Mr. Combs, who is serving a 50-month sentence after his conviction on prostitution-related charges, has argued that a judge sentenced him improperly.
In rejecting President Trump’s tariffs, the court’s six conservative justices displayed subtle differences in their views of executive power.
El rechazo de la Corte Suprema al programa arancelario del presidente Trump es el más reciente de una serie de choques entre él y el presidente del tribunal, John Roberts Jr.
A federal appeals court vacated a temporary block on the 2024 law, tossing a previous decision that called it “plainly unconstitutional.”
The appointment of James W. Hundley teed up a potential conflict with the Trump administration, which has already suggested that it would dismiss any prosecutor chosen by district judges.
Plaques on the history of slavery in Philadelphia were reinstalled at the President’s House site after being taken down last month following a Trump administration directive. In a lawsuit by the City of Philadelphia, a federal judge ruled that the exhibit must be temporarily put back up while the case proceeds in court.
President Trump would have you think that voter fraud is rampant, says the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie. The reality? That’s just not true. So why are Trump and his allies so preoccupied with passing the Save America Act?
“I’m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country,” the president said.
The court’s rejection of President Trump’s tariffs program is the latest in a series of clashes between him and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
Until our Constitution is amended, our government is not allowed to punish the innocent babies guaranteed full and equal citizenship by the Constitution.
As tensions mount between the Trump administration and the courts, the judge called “shameless” a claim by officials that her earlier order was not binding.
Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan. Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it.
The ruling out of Minnesota marks a new level of judicial concern about the Trump administration’s lack of compliance with judges’ orders in immigration cases.
The violations stemmed from immigration cases. Judges across the country have expressed alarm about illegal transfers and missed deadlines.
Here is a breakdown of which states are redrawing their maps for the 2026 midterms
The judge said the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths after the administration took down displays about slavery at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia.
The Supreme Court and appeals courts have been much more likely to rule in President Trump’s favor than the district courts have been. Why? Our reporter Mattathias Schwartz describes what’s going on.
Outside of law school classrooms, the liberal constitutional agenda is failing. Enter the American Constitution Society.
A federal prosecutor said last month that ICE had made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.
Payments for the $16 billion rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey had been suspended for more than four months.
The State Supreme Court allowed a spring statewide referendum that is necessary for Democrats to redraw Virginia’s congressional map before the midterm elections.
A surge of immigration arrests in the state sent thousands of people to detention centers in Texas, New Mexico and elsewhere. Federal courts have been overwhelmed with their pleas for release.
Kathryn Ruemmler, quien también fue una de las principales abogadas del gobierno de Obama, ha dejado Goldman Sachs luego de que correos electrónicos revelaran una larga amistad con Jeffrey Epstein.
Eight out of 10 voters backed reforms intended to safeguard democracy and increase women’s participation in politics.
Adam Liptak, The Times’s chief legal affairs correspondent, is writing a new weekly newsletter, The Docket, to help demystify the justice system.
In a rebuke to the government, a federal judge in Minnesota said “the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees” during its immigration crackdown in the state.
A press freedom group accused a prosecutor of violating an ethics rule by not telling a judge about a law limiting searches for journalistic work product.
Judge Richard J. Leon found that attempts to discipline Mark Kelly for a video that warned against following illegal orders would violate the senator’s First Amendment rights.
The justices put the case on a fast track at the administration’s urging. But they don’t seem in a rush to rule on the president’s signature economic program.
A very dangerous ruling in New Orleans.
Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration’s nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.
After defending one of the first priests charged with child sex abuse, he coauthored a 1985 report warning that the problem was endemic and ignoring it could be catastrophic.
The appeal by Alex Murdaugh, once a well-connected member of a prominent family law firm, seeks to overturn his conviction in the murders of his wife and son.
The ruling from a Trump-appointed federal judge is the third in recent weeks to reject the administration’s demand for voters’ personal data from nearly every state.
After Republican criticism, a group that offers professional resources to judges withdrew a climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.
Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender, declined to answer questions during a virtual deposition in front of the House Oversight Committee.
A state judge dismissed a case after the Justice Department’s seizure of ballots from the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, which has raised fears that they could be manipulated.
The state can require federal agents to display identification, the judge said. The Trump administration had asked the court to block both laws, which were designed to help identify federal agents.
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas had ordered the funding for a $16 billion tunnel project restored last week, but on Monday granted a temporary stay after the federal government appealed her decision.
Judge Rowan D. Wilson says poverty and issues like mental illness, which the courts struggle to deal with, drive many of the cases that end up in family court.
Instead of a winner-takes-all approach to power, it’s time to consider working toward a system where there is much less power for the winner to take.
The round table convenes to debate whether we need to worry about the midterms being free and fair.
A Border Patrol agent shot Marimar Martinez five times. Video from the October incident in Chicago could now be released as early as Monday.
Strict abortion bans can be at odds with emergency medical care. The pro-life activist Lila Rose argues they can coexist.
The Justice Department investigation was an escalation in the administration’s response to a video that President Trump said was “punishable by death.”
Brad Karp’s resignation as chairman of the law firm Paul Weiss underscores a further reflection in the corporate world over the latest revelations.
Activists won the legal battle. Are they losing the culture war?
The decision followed the release of a series of embarrassing emails between Mr. Karp and Jeffrey Epstein.
Fulton County, Ga., filed a motion on Wednesday demanding the return of ballots and other election materials that were seized by the F.B.I.
The state’s Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage to Democrats, before the midterms.
The prosecutor, Julie T. Le, told a judge that she and her colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office were overwhelmed by the White House’s immigration operation in Minnesota.
Every year, about 900,000 metric tons of salt arrive in the New York area. This winter, it’s being put to good use.
Lori Zeno, the former head of the Queens Defenders, faces around five years in prison for stealing public money to pay for international vacations and teeth whitening.
Defense lawyers unsuccessfully asked for a mistrial after the brothers appeared in the latest batch of Epstein emails. The Alexanders have not been linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.
The ruling pauses the Trump administration’s plan to end a program that has allowed more than 350,000 people from Haiti to remain in the United States.
A judge will hold a hearing on Wednesday after attorneys for victims in the Epstein case said the recent batch of documents released by the government included their names.
Newly released emails between Mr. Karp, the chairman of Paul Weiss, and Jeffrey Epstein reveal a number of social interactions between them.
Legal experts said that jokes like the one told by Mr. Noah at the Grammys on Sunday were protected by the First Amendment.
The Interior Department removed placards and videos about Washington’s involvement with slavery. A new court ruling blocks further changes, for now.
The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump administration had ordered work to stop in December.
Jurors in the sex trafficking case heard from the first witnesses and saw graphic evidence of the crimes the brothers are accused of.
Forcibly entering homes with only administrative warrants is unconstitutional.
Our investigative reporter Jodi Kantor uncovered that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked staff members at the Supreme Court to sign nondisclosure agreements shortly after the November 2024 election.
Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.
On the limits of executive power.
He was chastised for remarks ridiculing the pardons of two congressional campaign aides who had been convicted in a bribery plot.
A policy intended to keep immigrants detained indefinitely has led to a deluge of lawsuits, overwhelming some federal courts and resulting in many releases.
The woman told police she was at a party when she was drugged and assaulted by five boys, including Mr. Alexander, who is currently on trial for sex trafficking.
The treatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, pictured wearing a blue winter hat and Spider-Man backpack while in the custody of immigration agents, drew outrage across the country.
The purpose of the new rules is to “stop activity that could compromise national security,” the Defense Department said in response to a New York Times lawsuit.
As in the Civil Rights battles of the 1960s, Americans are at a fork and must pick their path.
El estado se encuentra en un punto muerto con el gobierno federal sobre quién tiene potestad para investigar el asesinato de manifestantes. No es una lucha justa.
The Trump administration used a federal law prohibiting blockades of abortion clinics and places of worship to charge Mr. Lemon and others in Minnesota.
The administration has ordered that further changes be made to Independence National Historical Park, according to internal National Park Service documents obtained by The New York Times
The judge, Margaret Garnett of Federal District Court, said the case against Luigi Mangione would still proceed to trial on other counts.
The state is in a standoff with the federal government over who has the power to investigate the killing of protesters. It’s not a fair fight.
A federal jury found that Linwei Ding stole thousands of confidential files to help him start a company in Beijing.
The Trump administration has sought to end Temporary Protected Status for more than a million people from troubled nations. About 600,000 are from Venezuela.
President Trump’s agenda faced more than 600 lawsuits over the past year. In many cases, district court judges found his policies to be unlawful.
A federal judge weighing whether to block the immigration surge asked Justice Department lawyers to more fully explain the reasons for the operation.
Carlisle Rivera became the third person to be sentenced for playing a role in trying to kill Masih Alinejad, an activist and a critic of the Iranian government.
The project, known as Vineyard Wind, was already 95 percent complete when the Trump administration ordered construction to stop.
The case tests the Trump administration’s argument that its extrajudicial killings of people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea have been lawful.
In a brief ruling, the Minnesota judge wrote that the unusual order was necessary because “the extent of ICE’s violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary.”
Prosecutors say the three men used their money, power and status to sexually assault women, including two underage girls. The men have denied the charges.
We need to protect our right to carry cameras to document ICE’s violence.
State and local officials say the federal deployment of immigration agents violates the 10th Amendment. The surge, which the Trump administration has defended, has led to three shootings and tense protests.
Our publisher, executive editor and other leaders responded to your comments and questions about our First Amendment lawsuit.
El Octavo Circuito accedió a la petición del gobierno de Trump de bloquear, por el momento, el mandato judicial de un tribunal inferior que limitaba la forma en que los agentes federales interactúan con los manifestantes en Minnesota.
The system for compensating people injured by vaccines needs significant reform. But the health secretary could alter it in ways that ultimately reduce vaccine access for everyone.
“I’m glad it happened, even at my expense,” said Rod Ponton, who is (still) not a cat.
The decision could rip a hole in Berlin’s budget and complicate the transition to a greener economy.
The case is the second one this term asking the justices to decide when government activity crosses the line to become coercion forbidden by the First Amendment.
A Fifth Circuit panel partly upheld restrictions on the Biden administration’s communications with online platforms about their content.
After making little progress with Republican leaders at the White House on Tuesday, the president previewed two possible endgames to resolve a debt-limit standoff.
Two criminal defendants have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether remote testimony against them violated the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.
Recent orders suggest that the justices are thinking of dismissing cases involving the “independent state legislature” theory and Title 42, an immigration measure imposed during the pandemic.
The justices, who had been set to hear arguments on March 1, acted after the Biden administration filed a brief saying that the measure would soon be moot.
The unanimous ruling was the first one summarized by a justice since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and an indication that the court is off to a slow start this term.
At issue is Title 42, a public health measure invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic to block migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
The justices left in place an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s authority to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower.
A pair of prominent headlines highlights the reversals.
We all know what happened with summer 2020. Then 2021 was dampened by Delta. This year, any anticipated return to revelry has been hampered by … *waves hands at everything.* Is there hope for enjoying the once fun season?
School is out for the summer — but in some cases, so are the bosses.
School is out for the summer — but in some cases, so are the bosses.
Readers call for more openness and discuss judicial restraint and the justices’ religious beliefs. Also: Mask decisions; Twitter’s dark side; skipping school.