The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Monday affirmed a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana blocking the White House’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. The ruling results from a 2-1 decision from the three-judge panel. Circuit Judge Kurt Engelhardt authored the opinion of the court, [...]

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Monday filed an appeal to sanction Sidney Powell, former attorney for Donald Trump, for the “erroneous” election fraud challenges she filed concerning the 2020 president election. Evers argues that Powell should face santions under 28 US Code Section 1927  for “unreasonably and vexatiously” continuing legal proceedings. He asked the US Court [...]

The US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on the Capitol Monday summarized its final report and unanimously issued four criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump to the US Department of Justice (DOJ). The criminal referrals are primarily symbolic, as the DOJ can choose whether or not to pursue the charges included, [...]

Samuel Bankman-Fried Monday agreed to extradition to the US to face civil and criminal charges, his lawyer told local Bahamian news outlets. Bankman is currently being held in Fox Hill Prison, Bahamas and was denied bail due to posing a flight risk. Bankman-Fried’s lawyer Jerone Roberts told Eyewitness News Bahamas that his client volunteered for [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday stayed an order from the US District Court for the District of Columbia blocking Title 42, a health policy used to deny migrants and asylum-seekers at the US border. Chief Justice Roberts stayed the lower court ruling “pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court” and requested a response [...]

An Arizona court Friday granted Kari Lake, former Arizona gubernatorial candidate, permission to inspect ballots from the Arizona general election on November 8. In her complaint, Lake’s legal team argued that the number of illegal votes cast in Arizona’s general election far exceeded the vote margin between Republican Lake and Democrat governor-elect Katie Hobbs. Lake’s [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that four cisgender girls do not have standing to challenge the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (CIAC) policy, which allows transgender athletes to compete in sports according to their gender identity. Judge Denny Chin authored the opinion from the three-judge panel. The court held that [...]

The North Carolina Supreme Court Friday struck down a gerrymandered legislative district map unconstitutional under the North Carolina state constitution. In August 2021, North Carolina’s General Assembly released its proposed redistricting criteria. The proposed criteria mandated a race-blind approach to redistricting and was criticized for not complying with the Voter Rights Act (VRA). In November [...]

The Ohio Court of Appeals for the First District Friday rejected the state of Ohio’s request to remove an injunction against its anti-abortion law. The court rejected the claim on jurisdictional grounds. It made no statement on the merits of the claim, but rather argued that the appellate court lacked jurisdiction to overturn the preliminary [...]

“To have this happening to American journalists in the United States by an American with an American social media platform…has been raising eyebrows around the world,” said Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent for Voice of America (VOA) and JURIST’s 2022-2023 Journalist in Residence, in an interview with JURIST Friday about his sudden ban from Twitter [...]