Supreme Court hears major climate liability case In this week’s edition of Economy and Society: Ballotpedia · 11h ago
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Let Federal Prisons Taper Hormone Therapy for Transgender Inmates While Lawsuit Continues The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let federal prisons end hormone therapy for transgender inmates while a class action continues. Medical Daily · Oct 1
Pentagon Can Keep Anthropic Out Of Its AI Supply Chain, Appeals Court Rules As It Rejects Claude Maker's Challenge The decision leaves a separate California ruling intact that struck down broader actions against the AI company under a different law. International Business Times · Sep 25
TRO Issued Ordering Reinstatement of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico White House Access The court's rationale is that revoking reporters' passes violated the Due Process Clause, given D.C. Circuit precedent on the subject; the court didn't reach the outlets' First Amendment arguments. Reason · Sep 24
After Banishing Journalists for Writing 'Purposely Negative' Stories, Trump Invokes 'National Security' The president hopes that post-hoc rationalization will override due process and freedom of the press. Reason · Sep 23
President Trump's Legal Argument in Support of Excluding CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House Here's an excerpt from the opposition to plaintiffs' temporary restraining order motion (for my view on why the plaintiffs should… The post President Trump's Legal Argument in Support of Excluding CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 23
3 Leading News Outlets Say Their Sudden Banishment From the White House Is Unconstitutional In a federal lawsuit, CNN, MS NOW, and Politico argue that Trump's bans violate due process and freedom of the press. Reason · Sep 22
D.C. Circuit Rejects Limits on Capitol Steps Demonstrations Regulations limiting demonstrations on the Eastern Steps to those sponsored by members of Congress are unreasonable. Reason · Sep 22
What ICE's Highway Crackdown Means for the 200,000 Truckers Who Could Lose Their CDLs ICE is stopping truckers at weigh stations nationwide as a court weighs a rule that could cost 200,000 immigrant drivers their CDL. Key facts inside. Latin Times · Sep 22
Trump Wanted His Name on the Kennedy Center. A Judge Said No — So the Board Shut It Down Instead Kennedy Center trustees warn of "certain fiscal collapse" and weigh closing the building or adding Trump's name to the facade, as a $23M deficit looms. Latin Times · Sep 16
Trump's White House Ballroom Is a Monument to His Lawlessness By unilaterally razing and replacing the East Wing, the president again shows his disregard for the rule of law and the separation of powers. Reason · Sep 2
Supreme Court lets Trump's White House ballroom construction continue The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to continue White House ballroom construction. This ruling blocks a lower court order halting above-ground development. A historic preservation group sued to stop the project last year. The court cited national security and legal standing for its decision. The Economic Times · Sep 1
Strictly Ballroom: Justice Kavanaugh Defeats Chief Justice Roberts The Court rejects the D.C. Circuit's erroneous "aesthetic injury" standing precedents and the Chief can only wax about Churchill. Reason · Aug 31
DJI scores a win in fight against US ban, appeals court orders fresh review of firm's 'Chinese military company' designation — drone maker will stay on Pentagon list while a judge examines classified evidence for the first time The DC Circuit reversed one of four findings, ruling that a lower court upheld a fully redacted justification without reading the classified record behind it. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 18
Reason · Aug 12 Trump's Ballroom Fight Could Make Courts Rethink 'National Security' Deference Appealing to national security is not a "get-out-of-law-free card," a federal court ruled last week.
Reason · Aug 10 D.C. Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Trump's Ballroom The Constitution assigns control of federal property to Congress, which never approved the president's demolition and replacement of the East Wing.
Reason · Aug 7 What Will The "Apolitical Proceduralist" Do With The East Wing Case? Will Justice Barrett really find standing based on an "aesthetic" injury?
Euronews · Aug 7 US appeals court orders halt to Trump ballroom construction without congressional approval The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which had allowed construction to continue while it considered the case, agreed with a lower court that such a massive White House overhaul required the explicit consent of Congress.
Reason · Jul 10 Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Armed canvassers, extrajudicial killings, and guns on the metro.
Reason · Jul 10 What Happened to End Citizens United PAC v. FEC? The D.C. Circuit reheard the case en banc over sixteen months ago, but there's still no opinion.
Reason · Jun 24 D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Trump Administration Expedited Removal Policy (Is an En Banc Petition to Follow?) Is the D.C. Circuit willing to allow "conservative" panel decisions on hot-button issues to stand? And is en banc review more than a way to ensure further review at One First Street?
Reason · Jun 10 Trump's Position in the White House Ballroom Case Reflects His General Resistance to Judicial Review The president has repeatedly argued that courts have no business deciding whether his actions are legal.
International Business Times UK · Jun 8 The DOJ Just Argued That 'Speed Is a Loophole': Move Fast Enough and the President Can 'Bulldoze' Even the Statue of Liberty A federal appeals court is reviewing the legality of Trump's unauthorised White House ballroom project, questioning the limits of presidential power and the role of judicial oversight in landmark preservation.
Reason · Jun 5 Even If Trump's Ballroom Project Is Illegal, a DOJ Lawyer Says, the Courts Cannot Stop It The D.C. Circuit is reviewing an injunction issued by a judge who said "no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have."
Reason · Jun 4 Will the Supreme Court Review Judge Newman's Stealth Impeachment? The Court should grant cert on the important separation of powers issue raised by her long-running, allegedly "temporary suspension" from case assignments.