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US Politics · United States

Senate confirms former Trump attorney Emil Bove as U.S. appeals court judge

49% Center coverage: 191 sources

The Senate on Tuesday approved the nomination of Emil Bove, President Trump's former defense lawyer, to serve on a U.S. appeals court, confirming the controversial nominee to a lifetime appointment on the federal bench.See the Story

John Roberts · United States

Supreme Court To Lower Courts: Ignore Actual Binding Precedent, Follow Our Unexplained Shadow Docket Vibes Instead

80% Left coverage: 5 sources

The Supreme Court’s shadow docket has become a lawless mess. The justices are issuing extremely consequential rulings with either no explanation at all, or with barely a paragraph of reasoning. No full briefing. No oral arguments. Just vibes-based constitutional law that lower courts are somehow supposed to follow.Now the Court has made this chaos worse by essentially telling lower courts to treat these half-baked emergency rulings as more impor…See the Story

War · Little Rock

Will the Supreme Court Restore Voting Rights Act Protections in Arkansas and Other 8th Circuit States?

100% Left coverage: 2 sources

There’s some reason to think a majority of the justices might disagree with the 8th Circuit’s restrictive, precedent-defying interpretation of the Voting Rights Act. But time will tell.See the Story

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Angus King Calls His Vote to Confirm Anti-Abortion Judge a 'Mistake'

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Angus King Calls His Vote to Confirm Anti-Abortion Judge a 'Mistake'

Trump’s Judicial Nominees Cannot Wait to Make LGBTQ People Second-Class Citizens

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

In July, the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed the first five of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees—a group that includes his most controversial nominee yet. Last week, four more nominees—including two more appeals court nominees—had their Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. As the Senate recesses for August, Trump’s judicial confirmation machine is going full speed ahead, and it’s every bit the horror show I predicted it would b…Donald Trump · Montana Read Article

Texas Judge Brian Umphress Is Suing For the Right to Ignore the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Brian Umphress is a state court judge in Jack County, Texas, who in the year of our Lord 2025 still refuses to officiate same-sex marriages. Umphress says that he opposes Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court decision that recognized marriage as a fundamental right, “not only on account of his Christian faith, but also because same-sex marriage remains illegal under the laws of Texas.” The fact that same-sex marriage remains legal under t…Jack County · Jack County Read Article

How Eliminating Grad PLUS Loans Will Make Law School Unaffordable For People Who Are Not Already Rich

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which he signed into law on July 4, cut benefits for low-income Americans, slashed taxes for the highest earners, and turned ICE into the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the country overnight. Understandably, its changes to federal student loan programs have flown a bit more below the radar. But the law is disastrous for students trying to pay their exorbitant (and always increasing) tuiti…Donald Trump · United States Read Article

Why Trump Keeps Losing In Court to Unions and the Workers Who Power Them

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

In the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, as rural hospitals and abortion clinics close, ICE raids escalate, and federal worker protections get gutted by executive order, many liberal institutions are still trying to figure out how to fight back. But one movement isn’t flailing. It’s filing. Organized labor has become one of the most effective legal opponents of the Trump administration’s second-term agenda—not because it wants …Donald Trump · Los Angeles Read Article

PBS Lawsuit: Trump’s DOJ Is Now Just Suing Anyone Who Makes Him Upset

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Three months ago, President Donald Trump attempted to fire three people who don’t work for him. Thomas Rothman, Laura Ross, and Diane Kaplan all serve on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 to fund public media outlets like NPR and PBS. And since Trump considers public broadcasters to be “radical left monsters,” on April 28, all three received an email fro…Maryland · Maryland Read Article

[Opinion] How Anti-Affirmative Action Crusaders Are Escalating Their War on Inclusive Democracy

100% Left coverage: 2 sources

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published by Balls and Strikes. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s…Opinion · United States See the Story

Angus King Calls His Vote to Confirm Anti-Abortion Judge a 'Mistake'

100% Left coverage: 6 sources

U.S. Sen. Angus King called his vote to confirm a 35-year-old conservative to a lifetime judgeship a “mistake.” In a 51-46 vote, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Josh Divine to a seat on the bench for a U.S. District Court in Missouri. Three senators did not vote. King told the Huffington Post that he took the advice of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, to vote to confirm Divine. Divine formerly served as Hawley’s chief counsel. “In retro…Donald Trump See the Story

Court Reform: The Supreme Court Was Never Supposed to Matter This Much

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Over the past few months, legal commentators have railed against the evils of “black-robed tyrants” and unaccountable “judicial insurrectionists” who are “upend[ing] the popular agenda of a sitting president” and executing a “judicial coup.” There is no justification, one argued, for a system in which “crazy judges” can “block and freeze each and every executive action.” You could be forgiven for mistaking the speakers for liberal pundits decry…United States · United States Read Article

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