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Blockbuster Term: Justices could determine limits of courts’ ability to check Trump administration
Lower appeals courts have taken a skeptical view of Mr. Trump’s policy, which restricts admission of citizens from a number of countries tha
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


How Donald Trump is weaponising the courts for political ends
Similarly his nominations to the lower courts, rushed through by Republicans without many of the usual protocols and traditions, have insula
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


Whither Algorithmic Accountability?
In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal last year, Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, and Ryan Hagemann, the Niskanen Cente
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


Tech groups watch Section 230, as consumer groups want platform security
Committee for Justice (CFJ) president Curt Levey spoke to Communications Daily about the latest threats to Section 230, which is the law tha
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


With 15 circuit judge confirmations and a dozen pending, Trump looks to reshape the courts
Trump has padded the Republican numbers on the 5th, 6th and 8th circuit courts, which were already Republican-dominated, and has closed the
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


Trump's judges are flexing their muscles, from civil rights to campaign spending
One of Trump's most controversial picks — 6th Circuit Judge John Bush, who had penned a blog post under a pseudonym comparing abortion t
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


No vacancy (yet): Liberals, conservatives prepare to battle for control of Supreme Court
Expect to hear a lot about abortion rights, which Kennedy helped to protect in a 2016 case from Texas, and gay rights, three years after Ken
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


One Time Congress Tried to Prevent a President From Firing Someone, It Ended in Impeachment
"The bill to protect Mueller would not place an outright ban on presidential firing of an executive branch employee, and thus is consti
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022


Justice Gorsuch forms conservative triumvirate on Supreme Court
From early judgments in last year’s travel ban case to a gay rights lawsuit out of Arkansas, Justice Gorsuch has found himself part of a tri
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
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