Constitutional Law

News organizations challenge Virginia’s ban on attorneys sending court records to reporters

Lee Enterprises and Courthouse News on Tuesday filed suit against the court administration of Virginia, challenging a law that forbids attorneys from sharing public court records, according to Courthouse News Service.

Dec 11, 2025 9:53 AM CST

Supreme Court weighs further loosening campaign finance limits

The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled over whether to lift limits on how much political parties can spend in cooperation with candidates. The case could significantly shift the balance of political power between the parties and outside groups such as Super PACs.

Dec 10, 2025 10:00 AM CST

Justice Dept. says a court ruling is blocking efforts to reindict Comey

Justice Department lawyers said Tuesday that a recent ruling barring their access to key evidence has effectively crippled their efforts to reindict former FBI director James B. Comey, two weeks after their original case against him was dismissed.

Dec 9, 2025 2:44 PM CST

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

Supreme Court weighs Mississippi preacher’s argument on civil rights

The Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed arguments in a case that concerns the constitutional right to free speech and when defendants can challenge laws they were convicted of violating.

Dec 4, 2025 9:30 AM CST

‘Vampire law’ and ‘vibe coding’ among top 2025 legal words

Have you ever heard of “vampire law” or “vibe coding?” If not, you’ll be able to learn all about them in Burton’s Legal Thesaurus, a specialized reference tool for lawyers and other legal professionals that was first published in 1980. They join other top new terms and phrases compiled this year by law professors and academics who are part of a committee tasked with updating the lexicon of law.

Dec 3, 2025 12:27 PM CST

Judge violated ethics rules for ordering teens’ detention but not for legislative and Tea Party remarks, court finds

An Ohio judge has been suspended for ordering the detention of two teenagers in the juvenile lockup for a weekend after they repeatedly refused to attend visitation with their father.

Dec 3, 2025 9:50 AM CST

Law student’s post that ‘Jews must be abolished’ wasn’t true threat justifying expulsion, judge rules

A law student who argued in a seminar paper that federal courts “have the power to arrest the dispossession of white America” and posted on X, formerly Twitter, that “Jews must be abolished” was expressing opinions that are likely protected under the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled last week.

Dec 2, 2025 2:44 PM CST

Supreme Court sympathetic to antiabortion center in fight over donor names

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin (D) issued a subpoena in 2023—part of an investigation into whether a chain of faith-based, antiabortion pregnancy centers were deceiving clients and donors by falsely suggesting they offered abortion referrals.

Dec 2, 2025 12:46 PM CST

Retired judges warn that the rule of law is unraveling

When the White House blasted a federal judge as “partisan” for dismissing the criminal cases against former FBI director James B. Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James last week, it was an attack that has become common in President Donald Trump’s second term. For many retired federal and state supreme court judges, it was another example of the president’s assault on the judiciary and further erosion of the rule of law.

Dec 1, 2025 1:00 PM CST

Chemerinsky: SCOTUS considers limits on president’s power to fire federal officials

The Supreme Court will hear two cases—Trump v. Slaughter on Dec. 8 and Trump v. Cook on Jan. 21—that are likely to substantially change the law as to when the president can fire those in the executive branch of government. President Donald Trump has claimed that it is a “unitary executive,” and that as the head of it, he can fire anyone within it.

Dec 1, 2025 10:53 AM CST

DOJ official who thought he was on Hinge date discusses Epstein files, gets fired, suit says

A former Department of Justice official said in a lawsuit his First Amendment rights were violated when he was fired for comments that he made about the Epstein files while on Hinge dates with a woman who apparently recorded him without his knowledge.

Nov 26, 2025 10:21 AM CST

Dissenting appeals judge in Texas redistricting case complains winners were George Soros, Gavin Newsom

A federal appeals judge used his dissent in a Texas redistricting case last week to “highlight the pernicious judicial misbehavior” of the judge who wrote the majority opinion and to complain that the main winners in the case are billionaire George Soros and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Nov 24, 2025 11:50 AM CST

Law prof who called for military action and end to Israel sues over teaching suspension

A University of Kentucky law professor who has called for military action against Israel has filed a lawsuit claiming the school violated his constitutional and civil rights when it suspended him from teaching and launched an investigation to determine whether he created a hostile environment.

Nov 20, 2025 2:57 PM CST