The Supreme Court faces several urgent requests despite finishing its October arguments. The Trump administration wants permission to deploy the National Guard in Illinois and change passport sex marker rules. Justices rejected six petitions in recent weeks. Three death row inmates lost execution stay requests. The court denied Alex Jones relief from a $1.4 billion…

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Oct. 15 about whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act remains constitutional. Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested race-based remedies should not continue indefinitely. The court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 after Chief Justice John Roberts said conditions had improved since the 1960s. Congress had…

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to uphold President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. The government cited 19th-century legal writings to argue the Constitution never granted citizenship to children of unauthorized immigrants or temporary visitors. Solicitor General D. John Sauer referenced Justice Joseph Story multiple times to support the administration’s position. Story…

Small businesses and states asked the Supreme Court on Monday to uphold lower court rulings blocking President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported goods. The legal challengers argued the levies represent the largest peacetime tax increase in American history. Trump issued executive orders beginning in February that imposed tariffs on nearly all countries. He cited the…

The United Nations opened a cybercrime treaty for signature on the weekend in Hanoi. The agreement functions as a global mutual legal assistance treaty for nearly all crimes rather than focusing solely on cybercrime. The convention mirrors the Budapest Convention in defining cybercrimes as ordinary offenses, such as unauthorized computer access. Regional treaties had expanded…

Technology companies face growing copyright lawsuits over artificial intelligence systems that use existing content for training purposes. Legal experts say these challenges may strengthen rather than weaken major corporations. Copyright law protects creators and imposes limitations that benefit society. Courts have historically permitted copying when it involves unprotected elements, such as facts and ideas. Search…

The United States struck Iranian nuclear sites with bunker buster bombs and cruise missiles on June 22 in Operation Midnight Hammer. The attack drew criticism from Russia and China, who said it violated international law and weakened the global system designed to prevent nuclear weapons from spreading. However, many countries accepted the limited military action…

New York Attorney General Letitia James appeared at a Virginia federal courthouse on Friday morning to face mortgage fraud charges filed by the Justice Department two weeks earlier. Federal prosecutors claim she misrepresented a Norfolk property as a second home rather than an investment rental when obtaining financing. Judge Jamar K. Walker presided over the…

Journalist Tim Weiner documented the Central Intelligence Agency’s operations from 2001 through 2025 in his book, examining the agency’s shift from counterterrorism to great-power competition. Weiner gained access to former director William Burns and numerous agency veterans to chronicle events spanning the Afghanistan invasion through the second Trump administration. The account portrays an agency that…

President Donald Trump violated federal spending laws by using expired research funds to pay military personnel after the government shutdown left no budget for salaries. The administration bypassed constitutional requirements and the Antideficiency Act when it spent $140 billion in defense research money designated for equipment development rather than payroll. Congressional leaders had broad support…