The Supreme Court on Monday issued a new “Code of Conduct” following months of heightened scrutiny from Senate Judiciary Democrats pushing for new ethics laws for the high court. “The undersigned Justices are promulgating this Code of Conduct to set out succinctly and gather in one place the ethics rules …
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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, blasted Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., during a hearing Thursday that ended in Democrats subpoenaing Republican donor Harlan Crow and conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo. The Senate Judiciary Committeevoted to subpoena Crow and Leoafter consideration of several judicial nominees. In his opening remarks, Durbin …
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A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Texas bill requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, the latest in a string of setbacks for red states seeking to introduce the religious text into schools. Judge Fred Biery wrote in an order granting a preliminary injunction that the Republican-led …
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The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a closely watched case about whether counseling services for minors facing gender identity and sexual orientation questions are protected by the First Amendment. Kaley Chiles, a licensed Christian therapist, argues her conversations with youth clients are a form of protected speech. The Colorado …
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A suspect in Hamas’ October 2023 terror attack against Israel that sparked a two-year war between the two sides has been formally charged in federal court. Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi, who has been living in Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Lafayette for conspiring to support a …
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A Department of Justice lawyer argued to an appeals court on Tuesday that a lower court’s decision to block activist Mahmoud Khalil’s detention and removal was “fundamentally flawed” and should be reversed. DOJ lawyer Drew Ensign’s arguments came as he faced pointed questions during a hearing from the U.S. Court …
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An Alabama death row inmate, who insists he is an “innocent man,” asked Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to meet with him before the state puts him to death later this week. Anthony Boyd, 53, is scheduled to be executed on Thursday evening by nitrogen gas at the William C. Holman …
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A former New York state trooper was sentenced on Wednesday to six months behind bars after he shot himself in the leg and falsely claimed that he was wounded by an unknown gunman. Thomas Mascia pleaded guilty in May to falsely reporting an incident, tampering with physical evidence and official …
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The Trump administration urged a federal judge during a hearing in Oregon on Friday to terminate a restraining order and clear the way for the government to deploy National Guard troops in Portland. The administration argued to Judge Karin Immergut that a higher court had already greenlit President Donald Trump’s …
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that President Donald Trump can deploy Oregon National Guard troops into the city of Portland, delivering a significant victory to the Trump administration as it continues its effort to send federal forces into Democratic-led cities despite a string of recent …
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