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The DOJ Challenges Virginia's 'Assault Firearm' Law and California's Glock Ban

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon argues that both laws are unconstitutional because they prohibit arms in common use for lawful purposes.

Reason · Jul 6

Supreme Court Sides With Donald Trump in Battle Over Silencing Immigration Judges

Donald Trump's administration has won a procedural round at the US Supreme Court in its fight with federal immigration judges over a policy limiting what they can say in public.

International Business Times UK · May 27

Drug Dogs Should Not Be Unleashed To Authorize Apartment Searches, a SCOTUS Brief Argues

The 4th Circuit held that the doorstep of an apartment did not qualify as protected "curtilage" under the Fourth Amendment.

Reason · Feb 4

US asks Supreme Court to halt order to undo deportation error - Roll Call

The U.S. asked the Supreme Court to intervene Monday to block a lower-court order to return an immigrant deported to El Salvador.

Roll Call · Apr 7, 2025

Supreme Court to hear case over Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear a case about South Carolina's effort to block Medicaid funding from use at Planned Parenthood facilities.

Roll Call · Dec 18, 2024

Supreme Court Punts on Racial Discrimination Case

The Supreme Court's refusal to hear Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence v. The School Committee for the City of Boston is bad news for equality under the law.

Reason · Dec 11, 2024

The ACLU of South Carolina is Suing To Publish Interviews With a Death Row Inmate

South Carolina bans all media interviews with incarcerated people, a policy the state's ACLU chapter says is the most restrictive in the country and infringes on its First Amendment rights.

Reason · Oct 10, 2024

Judges wrestle with latest Supreme Court gun rights opinion - Roll Call

The Supreme Court’s latest opinion on gun rights has not eliminated the disagreement among judges in those challenges, legal experts say.

Roll Call · Sep 18, 2024

2 Contradictory Decisions on AR-15 Bans Reflect Clashing Views of Supreme Court Precedents

Does the Second Amendment allow the government to ban guns in common use for lawful purposes?

Reason · Aug 14, 2024

Biden Decries Criminalization of Cannabis Consumers Even As He Insists They Have No Second Amendment Rights

Hours before the president said "no one should be jailed" for marijuana use, his Justice Department was saying no one who uses marijuana should be allowed to own guns.

Reason · Mar 20, 2024