The first case of Trump’s second term reaches the high court
It took less than a month for a case from Donald Trump’s second presidential term to reach the Supreme Court.
Jordan Rubin
Why a judge ordered a hearing in the Eric Adams case after Emil Bove’s dismissal motion
Judge Dale Ho, a Biden appointee, noted in the New York mayor’s case that the government’s prosecutorial discretion is broad...
Ask Jordan: Can Trump serve a third term?
Trump keeps saying he might serve a third term. Here's what the Constitution says about that.
The Trump DOJ is ready for the Supreme Court to overturn this 90-year-old precedent
The high court’s 1935 ruling in the Humphrey’s Executor case, which has protected federal agency independence, was called out for...
Why a judge sided with Trump’s federal employee ‘Fork in the Road’ resignation deadline
Federal labor unions didn't have legal standing to sue, a federal judge in Massachusetts said. The administration had been losing...
Justice Sotomayor speaks about obeying court orders amid Trump compliance concerns
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor didn’t name Donald Trump on Tuesday when she stressed the importance of obeying court rulings.
The Trump administration’s latest legal loss is for scrubbing health data in ‘gender ideology’ purge
The Trump administration is facing a legal setbac in a case over its scrubbing of health data as part of...
Federal judge says Trump administration violated court order in funds freeze litigation
Judge John McConnell ordered the government to restore frozen funds while citing a Supreme Court case about contempt for noncompliance...
Elon Musk reminds us why federal judges have life tenure
On top of seemingly supporting defiance of court orders, Elon Musk proposed on his social media platform “that the worst...
Now’s a good time to recall John Roberts’ warning about court orders being ignored
Chief Justice John Roberts warned about court orders being ignored in a year-end report that's worth revisiting right now.