In recent years, the Roberts court has dramatically changed the law with regard to the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Again, this term, the U.S. Supreme Court has several cases about the Constitution and religion.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared to side with a group of Catholic charities in northern Wisconsin that sought a religious exemption from the state’s unemployment tax.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to fire board members of two independent executive branch agencies while a legal challenge continues.
Updated: Jenner & Block and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr obtained temporary restraining orders Friday that block parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders that suspended their lawyers’ security clearances, restricted their access to government buildings, blocked government hiring of their employees and sought reassessment of their clients’ government contracts.
A former BigLaw partner’s messages to a former colleague may have been distressing, but they didn’t amount to “true threats” needed for a cyberstalking conviction, a federal appeals court has ruled.
While cases stemming from the second Trump administration’s torrent of executive actions begin to work their way up to the U.S. Supreme Court on the emergency docket, the court still has some important cases to hear in the final two months of argument for the term.
The federal government can regulate some “ghost guns” that can be made from kits under a federal law requiring vendor licensing, buyer background checks and stamping with serial numbers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive a climate change lawsuit filed on behalf of 21 youths who contended that the government is a trustee of the environment and has a duty to preserve it.
Gonzaga University School of Law professor Father Bryan Pham will have a great seat on Thursday as the Gonzaga Bulldogs face off against the University of Georgia Bulldogs. Pham has been the men’s basketball team’s chaplain since 2019.
A Louisiana death row inmate was executed Tuesday by nitrogen gas, the first time that the execution method was used in Louisiana and the fifth time that it was used in the United States.
A federal appeals court said Friday the Trump administration can, for now, enforce two executive orders that target diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within the federal government.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow U.S. officials to begin implementing a partial plan to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors.
A federal appeals court has revived a First Amendment retaliation claim by a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law who used an “expurgated racial slur” on an exam question, leading to an investigation, required diversity training, a suspension and denial of a pay raise.
Updated: Perkins Coie has won a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration over a directive targeting the law firm and its clients.
