Court Battles

Former President Trump is pulling out all the stops to stave off the start of his first criminal trial, but the New York judge overseeing the case is increasingly appearing to lose his patience in the matter. Judge Juan Merchan just this week refused to sideline the hush money case over alleged discovery violations, issued…

Attorneys for Hunter Biden are seeking to have his tax charges dismissed in a hearing at a federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon. Biden pleaded not guilty in January to three felony charges and six misdemeanor charges in connection to tax evasion, filing a false return and failing to pay taxes between 2016 and 2019. He…

A federal appeals court issued a ruling late Tuesday that continues the halt on a Texas immigration law that allows local law enforcement to detain those believed to have entered the country unlawfully. The 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ panel of three judges voted 2-1 to issue the pause on Senate Bill 4. The appeals…

The GOP strategist who sued Conservative Political Action Conference Chair Matt Schlapp and his wife Mercedes Schlapp over allegations of sexual assault and defamation has dropped his lawsuits against the couple, attorneys for both sides confirmed to The Hill.  “I am discontinuing all of my lawsuits. The claims made in my lawsuits were the result of…

A Kansas man is suing Rep. Tim Burchett for defamation after the Tennessee Republican inaccurately claimed on social media that he was involved in the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade last month.  The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Kansas, argues Denton Loudermill Jr. received death threats and suffered mental…

The U.S. Supreme Court indicated on Tuesday that it probably will keep widespread access to one of the two common drugs used in medication abortion, in a case that could affect reproductive rights and the authority of federal agencies across the nation. During oral arguments, most of the judges seemed very doubtful that a group of…