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A federal appeal’s court determined that a foreign election interference law, passed by Maine voters in 2023, likely violates the Constitution, upholding a block of its enforcement by a lower court.

The D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a district court judge cannot hold President Trump’s administration in contempt for allegedly violating his block of the use of the Alien Enemies Act.

District Judge William Smith ruled that the state of Rhode Island has not violated the Second Amendment by denying applications for open carry firearm permits.

Federal Judge Jia Cobb recently dismissed a lawsuit from FBI officials concerned that their identities would be released by President Trump’s administrion for investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol protest.

Federal District Judge Indira Talwani placed a preliminary injunction against a provision in the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill that ends Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.

A federal appeal’s court determined then-Defense Secretary Austin acted within his authority in terminating a plea deal for September 11 terrorists that the U.S. military court had approved.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta dismissed the case against the president’s administration for canceling $800 million in grants to violence reduction and crime victims over lack of jurisdiction.

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court order that delayed the decision in a Louisiana gerrymandering case that puts the Voting Rights Act at odds with the U.S. Constitution.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the unanimous decision upholding the right of Americans impacted by international terrorism to sue Palestinian organizations.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the decision returning a family’s case to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that seeks compensation for the FBI raiding the wrong address.