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A federal judge in California blocked a state law requiring background checks for every ammunition purchase, saying it violated the Second Amendment.

Federal Judge John W. Broomes blocked an order by the Kansas governor which limited attendance to in-person church services.

Federal Judge Myron Thompson ruled that Alabama cannot ban abortions as part of its coronavirus restrictions.

A federal appeals court ruled that Texas may go ahead with plans to temporarily ban most abortions during the coronavirus pandemic.

Judge James Boasberg has ordered further environmental analysis in a 42-page decision that favors opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

A panel of three judges in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to overturn a federal judge’s order that former White House counsel Don McGahn must comply with a congressional subpoena issued as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s plan to open up parts of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging.

Environmental protections were established for the ecosystem surrounding Lake Erie that millions of people and countless species depend on for health, drinking water and survival through the Lake Erie Bill of Rights. The provisions of that measure have been struck down by the federal court as too vague.

The Supreme Court sides too often with the Trump Administration on controversial policies and putting them into effect on an emergency basis, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said.

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a Mississippi law that would ban abortions after six weeks into pregnancy.