- Trump to drop Biden-era lawsuit seeking to allow emergency abortions in Idaho
The Trump administration intends to drop a lawsuit filed by the previous administration that sought to permit Idaho healthcare practitioners to perform emergency abortions, a new court filing shows. The court filing, which includes a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney’s email explaining the department’s intentions, came on March 4. On March 5 at 3 p.m., a federal [...]
- Gun owners take DC magazine restrictions to Supreme Court
Gun owners in the nation’s capital are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the District of Columbia’s ban on magazines with more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The petition in Hanson v. District of Columbia was docketed, or officially accepted for filing, by the court on Feb. 28. The respondent, the District of Columbia, was directed to file a response by March [...]
- Supreme Court leans in favor of Ohio state employee claiming demotion because she’s straight
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed sympathetic on Feb. 26 to the arguments of an Ohio woman who alleges the state demoted her because she is heterosexual. The court heard oral argument in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. Petitioner Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, has been employed at the Ohio Department of Youth Services since 2004. She started off as an [...]
- Supreme Court grapples with dispute over supervised release revocations
The Supreme Court considered on Feb. 25 what factors federal judges may weigh when revoking a person’s supervised release and sentencing them for violating release conditions. Supervised release is a form of post-prison monitoring, similar to parole. A prisoner is released from custody but remains under restricted freedom for a set period. During that time, the person [...]
