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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today that severely weakens a key federal law that criminalizes obstructing an official proceeding — and affect the charges of hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters.
Dane County Judge Susan Crawford is seeking to preserve the high court’s liberal majority in her campaign to replace an outgoing justice on the state Supreme Court.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court temporarily suspended Donald Trump attorney James Troupis from his position on the court’s committee overseeing judicial conduct for his role in a fake electors scheme during the 2020 election.
One year ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark Allen v. Milligan decision, upholding a provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that serves as a critical defense against racially discriminatory electoral maps.
A group of House Democrats is pushing a legislative proposal that would establish an investigative body within the U.S. Supreme Court to probe potential ethical improprieties in the wake of another Court-related controversy.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito won’t recuse himself from Jan. 6 or 2020 election-related cases amid the controversy surrounding a New York Times report that his household flew an upside-down flag in 2021.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), introduced a bill requiring Supreme Court justices to provide written explanations and record votes for decisions in their shadow docket.
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s 200th federal judge today, which is more judicial appointments than the past five presidents had at this point in their administrations.
A circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois ruled that former President Donald Trump should be removed from the state’s primary election ballot for his role in the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
In an unsigned order issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral argument for April 2024 to resolve the question of whether former President Donald Trump is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.