August 22, 2025 Jackson's scathing dissent levels partisan charge at colleagues after high-profile ruling Justice Jackson ripped the high court for “Calvinball jurisprudence" in a fractured NIH grants ruling, accusing colleagues of favoring Trump at the expense of science.
August 21, 2025 Trump administration wins Supreme Court fight to slash NIH medical research grants tied to DEI, LGBTQ studies The Supreme Court cleared President Donald Trump to cut $783 million in NIH diversity-linked research grants in a 5–4 ruling that overturned lower court blocks.
August 21, 2025 Boasberg cleared to rule on CECOT migrant deportations after appeals court decision Judges said the status of the 252 Venezuelan migrant deported by Trump had changed significantly, prompting them to dissolve the near-term relief, and kick the case to Judge Boasberg.
August 21, 2025 Federal judge blocks Texas public schools from displaying Ten Commandments in classrooms Judge Fred Biery grants preliminary injunction against Texas Ten Commandments bill, ruling it violates First Amendment by favoring Christian denominations over others
August 20, 2025 Abrego Garcia lawyers file motion to dismiss criminal charges from Trump DOJ, citing 'vindictive' prosecution Attorneys for Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask a Nashville judge to dismiss human smuggling charges, alleging selective prosecution by Trump’s DOJ.
August 19, 2025 Justice Barrett teases new memoir in abrupt conference exit Amy Coney Barrett spoke for just three minutes at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference in Chicago, emphasizing camaraderie among judges despite disagreements.
August 18, 2025 Federal appeals court blocks Louisiana's new congressional map in blow to GOP Louisiana redistricting map blocked by appeals court for diluting Black votes while Supreme Court considers broader case on race-conscious congressional district drawing.
August 18, 2025 Top energy group calls for probe into secretive 'national lawfare campaign' to influence judges on climate Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ Digital exclusively obtained a letter to Trump's Department of Justice calling for an investigation to an alleged campaign to influence judges.
August 15, 2025 'Brazenly unlawful': DC officials escalate fight with Trump over police takeover Lawsuit challenges Trump's executive order federalizing D.C. police and Bondi's installation of DEA head as emergency police commissioner as unlawful.
August 14, 2025 Supreme Court declines to block Mississippi social media age-restriction law, for now Justices declined to block the Mississippi law, which blocks young people from accessing most major social media platforms and sites without parental consent.