Supreme Court, on another 5-4 vote, tosses out another death sentence
On Thursday, Justice Kavanaugh wrote his second majority opinion for the court upholding protections against racial discrimination in jury selection.
DOJ's fight against trans medical care in prison is a fight to erase trans people in the law
"The pendulum has swung," DOJ's Jared Littman said in a court hearing Wednesday, arguing that all transgender people — at all ages — can be denied needed medical care.
Federal judge ends Kennedy Center name change, bars two-year closure plans for now
“Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.” Trump responded ... as one would expect.
SPLC seeks dismissal of charges, citing Trump admin's "vindictive motive to punish the SPLC"
The motion highlights other cases either dismissed by courts or by the Trump administration itself in the wake of other vindictive prosecution claims.
SCOTUS majority gives Alabama GOP a chance to use a map already found to be unconstitutional
Justice Sotomayor, for the three Dem appointees, noted in dissent that the majority acted "without regard for the confusion that will surely ensue." The primary election was to be…
Rhode Island's Child Advocate sues to block DOJ subpoena on Rhode Island Hospital
A federal judge in Texas ordered the hospital to turn over information about gender-affirming care provided to minors by May 14. Another in Rhode Island set a May 12 hearing.
James Comey posted a picture of seashells by the seashore. Trump's DOJ indicted him for it.
Another Comey indictment in this altogether embarrassing day for DOJ. Also: The Second Circuit creates a circuit split, blocking the Trump admin mandatory detention policy.
SCOTUS majority lets shadow docket order justify tossing out Texas redistricting case ruling
The GOP appointees reversed a 160-page ruling that found Texas's mid-decade redistricting map likely unconstitutional. Also: SCOTUS arguments over geofence warrants.
Mifepristone is back at the Supreme Court in case over mailing the medication abortion drug
After a Fifth Circuit ruling Friday that would end mailing of the mifepristone, a drugmaker asked the justices to act immediately to keep the FDA policy allowing mailing in place.
DOJ jumps into action — to defend Trump's ballroom plan and attack those challenging it
Following the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, DOJ's Brett Shumate calls National Trust's ballroom lawsuit "dangerous." And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
SCOTUS guts what remained of the Voting Rights Act before taking on TPS termination case
It was Alito's decision, but Roberts has sought Wednesday's VRA result for more than 40 years. In the arguments over temporary protected status, however, DOJ might have…
Read Trump's "settlement" with the Trump admin to create a nearly $2 billion slush fund that Trump ultimately controls
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward and Frank Bisignano, the chief executive officer of the I.R.S., signed Monday's “settlement agreement.”
SCOTUS keeps mifepristone available on current terms, including mailing of the abortion drug
Thomas and Alito each authored a separate dissent.
A 5-4 SCOTUS rejects Alabama's effort to make executing intellectually disabled people easier
Lower courts tossed out Joseph Clifton Smith's death sentence after a finding him to be intellectually disabled. That decision stands, but SCOTUS refused to stop two other…
DOJ has escalated its attack on trans care for minors. Where could it be headed next?
As Rhode Island Hospital begins turning over documents to a far-right judge in Texas, a number of grand jury subpoenas have been issued and DOJ settled with one hospital.
The Fifth Circuit would like to run the United States
The far-right federal appeals court and the district court judges below them are taking actions to control and influence what happens outside of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
After a string of losses in its anti-trans project, DOJ turns to grand jury subpoenas in Texas
At least seven judges have blocked invasive administrative subpoenas targeting gender-affirming care for minors, so DOJ appears to be trying a new tactic to get the info it wants.
DOJ plans to "strengthen" the federal death penalty — but Biden nearly cleared death row
DOJ seeks to expand federal methods of execution to include the firing squad. Also: Fifth Circuit rejects challenge to Texas's criminal immigration enforcement law. And: Trump's…
Another step toward marijuana legalization
Today's rescheduling moves from DOJ follow key action from the Biden administration that made Acting A.G. Blanche's moves possible. And: The latest with Virginia redistricting.
The many problems with and caused by Monday's Supreme Court voting-case order
The rush to act in the wake of last week's Voting Rights Act decision has meant stretching, if not ignoring, the ordinary rules. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
The Supreme Court allowed Texas to kill a man the state earlier said it was not permitted to kill
Justice Jackson: "I cannot understand the Court’s rush to extinguish [life], much less in the circumstances of this case." And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
DOJ's leaders just filed what amounts to a Truth social post as a legal filing in the ballroom case
Acting A.G. Todd Blanche, Associate A.G. Stanley Woodward, and Trent McCotter beclowned themselves in yet another dark, embarrassing moment for DOJ.
John Roberts likes being political. He just doesn't like the accountability that comes with it.
Roberts complained Wednesday that people view the justices as "political actors." They are, though, issuing political decisions that have real-world consequences.
Chris Geidner on life after the VRA
A recording from Chris Geidner and David Nir's live video