The Justice Department’s aggressive strategy includes suing states for voter records, investigating election officials and fighting for GOP redistricting measures.

You can find the ruling at this link. The Supreme Court, with the noted dissents of Justices Kavanaugh and Thomas, has rejected the government’s mendacious attempt to put its USPS mail ballot rule in ...

Former Trump lawyer Joseph diGenova is one of the most vocal proponents of a conspiracy theory that he is now in charge of investigating.

Judge Indira Talwani: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTIONS FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Associated Cases: 1:26-cv-11549-IT, 1:26-cv-13917-IT (MAP)

Months away from elections, a federal judge worries President Trump's mail-in voting executive order could cause disenfranchisement.

The Court avoided the merits of Trump’s ballroom fight by leaning on aesthetic standing—and left the doctrine murkier than before.

Panic about a 'rogue clerk' is likely unwarranted—but it's worth paying attention.

The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that blocked key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail for the midterms. But U.S. Postal Service work on the order remains blocked nationwide.

After years of searching for any scrap of evidence that suggests the 2020 election was stolen, the White House still hasn’t found it.

Agency actions and court decisions make it easier to understand how insidious, and how illegal, the EO will turn out to be.

No court can stop President Trump’s ballroom, the government says in National Trust for Historic Preservation v. NPS.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER : The Court's decision is based solely on its application of the law to the administrative subpoena at issue here. But the discrepancy between the honorable conduct expected of fe...

The case may test just how far national security deference by the courts to the executive can stretch.

Former Trump lawyer Joseph diGenova is one of the most vocal proponents of a conspiracy theory that he is now in charge of investigating.

A rare corporate FCPA indictment tests whether courts will more closely interrogate prosecutorial motive.

A database of non-compliance with court orders around the country.

It isn’t easy for the executive to impose election requirements, because the Constitution makes it impossible. But that hasn’t stopped the president from trying.

Conservative activists say that declaring a national emergency would allow Trump to assert sweeping authority over elections. They're wrong.

The Grand Conspiracy is a conspiracy theory, not a real legal theory.

The administration continues to litigate the 2020 election more than five years later.

The Grand Conspiracy is a conspiracy theory, not a real legal theory.

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Prosecutors are satisfying the definition of insanity—doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

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The plaintiffs argue the government is disfavoring speech it disagrees with. The government barely disputes that.