the disclosure of who finances amicus briefs after top judges expressed concern the measure could interfere with the ​privacy of advocacy groups and their members. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: A Massachusetts judge on today appeared open to temporarily blocking GE Vernova from abandoning work on the largest offshore wind farm in New England after Vineyard Wind refused to pay over $300 ​million the turbine supplier says it is owed for the project. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Today, by his own admission, Chief Judge Dan Domenico (a Trump appointee) became the first federal judge in Colorado to rule that a man already released into the country was properly in immigration detention without a bond hearing. He called the differing interpretations of the law "unfortunate."

New: Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused Justin Smith, one of President Trump's personal attorneys, of being a loyalist who has refused to acknowledge Trump's 2020 election ‌loss to Joe Biden even after being nominated to an appellate court judgeship. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: A federal judge has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to stop Hawaii from ​suing fossil fuel companies over ‌climate change. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

NEW: The Board of Immigration Appeals, fresh off of a complete purge of all Board members not aligned with Trump's mass deportation agenda, has released its decision from last week denying Mahmoud Khalil's appeal. Decision: www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...

New: Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee accused Justin Smith, one of President Trump's personal attorneys, of being a loyalist who has refused to acknowledge Trump's 2020 election ‌loss to Joe Biden even after being nominated to an appellate court judgeship. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

DOJ moves to erase convictions of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers leaders who led Jan. 6 attack

Colorado's Supreme Court just heard arguments on whether Children's Hospital Colo. should resume gender-affirming care to trans plaintiffs in the face of federal threats. Everyone sees the hospital is caught between Trump and the child patients. Justice Rich Gabriel summed up the existential problem

4th Cir. affirms conviction of hospital contractor who accessed Justice Ginsburg's medical files from his home computer, a screenshot of which was subsequently posted on 4Chan and then Twitter. He eventually blamed his cat for running a search for "Gins". www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/244...

The entire premise for the most casually racist TV show of my childhood, I realize in retrospect, is now moot.