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The Supreme Court Monday upheld President Trump’s dismissal without cause of the last member of the Federal Trade Commission appointed by a Democratic president despite nearly a century of court precedent protecting the official.
As President Trump continues to rail against the judiciary, federal judges detailed in rare public remarks the barrage of violent threats they received after ruling against the Trump administration.
Democrats are ready to pull the alarm. A forum on voter threats to fair elections, held Wednesday by Senate Democrats and headlined by former Attorney General Eric Holder and North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs warned about a coordinated attack on American democracy, while insisting that it hasn’t succeeded yet, and that elections still […]
Senate Republicans confirmed Emil Bove to a lifetime federal judgeship despite whistleblowers alleging that he urged DOJ to ignore court orders.
Attorney General Bondi filed a misconduct complaint against a federal judge overseeing high-profile lawsuits against the Trump administration, escalating President Trump’s ongoing assault on the judiciary.
Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro’s election denialism and Islamophobia were no reasons for Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject her nomination for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. The panel advanced her nomination to the Senate floor unanimously Thursday after Democrats walked out of the vote in protest over the rushed […]
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are set to approve the nomination of Emil Bove, one of President Donald Trump’s former attorneys, to a lifetime judgeship on a prestigious appeals court.
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.
The Supreme Court limited the ability of federal judges to block executive actions throughout the country through nationwide injunctions.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to take a case brought by a group of voters who claimed the state’s congressional map is the result of years of GOP gerrymandering and asked the court to order a new map for the 2026 election.