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Federal and state court proceedings, rulings, and legal analysis
With the Supreme Court in recess, the Third Circuit struck down New Jersey’s assault-weapons ban, the D.C. Circuit revived a USPS mail-ballot rule, and a Florida judge voided an IRS…
Supreme Court lets Texas enforce its app age-verification law as courts rule on immigration detention, firearms and the Nexstar-TEGNA merger.
The Supreme Court closed October Term 2025 with blockbuster rulings on birthright citizenship, presidential removal power, the Federal Reserve, elections, campaign finance, transgender athletes, and geofence warrants.
A 6-3 Supreme Court limited judicial review in two immigration cases, struck Hawaii's private-property gun rule, and shielded Roundup's maker on preemption — plus lower-court action on elections and online…
A narrow Second Amendment win in United States v. Hemani led a busy week at the Supreme Court, alongside new cert grants, a Ninth Circuit parental-notification injunction, an Idaho bathroom-law…
The Supreme Court’s June 18 ruling in United States v. Hemani led a busy end-of-term week that also brought new cert grants on six-person juries and immigration detention, a Roy…
The Supreme Court closed May with rulings limiting federal compassionate-release claims, reviving Helms-Burton damages against cruise lines, and reopening a Mississippi capital case on Batson grounds. Below, the D.C. Circuit…
A weekly survey of consequential court action: the Supreme Court keeps the mifepristone telehealth stay alive, the Court of International Trade voids the administration's replacement global tariffs, the D.C. Circuit…
The Investigative Journal’s weekly survey of consequential rulings, cert grants, and pending motions across the federal and state judiciary. This week’s docket was dominated by a Supreme Court decision narrowing…
Weekly docket review: D.C. Circuit stays the ballroom injunction, Third Circuit issues Kalshi preemption ruling, NC Supreme Court ends Leandro.