Courts

Kevin Daley of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a legal challenge for federal COVID-19 relief measures. Conservative legal groups are challenging the racially driven repayment programs Democrats included in their $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief act. The American Rescue Plan Act includes billions of dollars in direct payments and…

Kevin Daley of the Washington Free Beacon reports the latest developments in the case of prospective Asian-American students challenging Harvard’s admissions policies in court. The Supreme Court on Monday delayed deciding whether it will hear a constitutional challenge to Harvard’s race-conscious admissions practices, which urges the justices to…

Kevin Daley of the Washington Free Beacon explores the potential consequences of liberal Justice Stephen Breyer leaving the U.S. Supreme Court. The recent left-wing push for Justice Stephen Breyer to retire in favor of a younger liberal justice is likely to make the Supreme Court more conservative, at…

David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online on disturbing recent comments from the judge in North Carolina’s Leandro school-funding lawsuit. A new CJ Opinion explains why a legal setback doesn’t mean the end of the road for a doctor challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law. Terry Stoops’ CJ…

Mark Overstreet explains in a Federalist column how a recent court ruling from California could have an impact on Second Amendment law. Last week, in Miller v. Bonta, U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez struck down California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” such as the ubiquitous AR-15, as…

The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals split, 9-6, Monday in a decision rejecting N.C. legislators’ plea to intervene in a voter ID lawsuit. All nine Democratic appointees to the Richmond-based appellate court ruled against the Republican lawmakers. All six Republican appointees signed on to dissents that would have…

If Congress manages to approve the sweeping federal election takeover envisioned in H.R. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court should respond. Nathan Lewin explains why in a Federalist column. If Congress were to enact such a sweeping law – replacing election laws in all states – it would be…

Kenny Xu writes for City Journal about the U.S. Supreme Court’s possible consideration of a case involving discrimination in college admissions. The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to take up the long-awaited Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard case, which pits Harvard’s race-conscious admissions process against a…