Author: Jack Birle, Washington Examiner
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UFC Freedom 250 full steam ahead: Obama judge declines to stop Sunday fight
A federal court declined to halt the UFC fight on the White House South Lawn this weekend, denying a lawsuit from two Virginia residents filed a week ahead of the event. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, denied an effort to halt the UFC Freedom 250 event, which is set…
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Federal judge wants Todd Blanche to swear in writing anti-weaponization fund won’t be revived
A federal judge maintained a block on the Department of Justice’s $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund Friday, despite the DOJ claiming they have abandoned the planned fund aimed at compensating allies of President Donald Trump and others who say they were politically targeted by the DOJ during the Biden administration. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, an appointee of former…
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Supreme Court sets up dismissal of Steve Bannon’s contempt conviction
The Supreme Court tossed an appeals court ruling that upheld the conviction of Trump ally Steve Bannon on Monday, paving the way for the contempt case against him to be dismissed. Bannon was convicted in federal court in 2022 for defying a subpoena issued by the now-defunct House Jan. 6 committee, and he ultimately served…
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Why Colorado’s LGBTQ laws keep getting struck down by the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has been a house of horrors for Colorado over the past decade, with the state facing a trio of major losses over laws it claims it has enacted to protect LGBT people but that the justices found violated constitutional rights. Colorado suffered its latest loss at the Supreme Court on Tuesday when…
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Trump allies urge Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order
The Supreme Court will soon hear a landmark challenge over precisely who can enjoy the birthright citizenship granted under the 14th amendment, and the Trump administration and its allies are urging the high court to side with the president’s view. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025, claiming that birthright citizenship…
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Supreme Court skeptical of allowing lawyer-client ‘coaching’ during overnight trial recess
The Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Monday of arguments seeking to strike down the limitations a judge can place on what a lawyer can discuss with his client during an overnight recess while the client is in the middle of testifying. The first case of the high court’s new term, Villarreal v. Texas, looks at…
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Supreme Court skeptical of allowing lawyer-client ‘coaching’ during overnight trial recess
The Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Monday of arguments seeking to strike down the limitations a judge can place on what a lawyer can discuss with his client during an overnight recess while the client is in the middle of testifying. The first case of the high court’s new term, Villarreal v. Texas, looks at…
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Supreme Court sitting on four emergency requests from the Trump administration
The Supreme Court‘s emergency docket has not slowed down over the summer, with the Trump administration waiting on four requests for emergency relief, even as the justices have been away from Washington, D.C. While the Trump administration’s win in June’s Trump v. CASA decision to limit universal injunctions was thought to provide a way to…
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Trump administration again asks Supreme Court to lift block on ending TPS for Venezuelans
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to strip more than 300,000 Venezuelans living in the United States of temporary protected status, after a lower court issued a new order blocking the administration from ending the protections. Solicitor General D. John Sauer noted in the petition filed to the high…
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to unblock Trump passport gender rule
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to lift a lower court’s block of its policy restricting the gender on a person’s passport to his or her biological sex. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued a federal district court’s injunction, which allows people to select their own sex designation on passports regardless of…