Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges
Donald Trump, who was impeached twice by the U.S. House but was never convicted in the U.S. Senate, is the first former president to face criminal charges.
By Associated Press - April 04, 2023Donald Trump, who was impeached twice by the U.S. House but was never convicted in the U.S. Senate, is the first former president to face criminal charges.
By Associated Press - April 04, 2023Marilyn Zayas, an IT manager turned lawyer turned appellate court judge, is seeking to unseat Pat DeWine, a Republican and the son of Ohio’s current governor, from the Ohio Supreme Court.
By Matt Cohen - September 30, 2022A federal judge found that a religious school violated federal law when it fired a gay man after he announced his engagement on social media.
By Casey Quinlan - September 07, 2021John Kluge, an orchestra teacher at Brownsburg High School in Indiana, refused to use the correct names or pronouns because, he claimed, it violated his religious beliefs.
By Casey Quinlan - July 13, 2021Clemente Pereida, a father of three, sought a waiver to halt his deportation. The court’s conservative justices said no.
By Amy Lieu - March 09, 2021President Joe Biden is keeping his campaign promise to create a commission to study judicial reform.
By Josh Israel - January 29, 2021Trump’s loss in the oil drilling case on Monday is the latest in a slew of legal defeats.
By Amy Lieu - December 08, 2020‘In an enclosed space, how safe are you? It just doesn’t feel like a right time … ‘ one prospective juror said.
By Associated Press - November 29, 2020Two judges for the 11th Circuit struck down laws that prohibit the harmful practice of ‘conversion therapy.’
By Casey Quinlan - November 20, 2020The Senate majority leader is plowing forward after ramming through Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation.
By Amy Lieu - October 28, 2020California’s Fuller Theological Seminary has received federal funds in the past.
By Casey Quinlan - October 14, 2020McConnell has blocked everything from legislation to help unemployed workers to a bipartisan background check bill for gun sales.
By Emily Singer - September 22, 2020The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that nonbinary people can correct their gender marker in legal records.
By Casey Quinlan - July 10, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has other priorities as he drags his feet on approving a plan to address the coronavirus pandemic.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 16, 2020Lawyers for the migrants have alleged extreme overcrowding and inhumane conditions at holding facilities in Arizona.
By Associated Press - January 24, 2020Our Children’s Trust, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the children, says the case is far from over.
By Associated Press - January 21, 2020E. Jean Carroll is suing Trump for defamation after he claimed the two never met.
By Associated Press - January 10, 2020The ruling follows a court decision made Wednesday to allow the Trump administration to diverting $3.6 billion from military construction projects to fund 175 miles of border wall.
By Associated Press - January 09, 2020A federal appeals court has rejected Trump’s bid to block immigrants who utilize Medicaid or food stamps from becoming permanent residents.
By Associated Press - January 08, 2020The Trump administration wanted to drag its feet for two whole years on finding every single separated migrant child.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 26, 2019Trump is packing the courts with white men like him.
By Oliver Willis - April 23, 2019The Trump administration has lost 63 court cases in two years because ‘they’re not doing their homework’ on the basics of governing.
By Oliver Willis - March 19, 2019Donald Trump is doing a great job stacking the federal courts with young judges who will back his every play, no matter how prejudiced.
By Lisa Needham - March 06, 2019Republicans can’t win elections in a fair fight — so they try to rig the democratic process instead.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 18, 2019Neomi Rao, Trump’s pick to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, thinks women are at fault if they are sexually assaulted after drinking. And that’s only the beginning.
By Lisa Needham - January 16, 2019It’s another dirty trick to pack the courts with right-wing hacks.
By Emily Crockett - October 18, 2018Republicans in North Carolina changed election laws to try to rig the state Supreme Court in their favor. It might not work out the way they planned.
By Matthew Chapman - July 19, 2018Two attorneys who consider themselves progressive are shamefully hiding behind a respected progressive legal group to back a racist Trump judicial pick.
By Lisa Needham - May 21, 2018Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is at war with the courts over democracy. He is losing.
By Matthew Chapman - March 28, 2018Trump’s long list of nominees for federal judgeships is very white and very male.
By Matthew Chapman - March 20, 2018