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Supreme Court takes up transgender school athlete bans

The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to decide whether states can ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams. ...

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The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

These Founders Just Opened a Brick-and-Mortar Front in the Streaming Wars

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Judge blocks Trump’s asylum ban at southern border

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s asylum ban at the southern border, determining it ran afoul of immigration laws protecting...

02.07.2025 2

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge blocks Trump effort to dismantle African development agency

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Trump’s appointment of a new head of the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), indefinitely...

02.07.2025 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Amy Coney Barrett lands back in MAGA’s good graces 

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is regaining her footing with the MAGA movement after falling from its graces. The most junior conservative...

01.07.2025 20

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Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court to hear Vance, GOP effort to strike down campaign finance provision 

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up Vice President Vance and GOP committees’ bid to strike down federal limits on political parties’...

30.06.2025 40

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court refuses American Airlines’ bid to validate JetBlue alliance 

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away American Airlines’ bid to reverse a lower court ruling invalidating the carrier’s alliance with JetBlue in...

30.06.2025 9

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court declines fired teacher’s free speech challenge over anti-transgender TikToks

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Massachusetts teacher’s First Amendment challenge concerning her termination for making and reposting...

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The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Kavanaugh objects as Supreme Court turns away California pig welfare law challenge

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a second bite at the apple to review California’s law requiring pork sold in the state to come from pigs...

30.06.2025 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Roberts rebuffs some criticism of Supreme Court decisions as 'venting' 

Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday said some public criticism of the Supreme Court’s work is “not terribly helpful,” dismissing it as...

28.06.2025 7

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Birthright citizenship plaintiffs make new push to block Trump’s order nationwide 

A group of plaintiffs challenging President Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions quickly made a new push to block it nationwide, following...

27.06.2025 7

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Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court allows Trump to partially enforce birthright citizenship order 

The Supreme Court on Friday in a 6-3 ruling along ideological lines allowed President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship to...

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Supreme Court turns to backlog of transgender cases after Tennessee ban ruling

The Supreme Court on Thursday will confront the next frontiers of the legal battles surrounding transgender rights now that the justices have signed...

26.06.2025 10

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Zach Schonfeld

Trump administration accuses judge of defying Supreme Court with South Sudan flight  

The Trump administration accused a federal district judge of defying the Supreme Court’s new deportation ruling by insisting the administration...

24.06.2025 8

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Zach Schonfeld

Birthright citizenship, redistricting among 10 cases left at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is set for a momentous week as the justices enter the homestretch of decision season, racing to finish their work by their...

24.06.2025 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Florida AG asks Supreme Court to pave way for new immigration law 

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the state to enforce its new immigration law as an appeal plays...

23.06.2025 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court to consider if forcibly shaven inmate can seek damages

The Supreme Court took up Monday a case on whether a former Louisiana inmate can receive damages from prison officials for forcibly shaving his...

23.06.2025 10

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Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court turns away Virginia’s appeal in felon voting ban lawsuit 

The Supreme Court turned away Virginia’s appeal on Monday that sought to quash a challenge to the state’s lifetime felon voting ban, allowing the...

23.06.2025 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge blocks Trump administration effort to bar international students at Harvard

A federal judge indefinitely blocked a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) effort to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international...

21.06.2025 20

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Zach Schonfeld

Appeals court allows Trump to keep National Guard deployed, for now 

A federal appeals court panel late Thursday allowed President Trump to keep the National Guard deployed in Los Angeles, for now. The three-judge 9th...

20.06.2025 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Appeals court won’t let Justice Department step in for Trump in E. Jean Carroll's $83M verdict

A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday refused the Justice Department’s effort to put itself on the hook for an $83.3 million defamation award...

18.06.2025 8

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Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee’s youth transgender care ban  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors in a 6-3 decision along...

18.06.2025 9

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Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court called on to take up legality of Trump’s tariffs 

A group of plaintiffs suing President Trump over his reciprocal “Liberation Day” tariffs said they asked the Supreme Court to leapfrog a lower...

17.06.2025 2

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Minnesota suspect hit with federal murder, stalking charges 

Federal prosecutors unveiled murder and stalking charges Monday against the man suspected of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses,...

16.06.2025 7

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court to review New Jersey AG’s subpoena to anti-abortion clinics 

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s (D) subpoena seeking donor records from a network of...

16.06.2025 4

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Zach Schonfeld

Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict

A federal appeals court in an 8-2 vote Friday declined President Trump’s bid to rehear his appeal of a jury verdict finding him liable for sexually...

13.06.2025 10

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Zach Schonfeld

Appeals court temporarily lifts judge’s block on Trump’s National Guard deployment 

A federal appeals court panel late Thursday temporarily lifted a judge’s order ruling President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard illegal,...

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Zach Schonfeld

Judge invokes monarchy talk while mulling Trump’s National Guard deployment

A federal judge warned at a Thursday hearing that accepting the Trump administration’s assertion he has no authority to review the president’s...

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California files lawsuit against Trump for deploying National Guard to Los Angeles  

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and the state’s attorney general filed their much-anticipated lawsuit over President Trump’s decision to send in...

10.06.2025 50

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Religion cases spark both unanimity and division at Supreme Court 

Religious rights are sparking both unanimity and deep divisions on the Supreme Court this term, with one major decision still to come. On Thursday,...

07.06.2025 9

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court turns away RNC challenge to Pennsylvania ballot ruling

The Supreme Court on Friday turned away the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) bid to block Pennsylvania voters’ in-person, do-over option when...

07.06.2025 20

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Zach Schonfeld

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow gutting of Education Department

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to resume gutting the Education Department after a lower court judge blocked...

06.06.2025 50

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Zach Schonfeld

Judge temporarily halts Trump’s proclamation blocking Harvard students’ visas 

A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked President Trump’s proclamation that blocks visas for foreign students planning to attend Harvard...

06.06.2025 3

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Zach Schonfeld

Judge orders Trump to restore AmeriCorps programs in two dozen states

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to restore AmeriCorps-funded programs in Washington, D.C., and 24 Democratic-led states...

05.06.2025 2

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Trump unleashes MAGA rebellion on Federalist Society

The Gavel is The Hill's weekly courts newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below: President Trump and his allies are waging war with the Federalist...

04.06.2025 60

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Trump allies attempt DC Bar takeover 

The Gavel is The Hill's weekly courts newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below: Allies of President Trump are attempting a takeover of the D.C....

04.06.2025 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Watch live: Trump speaks at US Steel in Pittsburgh on deal with Nippon Steel

President Trump will travel Friday afternoon to the Pittsburgh area for a rally and remarks on the "planned partnership" between U.S. Steel and...

31.05.2025 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

New lawsuit seeks to force return of collected tariffs following court ruling

A new lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeks to force the Trump administration to return tariffs it collected under the...

31.05.2025 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Trump orbit rewarded in year since criminal conviction  

It’s been one year since President Trump was found guilty on all counts of falsifying business records to keep alleged affairs secret during his...

30.05.2025 2

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Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke Biden’s parole program; Sotomayor, Jackson issue scathing dissent 

The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to revoke former President Biden’s parole program that...

30.05.2025 7

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Trump goes after Leonard Leo in attack on tariff ruling 

President Trump denounced a court ruling blocking his tariffs in a lengthy Truth Social post Thursday night that targeted Leonard Leo, who played a...

30.05.2025 40

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Zach Schonfeld

Court of International Trade blocks Trump’s tariffs in sweeping ruling

A federal court ruled Wednesday that an emergency law does not provide President Trump with unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly every...

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Zach Schonfeld

Trump nominates Emil Bove as federal appeals judge 

President Trump nominated Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official who previously worked as one of Trump’s criminal defense attorneys, to a...

28.05.2025 3

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court deadlock leaves religious charter schools thinking they have a path forward

The bid to create the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school fell flat at the Supreme Court this week, but advocates believe it...

26.05.2025 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge orders Trump administration to pursue return of improperly deported Guatemalan man 

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a third improperly deported man late Friday, saying his removal likely...

24.05.2025 50

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's foreign students ban at Harvard

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s decision to revoke Harvard University’s certification to enroll foreign...

23.05.2025 60

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Harvard sues Trump administration over foreign students ban

Harvard University is suing the Trump administration a day after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revoked its certification to admit foreign...

23.05.2025 50

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court clears way for Trump to fire 2 independent agency leaders over liberal dissents 

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for President Trump to fire two Democratic-appointed independent agency leaders, for now, over the dissents...

23.05.2025 30

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Zach Schonfeld

Divided Supreme Court rejects public religious charter school in Oklahoma

The Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on whether to approve the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school on Thursday, leaving intact a...

22.05.2025 100

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Zach Schonfeld

Judge says South Sudan deportation flight violated his order

A federal judge said Wednesday the Trump administration violated his order when it flew a group of migrants it says are violent criminals to South...

21.05.2025 2

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld