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Missouri AG Bailey Previews Major First Amendment Case Before Supreme Court

One of the most important First Amendment suits in U.S. history will be heard by the Supreme Court in March, according to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey.
Illegal immigrants who passed through a gap in the U.S. border wall await processing by Border Patrol agents in Jacumba, Calif., on Dec. 7, 2023. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)

Judge Blocks US Administration From Illegally Diverting Border Wall Funds

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Biden administration from unlawfully redirecting taxpayer funds away from the construction of a wall along the southern border.
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US Supreme Court Takes Up Major Second Amendment Dispute

U.S. Supreme Court will rule on whether people under domestic violence restraining orders have the right to possess firearms, hearing a case during next term.
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Supreme Court Broadens Use of Expert Testimony Against Accused Criminals

In a 6–3 ruling, the justices said that experts can testify to how “most people” in a group to which a defendant belongs think, upholding a lower court ruling.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 21, 2024.

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Guns for People Under Domestic Restraining Orders

The Supreme Court on June 21 upheld by 8–1 a federal gun control law that bars people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from possessing firearms.
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Abortion Drug Mifepristone

Supreme Court unanimously rejected challenge brought by doctors’ group against FDA's loosening of regulations of abortion pill mifepristone, handing win to FDA.

US Supreme Court Allows Texas to Enforce Law Against Illegal Immigration

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas to enforce a law that would allow local law enforcement officials to arrest people suspected of being illegal immigrants.

US Supreme Court Agrees to Take up Ban on Gun ‘Bump Stocks’

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up a case involving the Trump-era ban on "bump stocks" that was initiated in the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting.

ATF’s Enforcement of Pistol Brace Ban Blocked by Federal Judge

Federal judge in Texas issued nationwide injunction preventing ATF from enforcing ban on pistol braces saying officials overstepped authority when crafting rule.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on May 15, 2024.

Supreme Court Unanimously Rules for NRA in Free Speech Case

Supreme Court unanimously ruled NRA plausibly alleged former NY state official violated 1st Amendment by pressuring insurance companies to cut ties with organization.
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Power of Federal Agency to Set Workplace Rules

U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a legal challenge to the authority of the OSHA to issue workplace safety standards, with Justice Thomas dissenting.

Supreme Court to Consider Whether Bump Stocks Violate Federal Law

Supreme Court to hear arguments in case concerning whether a bump stock transforms semiautomatic firearm into type of “machine gun” prohibited under federal law.