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Supreme Court will hear case on Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will hear a case examining the legality of President Donald Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship, a high-stakes test of the controversial policy that could redefine who is considered an American.

Dec 5, 2025 2:06 PM CST

Supreme Court hands Trump victory in fight over Texas congressional map

The Supreme Court on Thursday handed President Donald Trump and Republicans a major political victory by clearing the way for a Texas congressional map that was drawn in the hope of flipping up to five House seats to the GOP.

Dec 5, 2025 9:45 AM CST

What happens when 2 USC Gould Law professors divorce? The university gets sued

Professor Camille Gear Rich is suing the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, stating that the administration ignored her Title IX complaints that professor Stephen M. Rich, her ex-husband, was having an affair with a student. She also alleges the school later denied her disability accommodations in retaliation.

Dec 2, 2025 1:36 PM CST

How tough-on-crime policies shift the burden to public defenders

Across the country, criminal justice policy is undergoing yet another pendulum swing. After over a decade of reform efforts focused on decarceration and diversion, states are now reembracing the all-too-familiar tough-on-crime approaches.

Nov 24, 2025 1:55 PM CST

New fraud reports impacting immigration clients

The American Bar Association recently documented more than a dozen reports nationwide of individuals fraudulently posing as immigration attorneys who work for the ABA.

Nov 19, 2025 3:11 PM CST

Straight white woman drops bias case against King & Spalding over its diversity fellowship

A straight white woman who sued King & Spalding over a diversity fellowship has filed a joint stipulation dropping her claims, leading a federal appeals court to dismiss her appeal.

Nov 19, 2025 12:22 PM CST

Supreme Court to consider case that could limit asylum rights for migrants

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the question of when a migrant actually arrives in the United States, in a case that could determine whether migrants intercepted before crossing U.S. borders can apply for asylum.

Nov 17, 2025 1:47 PM CST

Judge accused of helping immigrant avoid ICE didn’t know about plan, hearing officer concludes

A judge accused of helping a defendant avoid immigration detention at her courthouse in Newton, Massachusetts, didn’t know about the escape plan and didn’t mislead court authorities about the incident, according to a hearing officer in the ethics case against her.

Nov 12, 2025 2:23 PM CST

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to landmark gay marriage ruling

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a challenge to its landmark 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.

Nov 10, 2025 9:38 AM CST

Supreme Court allows Trump to end policy of self-identifying gender on passports

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to end for now a policy under which people can self-identify their gender on passports, the latest in a string of decisions by the high court rolling back gay and transgender rights.

Nov 7, 2025 9:17 AM CST

Suit by expelled law student alleges BigLaw firm acted as ‘outsourced Title IX decision-maker’ without due process

Updated: A male law student expelled from the Charleston School of Law in South Carolina alleges in a lawsuit that the school had a “double standard rooted in gender bias” in handling dueling harassment complaints.

Oct 28, 2025 4:04 PM CDT

Associate general counsel is fired after ‘call ICE’ taunt at baseball game goes viral

A Milwaukee Brewers baseball fan is no longer employed as an associate general counsel after her “call ICE” taunt directed at a Los Angeles Dodgers fan went viral.

Oct 23, 2025 9:09 AM CDT

Federal judge’s decision tossing youths’ climate lawsuit had ‘silver lining’

A federal judge had some good news for 22 youths in his Oct. 15 decision dismissing their lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels.

Oct 21, 2025 9:25 AM CDT

Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy

The Supreme Court sounded deeply skeptical Tuesday about a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay and transgender minors, suggesting the justices may scuttle the statute and similar restrictions in nearly 30 states.

Oct 7, 2025 1:28 PM CDT

Immigration lawyer who criticized ICE online and on TV wins TRO after his phone is seized at airport

An immigration attorney whose phone was seized at Boston Logan International Airport has won a temporary restraining order barring the federal government from searching the phone and analyzing any data already collected.

Oct 6, 2025 12:58 PM CDT

Supreme Court will hear case on Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship

Supreme Court hands Trump victory in fight over Texas congressional map

What happens when 2 USC Gould Law professors divorce? The university gets sued

How tough-on-crime policies shift the burden to public defenders

New fraud reports impacting immigration clients

Straight white woman drops bias case against King & Spalding over its diversity fellowship

Supreme Court to consider case that could limit asylum rights for migrants

Judge accused of helping immigrant avoid ICE didn’t know about plan, hearing officer concludes

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to landmark gay marriage ruling

Supreme Court allows Trump to end policy of self-identifying gender on passports

Suit by expelled law student alleges BigLaw firm acted as ‘outsourced Title IX decision-maker’ without due process

Associate general counsel is fired after ‘call ICE’ taunt at baseball game goes viral

Federal judge’s decision tossing youths’ climate lawsuit had ‘silver lining’

Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy

Immigration lawyer who criticized ICE online and on TV wins TRO after his phone is seized at airport

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