Featured Stories

Federal Judges Acknowledge Rulings Issued With AI-Generated Errors

U.S. District Court judges in New Jersey and Mississippi admitted the role of AI in developing the flawed documents and adjusted their policies to prevent these mistakes from recurring. Read More.


9th Circuit Decision Permits Trump Administration to Deploy National Guard in Portland

On Monday, October 20, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order overturning a lower court's temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon. Read More.


U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s Appeal

On Monday, October 6, 2025, the United States Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell's petition for writ of certiorari. Read More.

Other Legal News

A Major Question in the Tariffs Case: The ‘Major Questions Doctrine’
The New York Times, November 5, 2025

The Supreme Court used the doctrine, which requires Congress to speak clearly to confer vast economic power, to strike down several Biden administration programs.


Lawyer Who Won Trump’s Immunity Case Will Now Defend His Tariffs
The New York Times, November 5, 2025

As Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, D. John Sauer laid out an expansive vision of presidential power. Now the solicitor general, he will offer a new broad view of the president’s authority.


Court leans against applying fugitive tolling in federal supervised release
SCOTUSblog, November 5, 2025

The Supreme Court heard argument on Monday in Rico v. United States about whether defendants who flee from their probation officers’ supervision during their term of supervised release (the conditions one must follow after…


Navigating the “Political Thicket”: A Conversation with Professor Ruth Greenwood on Gerrymandering and the Future of the Voting Rights Act
Justia's Verdict, November 5, 2025

Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center professor Rodger Citron explores the current legal and political challenges surrounding partisan gerrymandering and the future of the Voting Rights Act in a podcast interview with Harvard Law Professor Ruth Greenwood. Professor Greenwood argues that while the courts have increasingly stepped back from addressing gerrymandering—most notably in Rucho v. Common Cause—lasting reform must come from a combination of legal advocacy and grassroots political action, such as the establishment of independent redistricting commissions.


Ford Foundation Leader Vows to Protect Elections and Law as Trump Threatens Crackdown
The New York Times, November 3, 2025

Heather K. Gerken, a voting rights scholar and former dean of Yale Law School, plans to intensify its emphasis on democracy as it girds for attacks from the Trump administration.


Summer Order Lists
Supreme Court of the United States, June 30, 2025