Last month, a 6-3 Supreme Court decision in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, struck down a wide swath of the tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed last spring. Though the majority was ...
During a major hearing this week, the conservative justices made clear they’re about to gut the federal government’s power to regulate—and take that power for themselves. The Supreme Court heard two ...
The presumption of innocence is fundamental to our legal system; however, hundreds of thousands of legally innocent people continue to be incarcerated without a conviction nationwide. They are ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa Senator Charles Grassley introduced a proposal he says would rein in judicial injunctions like the ones that have blocked several of President Donald Trump’s actions.
A YEAR AGO John Sauer, then Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, persuaded six justices to hand the presidential candidate sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution. On June 27th Mr Sauer, now Mr Trump’s ...
Justice Clarence Thomas, in the court's latest decision upholding a GOP-drawn redistricting map in South Carolina, took aim at a key, decades-old civil rights decision, calling it an "extravagant [use ...
A grave threat to democracy was revealed during the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term. But it does not emanate from the White House. Judges, acting in coordination with left-wing ...
Question: Why can one judge stop policy actions by Congress or the president? Answer: Federal judges at any level are very powerful figures whose authority to interpret laws and the U.S. Constitution ...
Montana lawmakers are pushing to limit courts’ authority to decide constitutionality. Kansas legislators want to change how state Supreme Court justices are selected. Oklahoma and other states are ...
When President Donald Trump stated that a judicial rollback of his sweeping tariff program would be “1929 all over again, a GREAT DEPRESSION,” he placed a legal ruling at the center of a dramatic ...
In all class societies, pardon is usually granted by the president and governors in favour of members of the ruling class who are standing trial or who have been convicted by courts. Hence, indigent ...