Constitutional Law

Ballot selfies not protected by First Amendment, federal judge rules

A federal judge has ruled against a North Carolina woman who sued the state board of elections after posting a photo of her voting and was told to take it down or face prosecution.

Mar 10, 2026 10:10 AM CDT

‘Sudden About-Face’: Trump admin says it’s dropping fight to penalize law firms, then changes mind

Updated: In a series of about-faces, the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday changed its mind about dropping its fight to keep punitive executive orders against law firms.

Mar 3, 2026 1:37 PM CST

Supreme Court bans California gender privacy rule in public schools

California public schools can now inform parents if students identify as transgender or nongender conforming without getting the child’s approval, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in response to an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.

Mar 3, 2026 11:19 AM CST

ABA Day 2026: The legal profession in action

From March 24 to 26, the legal profession will gather in Washington, D.C., for ABA Day, the American Bar Association’s largest annual associationwide advocacy event. It is a national campaign of coordinated advocacy that engages attorneys, law students and advocates from every corner of the legal community.

Mar 2, 2026 9:03 AM CST

SCOTUS allows limits on midtrial lawyer-client conversations

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that judges can bar criminal defendants from speaking with their lawyers about their testimony during an overnight recess in the middle of testifying in their own defense.

Feb 26, 2026 10:22 AM CST

Supreme Court takes up a disarming case over gun control and marijuana use

An important Second Amendment case to be heard next week by the U.S. Supreme Court involves a provision of a 1968 federal gun control law and what it means for habitual marijuana users in an era when the justices are still defining the modern scope of gun rights.

Feb 26, 2026 8:57 AM CST

Chemerinsky: 6 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s tariffs decision

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday invalidating President Donald Trump’s tariffs will have enormous legal and practical significance. In a 6-3 decision in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump, with seven different opinions filling 170 pages, the court held that the tariffs Trump imposed are illegal.

Feb 25, 2026 1:57 PM CST

Trump softens criticism of Supreme Court over tariff ruling

Four days after deriding the US Supreme Court justices who struck down most of his signature tariffs, President Donald Trump was far milder in his criticism with some of them in the room.

Feb 25, 2026 1:54 PM CST

Masked ICE arrest is unconstitutional, federal judge finds

A West Virginia federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration violated an El Salvadoran man’s rights when masked federal agents arrested him and then kept him in custody without a bond hearing, according to a story by Law360. Describing the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts as an “assault on the…

Feb 24, 2026 9:45 AM CST

Trump slams justices after Supreme Court strikes down most of his tariffs

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, a ruling that deals a major blow to his signature economic policy and represents a stinging political setback.

Feb 20, 2026 10:55 AM CST

The Burton Book Review: ‘No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States’ by Erwin Chemerinsky

Erwin Chemerinsky’s No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States offers a sobering analysis of American democracy in crisis.

Feb 17, 2026 12:05 PM CST

Ballot selfies not protected by First Amendment, federal judge rules

‘Sudden About-Face’: Trump admin says it’s dropping fight to penalize law firms, then changes mind

Supreme Court bans California gender privacy rule in public schools

ABA Day 2026: The legal profession in action

SCOTUS allows limits on midtrial lawyer-client conversations

Supreme Court takes up a disarming case over gun control and marijuana use

Chemerinsky: 6 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s tariffs decision

Trump softens criticism of Supreme Court over tariff ruling

Masked ICE arrest is unconstitutional, federal judge finds

Trump slams justices after Supreme Court strikes down most of his tariffs

The Burton Book Review: ‘No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States’ by Erwin Chemerinsky

A wave of lawsuits has resulted from online comments after Charlie Kirk’s assassination

Law students demand loophole shielding federal officers from civil suits should be closed

Federal prosecutor who resigned amid immigration crackdown joins journalist Don Lemon’s defense team

Judge blocks California’s ban on federal agents wearing face masks; badges still required

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