Supreme Court Largely Rejects Racial Gerrymandering Challenge Against Texas
The Supreme Court has largely rejected a challenge to state and Federal redistricting maps in the State of Texas.
The Supreme Court has largely rejected a challenge to state and Federal redistricting maps in the State of Texas.
A Republican organization dedicated to abortion rights is shutting down after 30 years, eight fewer than the Party has opposed them.
In a case that pit the new rules of cyberspace against the old rules about when the Fourth Amendment protects privacy, the Supreme Court ruled today in a way that breathes new life into both privacy and the Fourth Amendment.
Notwithstanding the rhetoric of the President and his supporters, most Americans believe that immigration is a good thing for the United States.
The Supreme Court avoided ruling on the merits of two partisan gerrymandering cases, but the issue will be back before them sooner rather than later.
A 9-0 ruling side-stepped the broader issue of to what extent purely political considerations may be applied.
With two more weeks to go, there are plenty of “big” cases still awaiting the release of a decision.
The Federal Government is signing on to an effort by Texas and several other states to have the DACA program declared unlawful.
Both President Trump and Ivanka Trump are profiting handsomely from their time in the White House.
With one month to go in its term, there’s still a lot on the Supreme Court’s plate.
A Federal Judge in Virginia has handed a significant legal victory to a student who sued their school district because they were barred form using the bathroom of the gender they identify with.
The Supreme Court has declined to accept yet another Second Amendment case for review, continuing a streak that goes back some eight years.
A surprise announcement about the First Lady.
The former Senate Majority Leader had surgery in Maryland after an apparently early diagnosis.
A writer at National Review is proposing a compromise on the issue of transgender rights. Needless to say, many conservatives aren’t very happy about it.
Republicans are trying to fight back against efforts to limit their ability to gerrymander Congressional and State Legislative Districts. It’s a fight they deserve to lose.
Ohio voters have approved a referendum designed to reform the manner in which district lines are drawn.
A small group of Republican rebels in the House are attempting to push legislation protecting DACA beneficiaries to a floor vote. Unfortunately, they’re not likely to succeed.
Eleven states plus DC, who have 172 of the 270 electoral votes needed to elect a President, are now part of the compact.
A new lawsuit seeks to have the 2012 DACA program declared unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in a case alleging that Texas’s Congressional and state legislative districts were drawn with the intent to discriminate based on race.
The Trump Administration has suffered another setback in its efforts to repeal DACA.
A Federal Judge has struck down the revised version of the ban on transgender members of the military from serving openly, and the ruling has significance that goes well beyond the issue at hand.
A decryption device called GrayKey is being used by all manner of government agencies.
Mark Zuckerberg’s second day before Congress was somewhat more contentious than the first, but at the end of the day it’s still unclear that more regulation is the answer to the issues raised by recent Facebook “scandals.”
President Trump isn’t reacting well to the raid on his attorney’s office.
Another Federal Court loss for gun rights activists challenging state laws banning “assault weapons.”
News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.
A Federal Judge is allowing a lawsuit alleging that President Trump is improperly benefiting from business being done at the hotel in Washington, D.C. bearing his name to go forward.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the second partisan gerrymandering case of the term, and once again they appear to be divided.
Much of Atlanta city government has been forced to rely on pen and paper this week thanks to a Ransomware attack.
If the polls are any indication, Democrats may fall short in their bid to take back the House in November.
Like many Presidents before him, Donald Trump wants a line-item veto. Getting there won’t be easy, nor should it be.
Personal attacks on teenagers whose friends were murdered is a strategy sure to backfire.
The President’s new attempt to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military is as legally defective as the original ban was.
Americans actings as agents for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working hard to manipulate the President.
Things are looking good for Democrats in 2018, but there’s some speculation that Nancy Pelosi’s position at the head of the party in the House could be in danger.
The near-impossible happened last night, demonstrating why March Madness is the most exciting and most absurd way to pick a champion.
Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.
Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.
POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”
The Supreme Court has declined an invitation to intervene early in the legal arguments surrounding DACA.
The Defense Department will reportedly recommend to President Trump that transgender members of the service currently serving in the military be allowed to continue serving.
Since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller four separate Federal appellate courts have ruled that state and local laws banning “assault weapons” do not violate the Second Amendment.
Continuing a pattern that has gone on for eight years now, the Supreme Court has declined to hear another appeal regarding a Second Amendment challenge to state gun control laws.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has redrawn the state’s Congressional Districts based on its recent ruling finding the current map to be unconstitutional partisan Gerrymandering. It makes a lot more sense than the map the state is currently using.
Another day, another Court ruling against the Trump Administration.
The Supreme Court has declined to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling requiring the legislature to redraw the state’s Congressional District map.
Chelsea Manning is running for Senate, but she may be violating military regulations by doing so.