A powerful chorus of state chief justices is urging a bold reimagining of how America admits lawyers to practice, challenging the long-standing monopoly of the bar exam and pushing for innovative legal education reforms. In a newly released report from the Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform—a collaboration between the Conference of Chief Justices …

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Twelve Democratic lawmakers are hauling the Trump administration into court, accusing it of shutting them out of immigration detention centers that they say desperately need federal oversight. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., targets a policy introduced by the Department of Homeland Security that demands seven days’ notice for congressional visits—and bars …

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In a high-stakes Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that felt more like a cultural cross-examination than a judicial vetting, Eric Tung—President Trump’s nominee for a lifetime seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals—found himself at the center of a political and ideological lightning storm on Wednesday. Tung, now a polished appellate partner at Jones …

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The U.S. judiciary is bracing for a gut punch. A proposed Republican-led House budget threatens to slash deep into the nation’s ability to provide court-appointed defense—potentially eliminating over 600 jobs in the federal public defender system and freezing pay for private lawyers on court panels for more than two months. In a stark internal memo …

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A federal judge has greenlit a sweeping legal volley against the NCAA, allowing two college tennis players to represent a class of roughly 12,000 student-athletes in a lawsuit that challenges the organization’s restrictions on prize money. The decision came from Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles in Greensboro, North Carolina, who ruled that players competing …

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Two senior officials from the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division have been fired in a high-stakes clash over a controversial \$14 billion merger deal between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks, according to a source close to the matter. The abrupt dismissals signal deeper fractures within the DOJ — and the broader Trump administration …

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In a political theater thick with old scandals and new subpoenas, Ghislaine Maxwell—the imprisoned associate of Jeffrey Epstein—has just been told she won’t be getting a get-out-of-jail-free card from Congress. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Republicans, shot down Maxwell’s bid for immunity in exchange for her testimony. The panel still wants …

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The federal judiciary has offered a rare suggestion to President Donald Trump as he eyes another potential term reshaping the courts: when the next seat opens on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, maybe just leave it vacant. That’s not a snub. It’s a formal recommendation from the U.S. Judicial Conference, the policymaking arm …

Judiciary to Trump: Let It Be—No Need to Fill 10th Circuit Seat, Says Court Itself Read More »

In a Boston courtroom, the fate of over 400,000 migrants teetered on a legal tightrope, as federal judges revisited a question that cuts to the core of immigration authority: Can a president unilaterally cancel protections granted to those fleeing instability? The Justice Department, defending the Trump administration’s sweeping move to rescind humanitarian parole programs for …

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In a striking shift, the Trump administration has declared that U.S. federal employees are now free to promote and discuss their religious beliefs within the workplace — so long as it doesn’t cross the line into harassment. A new directive from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers a broad green light: employees can actively …

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