A federal judge in Boston blocked implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to tighten rules for mail-in voting, preventing it from taking force ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress.
Tag: Constitutional Law
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a court order blocking the Justice Department from obtaining Michigan’s voter rolls, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s push to boost the federal government’s role in elections.
The Supreme Court’s current term is rapidly approaching a climactic finale in which some of its biggest cases yet to be decided will test Donald Trump’s aggressive efforts to expand presidential authority.
Eight people were each sentenced to 30 to 100 years in prison on Tuesday in connection with violence at a Texas federal immigration facility last year that prosecutors called domestic terrorism.
President Donald Trump’s administration does not need to reinstall dozens of exhibits that it removed from national parks on topics such as slavery and climate change before the nation’s 250th anniversary next month, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to expand a fast-track deportation process that would allow for the expedited removal of migrants who are living far away from the border.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to let a Rastafarian man sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs in a case brought under a federal law protecting incarcerated people from religious discrimination.
The ruling overturned a judge’s injunction won by the city after the National Park Service removed an exhibit describing the ownership of enslaved people by George Washington.
The judge dismissed for now claims involving elections after the midterms.
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday cleared the way for Ohio to implement a law that requires social media companies, including Meta Platforms’ Instagram, to obtain parental consent before allowing children under 16 to use their platforms.