" Gorsuch said. He noted that federal crimes have nearly doubled in his lifetime, saying "nobody knows how many federal crimes there are because it would take years just to read them.""We have more people serving life sentences today than we had serving any...
A censure is a reprimand issued by one or both chambers of Congress usually directed at one of their own members, but occasionally it targets other elected officials, federal judges and even the President of the United States. The word “censure” doesn’t appear anywhere in the Constitution,...
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Two federal judges handed down orders on Thursday requiring Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies, slowing down for now the president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government. Both judges...
Congress this year passed a law that will ban TikTok in the United States if the platform is not spun off from its Chinese parent company, which has indicated it will not do so. TikTok sued to block the law, and the case is awaiting a ruling by a panel of federal judges. But the ...
Status: Several federal judges have temporarily blocked the order. The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments for the case in May. Legal Challenges to Suspending Asylum Executive Order: Trump signed an executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border, stating he has the autho...
The justices are considering whether to limit the authority of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions that have blocked key parts of the Trump agenda until they can be heard in court. Laura MannweilerMay 15, 2025 Capitol Chat With Crockett Rep. Jasmine Crockett is preparing a run to...
For instance, if a case is in the Ninth Federal District, it might not be best to cite a decision in the Fourth Federal District. The court clearly states legal principles and makes them part of the final decisions arrived at when certain parts of the law are applied to individual cases....
The latest battle between Texas and Washington concerns a new law Gov. Abbott signed authorizing Texas' more than 2,700law enforcement agenciesto arrest migrants for illegally crossing the border. Texas judges could then order migrants to return to Mexico or serve time-- bypassing the federal immi...
Last week, two judges blocked an attempt to freeze spending on federal grants and loans. The Office of Management and Budget had sent a memo to agencies with the sweeping pause on spending, which sparked widespread confusion and was rescinded along with the court-imposed pauses. ...