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Virginia Supreme Court clears way for redistricting referendum
It is the second time in as many months that the commonwealth Supreme Court has set aside a ruling from the same judge to let the referendum move forward.
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Opinion · 119th Congress
‘Injustice’ — The facts don’t matter if you’re not able to present them
District Judge Aileen Cannon's Florida courtroom. The case ended up in U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's Florida courtroom. Only in Florida.
Judge gives 8-year sentence in Brett Kavanaugh assassination plot
A federal judge sentenced the attempted assassin of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh to more than eight years in prison Friday. Judge Deborah L. Boardman of the U.S.
James Comey indicted over testimony at 2020 Senate hearing
An arraignment was set for Oct. 9 before Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff of the Eastern District of Virginia.
Federal judge again blocks end to birthright citizenship
Experts said cases like the one involved in Thursday’s ruling will serve as the testing ground for courtroom fights over Trump’s broader efforts to reshape the federal government without input from Congress
Supreme Court puts off decision on Louisiana congressional map
The courtroom saga started when Louisiana adopted a congressional map with one Black-majority congressional district out of the six in the state following the 2020 census.
Senators spar over nationwide injunctions stopping Trump policies
One unelected district judge, sitting in a courtroom in San Francisco or Boston or Baltimore, can now issue a nationwide injunction that ties the hands of the president of the United States," Cruz said
Judge declines to halt firing of Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Shira Perlmutter’s request to block the Trump administration’s attempt to fire her from her position as the register of copyrights.
Trump v. law firms: President uses power on potential court foes
Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S.
Republicans rediscover objections to court orders
Both Democrats and Republicans have said in recent weeks that it’s unlikely Congress will be able to pass legislation to curb nationwide injunctions — as either side would be giving up a courtroom tactic
States, nonprofit groups file lawsuits to stop grant freeze
The judge in that case, District Judge Loren L. AliKhan, blocked the Trump administration from implementation of the memo just before that deadline.
After pardoning son, Biden returns home to a credibility problem
The move — which he’d previously said he wouldn’t make — has been slammed by Republican lawmakers and more than a few Democrats and its rationale lambasted by a federal judge.
Judge freezes criminal case against Trump related to 2020 election
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday granted a request from Special Counsel John L.
House panel and Justice Department fail to resolve subpoena clash
But Judge Ana Reyes of the U.S.
As Trump faced trial, key GOP lawmakers aided his public defense
Trump had complained for weeks that he cannot hit the campaign trail because he is stuck in a Manhattan courtroom, but he opted against using a holiday weekend break in the criminal hush money trial to
Trump’s mini-mes in uniform are waging war on American institutions
President," Gaetz wrote in a social media post that showed him in lockstep with other congressional Republicans behind the president outside the courtroom.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Jobs not judges
The Biden-Harris reelection campaign is hitting kitchen-table issues hard as Donald Trump is largely stuck in a New York City courtroom, and Democrats down the ballot hope this focus gives him coattails
Playing by the rules? What a concept
Trump has certainly shown contempt for the rules, as he has been held in literal contempt by Judge Juan Merchan for violating a gag order in his New York case as he taunts and maligns witnesses on social
Voters got first true 2024 week with Trump on trial, Biden on the trail
The unprecedented 2024 election cycle came into focus last week, with President Joe Biden ordering milkshakes and sandwiches on the campaign trail while Donald Trump was admonished by a criminal court judge
Biden pitches tax plan in Pennsylvania as Trump stews in court
Meantime, about 130 miles away in the Manhattan courtroom, Trump mostly let his attorneys do the talking. But not the entire time.