SCOTUS Lets Trump Go Ahead With Gutting Education Department
The Supreme Court lifted a lower court order preventing the Education Department from eliminating around 50% of its workforce.
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DOJ Purge Ramps Up As Bondi Fires Her Ethics Chief
The Trump administration’s ongoing purge of the Department of Justice continued over the weekend with Attorney General Pam Bondi firing the department’s top ethics adviser.
Texas Used DOJ’s Concerns to Justify Redistricting. Now It Says They’re Off Base.
Days after saying it needed to redistrict because of constitutional concerns raised about its congressional map by the U.S. Department of Justice, Texas argued in a new court filing Saturday that those concerns are in fact off base.
Maine Supreme Court Shuts Down Right-Wing Rewrite of Anti-Voting Initiative
The Maine Supreme Court ruled today that the language for a high-stakes ballot question will appear on the November ballot without changes, rejecting right-wing efforts to rewrite it.
Wyoming’s Largest County Finds No Evidence of Noncitizen Voting, Undermining State’s Anti-Voting Law
Wyoming’s largest county found no evidence of noncitizen voting in the 2024 elections, undercutting claims used to justify the state’s controversial proof of citizenship law.
Court Records Show Texas Flipped Its Stance on Use of Race in Drawing Maps
Texas said it plans to redraw its congressional map, citing a claim by the U.S. Department of Justice that the current map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. But the state lawmaker who drew those maps said just last month that she didn’t consider race in the process.
DOJ Records Back Claim That Trump Judicial Nominee Urged Court Defiance
Senate Judiciary Democrats released a trove of documents Thursday that back up a whistleblower’s claim that Emil Bove, a senior Department of Justice official, crudely told subordinates to defy court orders.
Federal Judge Again Blocks Trump Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
A federal judge Thursday again blocked President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Federal Judge Sets Trial Over Trump’s Use of Military in Los Angeles
A federal judge set a three-day trial in August to determine if President Donald Trump’s ongoing use of the California National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles violates federal law.
DOJ Demands Access to Minnesota’s Voter Rolls
The DOJ also asked Minnesota for proof of the state’s compliance with HAVA.
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