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How far did the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision go?

The Supreme Court’s invalidation of Louisiana’s congressional map has triggered a swirling debate about just how fundamentally the justices...

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The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

First Trump tariff refunds expected about May 11

The federal government is expecting to issue the first refunds of President Trump’s invalidated tariffs on or about May 11, according to new court...

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The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Liberal Supreme Court justices say majority has 'completed demolition' of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court’s liberal justices called their colleagues’ decision clawing back race-based redistricting on Wednesday a “now-completed...

29.04.2026 1

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana map

The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines struck down Louisiana’s congressional map on Wednesday that added a second...

29.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court sides with NJ faith-based pregnancy centers in subpoena fight

The Supreme Court unanimously sided with a group of faith-based pregnancy centers on Wednesday in their fight with New Jersey’s Democratic attorney...

29.04.2026 2

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

WHCD shooting: What’s next for the suspect and Trump’s ballroom

The upheaval of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner by a would-be assassin has committed the Justice Department to two goals:...

29.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court hears Trump’s bid to curtail deportation protection program

The Supreme Court will weigh the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of noncitizens on...

29.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

DOJ asks judge to approve Trump ballroom, citing WHCA dinner attack

The Justice Department (DOJ) asked a federal judge to dissolve his block on the White House ballroom following the weekend shooting at the Washington...

28.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court will decide Labor secretary's power over visa infraction fines

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up if the Labor secretary needs to go to federal court to impose massive fines against employers for...

27.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Tariff refunds in sight as importers start signing up

Importers are inching closer to receiving tariff refunds this week as companies begin to work through the government’s newly launched system. It...

24.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Appeals court blocks California law requiring ICE show visible ID

A federal appeals court has halted a California law that requires visible identification for law enforcement, including immigration agents, agreeing...

22.04.2026 3

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court leans toward backing FCC fines against Verizon, AT&T

After concessions from the government about its limits, the Supreme Court appeared open to backing the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC)...

21.04.2026 6

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court stays out of parental rights case

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal from Massachusetts parents who contended the Constitution requires school employees to get...

20.04.2026 4

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court to hear Catholic preschools' case involving same-sex parents

The Supreme Court took up a new religious rights case on Monday, agreeing to hear two Catholic parishes’ challenge to Colorado’s mandate that they...

20.04.2026 4

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Thomas warns intolerance among younger generations will ‘infect’ courts

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas lamented a breakdown in civility among younger generations with ideological differences, raising concerns during...

16.04.2026 6

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Sotomayor apologizes to Kavanaugh over remarks on his immigration stop opinion

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized to Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday for her comments at a recent talk criticizing his...

15.04.2026 6

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Jackson says Supreme Court emergency rulings posing ‘potentially corrosive’ effect

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson expressed deep concerns about the court’s recent emergency decisions during a lecture to law students...

15.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Tariff refund system almost ready, Customs says

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has completed “primary development” of its new system to automate refunds of the tariffs struck down by the...

14.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge dismisses Trump’s Wall Street Journal defamation suit over Epstein story

A federal judge tossed President Trump’s defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal on Monday over a story it published detailing a letter...

13.04.2026 2

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Trump’s latest tariffs face trade court showdown

President Trump's new tariffs are headed for a court showdown Friday. The U.S. Court of International Trade will take the bench to consider Trump's...

10.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge halts Trump administration move to end protections for Ethiopians

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary deportation protections for thousands of Ethiopians, ruling on Wednesday that...

09.04.2026 2

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Kalshi, prediction markets face legal hurdles

Prediction markets are caught in legal crosshairs to determine how they are to be regulated as questions also swirl around the ethical nature of the...

08.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Plea deal reached for man charged with threatening to torture Supreme Court justices

An Alaska man charged with threatening to torture and assassinate six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members has reached a plea deal,...

07.04.2026 4

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court confirms Alito fell ill at March event

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sought medical attention after feeling ill a March event in Philadelphia, the court confirmed Friday. The rare...

03.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court to weigh Trump order restricting birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court will scrutinize President Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship on Wednesday, with justices taking the...

01.04.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Jackson breaks with liberal justices in backing ‘conversion therapy’ ban

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson broke with her two fellow liberal justices on Tuesday as she dissented alone from the Supreme Court’s decision backing...

31.03.2026 7

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court rules for Christian counselor in ‘conversion therapy’ ban case

The Supreme Court sided with a Christian counselor on Tuesday in her free speech challenge to Colorado’s ban on counselors attempting to change a...

31.03.2026 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge blocks Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation for Anthropic

A federal judge sided with Anthropic in its fight with the Pentagon on Thursday, blocking its designation of the artificial intelligence company as a...

26.03.2026 7

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court rules for Cox in Sony copyright fight over music downloads

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that Sony cannot hold Cox Communications liable for not doing enough to disconnect customers who...

25.03.2026 8

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court conservatives grapple with ‘metering’ rules in key immigration case

The Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether the government can turn back asylum seekers attempting to reach a port of entry, a practice that originated...

24.03.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court backs officer seeking immunity from Vermont House protester's excessive force claims

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a police officer who forcibly removed a protester conducting a sit-in on the Vermont House floor a decade ago is...

23.03.2026 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judges rules Pentagon press policy under Hegseth unconstitutional

A federal judge on Friday ruled the Pentagon’s new policy restricting press access violates the First Amendment, siding with The New York Times....

20.03.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

'Embodied the American dream': Sandra Day O'Connor remembered at Supreme Court

The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s clerks and top Justice Department officials gathered at the Supreme Court on Thursday to pay tribute to her...

19.03.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Trump’s takeover of DC landmarks reaches legal apex

President Trump’s government real estate projects in the nation’s capital are reaching an apex in court. Environmental groups, a Democratic...

18.03.2026 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Roberts on personal attacks against judges: ‘It’s got to stop’

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday pushed back on personal attacks against judges, calling it “dangerous” and a “problem.” “Judges around...

17.03.2026 4

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court takes up Trump efforts to curtail protections for Haitians, Syrians

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up the Trump administration’s power to curtail temporary protections for migrants from countries...

16.03.2026 6

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Appeals court allows Trump to swiftly deport migrants to third countries

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Trump administration may keep swiftly deporting migrants to countries where they have no ties as a legal...

16.03.2026 6

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge rules Kennedy Center must allow Dem lawmaker to attend board meeting

A federal judge ruled Saturday that the Kennedy Center must provide Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) a “meaningful opportunity” to participate in next...

14.03.2026 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge rules Trump administration unlawfully refused to request CFPB funding

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration unlawfully took the position last year that it couldn’t request more funding for the...

13.03.2026 5

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Does This Movie Make You Anxious?

Some movies make us laugh or cry or feel scared. A new wave of jittery cinema seems designed to make us feel incredibly stressed out.

13.03.2026 10

The New York Times

Zach Schonfeld

98-year-old federal judge suspended for mental fitness appeals to Supreme Court

Pauline Newman, a 98-year-old federal appeals judge suspended by her colleagues over concerns about her mental fitness, has asked the Supreme Court to...

12.03.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

New details emerge on Trump tariff refunds

The Trump administration’s tariff refund system is more than 40 percent developed, a customs official told a federal judge Thursday, and additional...

12.03.2026 6

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

DHS asks Supreme Court to end Haitians' temporary legal protections

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to end temporary deportation protections extended to roughly 350,000 Haitians, intensifying a...

11.03.2026 9

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Group that defeated Trump's tariffs at Supreme Court challenges latest round

A libertarian public-interest firm that helped topple President Trump’s emergency tariffs at the Supreme Court sued him Monday over his new levies,...

09.03.2026 7

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge pushes back timeline for tariff refunds

A federal judge gave the Trump administration some breathing room to process tariff refunds after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicated it...

09.03.2026 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Customs officials to lay out tariff refund plans to US trade judge

Customs officials will head to court Friday to lay out ideas for how to process refunds for billions of dollars of tariffs invalidated by the Supreme...

06.03.2026 20

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Blue states challenge Trump’s new tariffs

Democratic-led states announced Thursday they are suing President Trump over his new tariffs, asserting they are illegal like his previous ones, which...

05.03.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Judge orders Trump administration to close out goods without charging emergency tariffs

The federal trade court judge overseeing the refund process for President Trump’s tariffs ordered the administration Wednesday to finalize paperwork...

04.03.2026 8

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Supreme Court restores New York Republican’s congressional district

The Supreme Court blocked a state judge from redrawing Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ (R-N.Y.) congressional district, agreeing to her emergency request...

03.03.2026 10

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld

Founding-era drunkards dominate at Supreme Court gun argument

The Supreme Court justices tripped through the world of controlled substances and alcohol on Monday as they scrutinized whether the government can...

03.03.2026 7

The Hill

Zach Schonfeld