Baltimore’s Marilyn Mosby can keep Florida vacation home, court rules

Jul 14, 2025 9:20 AM CDT

SCOTUS rules for parents with religious objections to LGBTQ storybooks in schools

Parents with religious objections to LGBTQ-inclusive storybooks in public schools are likely to succeed on their constitutional claim that the school board must give them an opt-out option, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision Friday.

Jun 27, 2025 10:29 AM CDT

Trump administration sues Maryland federal court and its judges over standing order on deportations

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court against the court itself and its judges in an effort to overturn a standing order that automatically bars the deportation of detained immigrants who file habeas petitions.

Jun 26, 2025 9:52 AM CDT

Abrego Garcia is back in US, but government stonewalling merits contempt inquiry, court filing says

Lawyers for a mistakenly deported Maryland immigrant are asking a federal judge to pursue contempt proceedings against the Trump administration for “an elaborate, all-of-government effort to defy court orders” in the case seeking his return—even though the Salvadoran man is back in the United States.

Jun 9, 2025 12:14 PM CDT

Is Supreme Court giving US preferential treatment? That might be ‘troubling message,’ dissent argues

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the Supreme Court majority Friday for an emergency order allowing the Department of Government Efficiency to access data kept by the Social Security Administration.

Jun 9, 2025 10:49 AM CDT

Lawyer who sued Major Lindsey for allegedly shunning her was ‘able to resolve the matter’

A lawyer who alleged that Major, Lindsey & Africa blackballed her for suing her former law firm has agreed to dismiss her lawsuit against the legal recruiter.

Jun 4, 2025 9:33 AM CDT

Can judge order US to ask El Salvador for migrant’s release? 4th Circuit says yes, return can’t be done ‘telepathically’

A federal appeals court has refused to block a federal judge’s order requiring the U.S. government to “facilitate” a 20-year-old migrant’s return to the United States from a prison in El Salvador in Central America.

May 21, 2025 3:42 PM CDT

Insurance case is ‘but a speck in the recesses of interstellar space,’ high-profile appeals judge writes

In a span of less than a week, a conservative federal appeals judge has written two opinions that are getting attention—for taking a tough stand against the mistaken deportation of an immigrant in one case and for waxing philosophical in another case.

Apr 28, 2025 3:07 PM CDT

Politically charged ‘shadow docket’ cases taking over Supreme Court during its busiest time

President Donald Trump is approaching the end of the first 100 days of his second term. The milestone is considered significant for assessing any new occupant of the White House, but for the U.S. Supreme Court, the 100-day mark holds no special resonance. The court is still in the early days of a new chapter in what has been a complicated relationship.

Apr 24, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

Supreme Court majority appears to side with parents who object to instruction using LGBTQ storybooks

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to rule for parents who argue that they have a right to exclude their children from school lessons involving storybooks with LGBTQ characters and themes, according to publications that covered the oral arguments.

Apr 22, 2025 3:19 PM CDT

Appeals court excoriates Trump administration in illegal deportation case

In a legal battle with escalating tensions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on Thursday excoriated the Trump administration for its defiance of a federal judge’s orders that it show how it is facilitating the return of Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland man who was illegally deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

Apr 18, 2025 10:27 AM CDT

Judge finds probable cause to hold US in contempt; is Trump administration ‘at the cusp of outright defiance’?

A federal judge who banned the Trump administration from removing Venezuelan immigrants from the United States ruled Wednesday that there is probable cause to find the government in criminal contempt for willfully disobeying his directive.

Apr 16, 2025 3:53 PM CDT

Who is Paula Xinis, the judge ordering Trump to return a mistakenly deported immigrant?

Here’s what to know about U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis before the case of a mistakenly deported immigrant thrust her into the national spotlight, and what might come next.

Apr 14, 2025 11:40 AM CDT

DOJ opposes court-ordered return of immigrant, suspends lawyer who said he shouldn’t have been deported

Updated: The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a federal judge’s order to return an immigrant mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador in Central America—a move that followed the department’s decision to place one of its lawyers on indefinite leave, apparently for his admissions in the case.

Apr 7, 2025 2:23 PM CDT

Indicted SCOTUSblog founder Goldstein poses ‘economic danger,’ judge says in rejecting latest requests

SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein isn’t entitled to see grand jury testimony in the tax fraud case against him and must continue to submit to monitoring of his electronic devices while he is on pretrial release, a federal judge has ruled.

Mar 27, 2025 12:16 PM CDT