Supreme Court’s Docket Puts Guns, Immigration and Climate Claims in Play
The justices have scheduled major disputes over state rifle bans, immigration detention and climate lawsuits, while leaving room to add more cases to an unusually light docket.
Tennessee Prison Chief Resigns Following Botched Execution and Medical Failure
Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada resigned after a failed execution left Christa Pike hospitalized with severe chemical burns from mismanaged pentobarbital injections.
Judicial Bias Claims Stall Challenge to Election Commission Appointment Law
A procedural deadlock in the Supreme Court of India over alleged judicial conflict has delayed a critical constitutional review of executive power in election oversight.
Trump Rebrands AI as Superintelligence Amid High-Stakes Court Rulings
President Trump signed a voluntary 'superintelligence' accord with tech CEOs while the Supreme Court cleared the way for continued third-country deportations ahead of a December hearing.
The Laundry Ordinance and the Fourteenth Amendment: Yick Wo v. Hopkins
In 1886, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Yick Wo v. Hopkins that a San Francisco laundry ordinance was unconstitutionally applied. The decision established that the Fourteenth Amendment protects…
The Defiance of the Bench: Georgia’s 1832 Constitutional Standoff
In 1832, the state of Georgia and President Andrew Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling that protected Cherokee sovereignty. This constitutional crisis in the United States demonstrated the limits of…
The California Anti-Okie Law and the Constitutional Right to Travel
In 1937, California enacted a law making it a misdemeanor to bring indigent persons into the state, targeting Dust Bowl refugees. This sparked a constitutional crisis over state sovereignty and…
The Yonkers Contempt: A Federal Standfast Against Segregated Housing
In the mid-1980s, the city of Yonkers, New York, became the center of a federal civil rights battle over housing segregation. U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand ordered the city to…
Frontier AI Giants Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Alleged Slowdown
A proposed class action lawsuit accuses OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and SpaceXAI of violating the Sherman Act by coordinating to restrict the pace of artificial intelligence development.