The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Dec. 5 to review whether President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is constitutional. The court’s decision took the form of an unsigned order without comment. No justices dissented. The case is known as Trump v. Barbara. Trump’s Executive Order 14160 has prompted debate over the meaning of

A divided federal appeals court ruled on Dec. 5 that President Donald Trump may fire members of independent labor boards. The 2-1 ruling in Harris v. Bessent was issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. A lower court had previously upheld the constitutionality of federal laws that prevent presidents

The U.S. Supreme Court ordered late on Dec. 4 that a redrawn election map expected to increase Republican representation in Texas’s U.S. House delegation remain in place. The court’s new unsigned order in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott was issued over the dissents of Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown

A former Jan. 6 defendant who alleges he was repeatedly abused in custody is suing the federal government for almost $18 million. Ryan Samsel of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was convicted in September 2024 of civil disorder-related offenses in connection with the civil disturbance at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and was incarcerated and awaiting