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FACT-CHECK: SCOTUS Transgender Athletes — What the Court Is Really Saying on Rights and Facts
On January 13, 2026, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two consolidated cases on transgender athletes: Little v. Hecox (Idaho) and…
COMMENTARY: The Federal Circuit Sits En Banc on Trump's Article II Civil Service Firings
On June 17, 2026, the Federal Circuit en banc — meaning all active judges of that appellate court sitting collectively — agreed to urgently…
EDITORIAL: Los Angeles resists Trump — the judge sides with the sanctuary city
On June 23, 2026, federal judge Fernando Olguin of California rejected the Trump administration's lawsuit against the Los Angeles municipal ordinance limiting the city's…
COMMENTARY: Judge Sooknanan blocks the SAVE database — electoral purges stopped
On June 22, 2026, federal Judge Sparkle Sooknanan of the District of Columbia blocked the SAVE system modified by the Trump administration — a…
EDITORIAL: Judge Talwani strikes — mail voting is not for sale
On June 25, 2026, federal Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts issued a 37-page ruling blocking the core provisions of a Trump…
REPORT: Judge Casper permanently blocks Trump's executive order on citizenship proof for voting
On June 24, 2026, federal Judge Denise Casper of the District of Massachusetts issued a permanent nationwide injunction blocking Executive Order 14248, signed by…
OPEN LETTER: The Supreme Court slams the door shut on $370 billion in Section 301 refunds
On June 15, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States added to its weekly orders list two words that rang like a hammer…
COMMENTARY: The Supreme Court 6-3 bars the door on asylum seekers — Sotomayor predicts deaths
June 26, 2026 will stand as one of the darkest days in American asylum policy in decades. In a single day, the United States…
EDITORIAL: The Supreme Court 6-3 strips 350,000 Haitians and Syrians — America undresses itself
On June 26, 2026, the United States Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 decision authorizing the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS)…