January 12, 2017 Conservatives accuse Obama of packing key court to 'rubber stamp' agenda Forget the debt drama. The real showdown in Washington is over President Obama's alleged push to stack the bench on a key D.C. court.
January 12, 2017 DOJ stirs free-speech fight after demanding libertarian site turn over info on commenters Federal prosecutors are demanding libertarian news outlet Reason help track down six readers who made threatening comments about a judge in response to an online article, touching off a fierce debate over whether such comments are protected free speech.
January 2, 2017 Immigrant parents suing Texas for withholding birth certificates to US-born kids Immigrant parents living in Texas without proper identification papers are suing the state for withholding birth certificates from their American-born children, in a tricky case that pits Texas' strict ID laws against the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
December 31, 2016 Federal judge temporarily blocks Obama's immigration executive action A federal judge has granted a request by 26 states to temporarily block President Obama's executive action on illegal immigration to allow a lawsuit aimed at permanently stopping the orders to make its way through the courts.
December 31, 2016 DHS suspends rollout of Obama immigration actions after court order The Department of Homeland Security is suspending the rollout of President Obama's immigration actions, after a federal judge issued an order blocking them.
December 31, 2016 Federal judge: Obama immigration actions 'unconstitutional' A federal judge has found parts of President Obama's immigration executive actions unconstitutional, in an opinion delivered as part of a separate immigration case not directly tied to the policy changes.
December 20, 2016 Federal judge orders release of search warrant from Clinton email case A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of the search warrant the FBI used to reopen their probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server days before the November election.
December 15, 2016 Judge blocks Texas rules requiring burial of fetal remains A federal judge on Thursday blocked until at least next month hotly debated Texas rules mandating burial or cremation of fetal remains that were set to go into effect within days.
December 14, 2016 Tainted peanut butter leads to $11.2M penalty a decade later Food giant ConAgra is paying for a salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds of Americans 10 years ago.
December 12, 2016 Federal judge rejects push for Pennsylvania recount A federal judge dealt another blow Monday to the Green Party-backed push for a presidential election recount in key battleground states, rejecting a request to recount paper ballots in Pennsylvania and scan some county systems for signs of hacking.
