Poll: Confidence in the Supreme Court drops to a record low

The percentage of voters with significant levels of confidence in the Supreme Court has dropped to its lowest point since NBC News began polling on the question in 2000, according to the most recent survey. The latest NBC News poll shows that 22% of registered voters nationally said they have a “great deal” or “quite … Read more

Border Patrol Chief Bovino says Chicago efforts ‘vindicated’ after court reverses order restricting operations

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino declared the Trump administration’s Chicago immigration crackdown “vindicated” Monday after a federal appeals court threw out a sweeping injunction that had curtailed enforcement operations in the city. On Monday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit … Read more

Jackson-Kavanaugh tensions surface in candid exchange over Supreme Court ‘shadow docket’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh had a dispute over the high court’s approach to its emergency docket in a rare, candid discussion during an event Monday night. Jackson, a Biden appointee, signaled that the high court’s willingness to side with President Donald Trump … Read more

Supreme Court Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh clash over handling of Trump cases

WASHINGTON — Internal Supreme Court divisions over how the high court has frequently ruled in favor of the Trump administration in emergency situations spilled out into public Monday with liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh locking horns. The court’s conservative majority has on a regular basis blocked lower court rulings that … Read more

“Fetal heartbeat” abortion ban signed into law by Wyoming governor but court challenge likely

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Monday signed legislation banning abortions after embryotic cardiac activity can be detected, generally at about six weeks’ gestation and often before women know they’re pregnant. The signing makes Wyoming the fifth state to bar abortions at that stage of pregnancy, along with Florida, Georgia, Iowa and South Carolina. Thirteen other … Read more

Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh spar over Supreme Court orders favoring Trump

WASHINGTON — Sharing a stage, Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred Monday over the many emergency orders the court has issued allowing President Donald Trump to move ahead with key parts of his agenda. The setting was extraordinary, a federal courtroom filled with legal luminaries, including the federal judge singled out … Read more

Obama appointee’s Chicago immigration order backfires after court says she went too far

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Obama-appointed federal judge’s attempt to rein in immigration enforcement in Chicago backfired after a federal appeals court ruled she overstepped her authority and “effectively established the district court as the supervisor of all Executive Branch activity in the city of Chicago.” A three-judge panel of the … Read more

Portland residents near ICE building win court order limiting agents’ tear gas use

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon on Friday limited federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at a Portland federal immigration building, as part of a lawsuit filed by an adjacent affordable housing complex following months of repeated exposure. U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio issued the preliminary injunction after a hearing last … Read more

DOJ asks appeals court to restore Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms, just 4 days after moving to drop defense

The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling that invalidated President Trump’s executive orders targeting four major law firms. The move marks an about-face for the government. On Monday, the Justice Department told a D.C.-based appellate court on Monday it intended to voluntarily drop its appeals of … Read more