A Texas federal judge who controversially invalidated the Affordable Care Act two weeks ago agreed late Sunday to allow the law to stand while his ruling is appealed, citing “great uncertainty” for those seeking health care coverage.
Read moreJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg late Tuesday paused the Second Circuit’s approval of the deposition of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, over the the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census
Read moreTrump fixer Michael Cohen asked a federal judge on Tuesday to extend a stay in porn star Stormy Daniel’s contract case against him and President Donald Trump by another 90 days given an ongoing criminal investigation in New York – a request Daniels unsurprisingly opposes.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit stayed the nationwide aspect of an injunction blocking U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ attempt to financially punish so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to enforce federal immigration laws, but allowed the injunction to apply to Chicago while the court prepares to rehear the case en banc.
Read moreA federal judge Tuesday shot down a request by Stormy Daniels to lift an ongoing delay in her lawsuit to void a non-disclosure agreement with President Donald Trump and his personal attorney Michael Cohen.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday refused to halt a $30 billion privacy class action against Facebook as the Ninth Circuit weighs an emergency petition to stay the case just two days before a crucial class notice deadline.
Read moreCiting new facts and evidence, adult film star Stormy Daniels asked a federal judge Thursday to reconsider a delay in her lawsuit to void a hush agreement she signed over a sexual encounter she claims she had with President Donald Trump.
Read moreConstruction of a pipeline through delicate wetlands in Louisiana that was halted last month over the possibility of irreversible harm to the environment can resume, a divided Fifth Circuit panel ruled Thursday.
Read moreSupreme Court Justice Samuel Alito refused to take up a Pennsylvania redistricting fight Monday, dealing a blow to lawmakers who are on deadline to redraw a congressional map gerrymandered for the GOP.
Read moreA three-judge federal court panel rejected a request Tuesday by Republican lawmakers in North Carolina for a stay of a ruling that found that state’s congressional district map unconstitutional.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday denied a request by the Trump administration to pause proceedings in multiple lawsuits challenging the decision to end a program that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
Read moreA three-judge panel in the Fifth Circuit ruled that parts of a Texas law that bans sanctuary cities can go into effect while the legal battle over the constitutionality of the measure plays out.
Read moreIn two orders issued late Tuesday, a divided U.S. Supreme Court blocked rulings from federal judges that invalidated two congressional districts in Texas and nine state House districts.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s ruling that two Texas congressional districts must be redrawn to address discrimination concerns.
Read moreHaving overturned his corruption convictions last month, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver won a stay on Thursday halting his retrial pending a U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
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