We’re two weeks into observing local court hearings, and we already have some takeaways. This month, Chicago Documenters ...
When it rains, it pours. On Monday, the Supreme Court issued two consequential orders on the emergency docket. First, the Court issued a stay of the trial court's ruling in the Staten Island ...
In a caustic critique of the court issued on social media late Sunday night, the president inadvertently buttressed its ...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday said the Supreme Court’s handling of emergency cases has created a “warped” process that effectively signaled the outcome of high-profile controversies ...
In making frequent, ill use of the “shadow docket,” the high court is not just handing Trump policy victories. It’s upending the rule of law. Courts play an important role in authoritarian regimes.
Last week in court, a 4th Judicial District judge ruled to sentence a man acquitted of second-degree murder to five years in prison, and another removed themselves from the Pikes Peak Avenue homicide ...
The Supreme Court refused to intervene Friday in a battle concerning immigration judges’ speech restrictions, for now, snapping the Trump administration’s months-long winning streak on the court’s ...