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"Political battle begins for Gorsuch confirmation" PBS NewsHour 2/1/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  President Trump is touting the man he wants to join the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, named… Read More

"Gorsuch in confirmation hearing promises independence from politics" PBS NewsHour 3/20/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  On day one of Judge Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing, senators outlined p… Read More

The Senate will vote this week on the Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. 1. Committee Vote - The Judiciary Committee votes on Monday to advance the Nomination to the Sen… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump's conservative confrontation, Senate's Gorsuch showdown" PBS NewsHour 3/31/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columni… Read More

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"Shields and Brooks on Trump's Syria attack, Senate's fierce partisanship" PBS NewsHour 4/7/2017IMHO:  This opinion is WORTH viewing if you fear what is happening to our federal governm… Read More

For the second time since 2014, a Federal Judge has determined that the Texas Legislature crafted a Restrictive Voter ID Law with the intent to Discriminate against Black and Latino Voters… Read More

Less then a week into the job, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will have his first chance, behind closed doors at least, to weigh in on Voting Rights. When the Justices meet today for th… Read More

Washington- From his resounding setbacks in Congress to his stunning policy flip-flops, Donald Trump has faced a steep learning curve in his opening months at the White House.Although the ne… Read More

Today, the Supreme Court struck down two North Carolina Congressional Districts, Ruling that Lawmakers had Violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on Race in Drawing them. The Cour… Read More

For the first time since he was Elected, President Trump is set to attend today, the U.S. Supreme Court presenting a potentially awkward moment as the Court weighs what to do about his Conte… Read More

The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the Grounds on which Naturalized Citizens can have their Citizenship Revoked. The Case concerned Divan Maslenjak, a Naturalized Citizen who was Deport… Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court has Partially lifted an Injunction against President Trump's Travel Ban. America's highest court also granted an Emergency Request from the White House allowing Part o… Read More

Organized Labor is maintaining its Strong presence in New York, according to the latest data, but the U.S. Supreme Court could soon make Life very difficult for Public-Sector Unions. Overal… Read More

South Dakota’s Supreme Court Affirms a Lower Court Ruling against a State Law Designed to Challenge the prevailing Law that allows many Online Retailers to Avoid Collecting Sales Tax… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Flake's Trump diatribe, confronting powerful men on sexual harassment" PBS NewsHour 10/27/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Time… Read More

The Supreme Court partly granted on Tuesday a Request from North Carolina Republicans to Block a Voting Map drawn by a Federal Court there. That Court had interceded after finding that a Map… Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court curbed the ability of Immigrants held in Long-Term Detention during Deportation Proceedings to argue for their Release On Bond in a Ruling in sync with President Trump… Read More

South Dakota v. Wayfair (argued April 17th, 2018): This is another Case that asks the Supreme Court to Overturn its longstanding Precedent, a 26-year-old Decision holding that the Constituti… Read More

On Monday, the Supreme Court gave Republican Gerrymandering a Major Victory when it Reversed a Lower Court Ruling that had Struck Down Texas’ GOP-Drawn Congressional Map for Intentiona… Read More

This morning House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes announced that he would step aside from the Russia investigation: BREAKING: House intel committee chief Devin Nunes says… Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court announced New Circuit Assignments Oct. 19th, as it does whenever a New Justices joins the Court. The Circuit Assignments Designate to which Justices Applications shou… Read More

Rejecting a request from the Trump Administration, the Supreme Court Declined on Friday to Halt a Trial in a Lawsuit Challenging the Addition of a Question concerning Citizenship to the 2020… Read More

This Morning the Supreme Court issued Orders from the Justices’ Private Conference on Friday. One Order was Significant. The Justices Declined to Review a Decision by the U.S. Court of… Read More

The Supreme Court Declined to Intervene to Block the Trial in a Lawsuit filed by a Group of Children and Teenagers who have asked a Federal District Court in Oregon to Order the Federal Gove… Read More

"How Congress Stopped Working" by Derek Willis (ProPublica) and Paul Kane (The Washington Post), ProPublica 11/5/2018Today’s legislative branch, far from the model envisioned by the fo… Read More

George Conway, an Attorney who is Married to Top White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway, has lassoed a group of Federalist Society Members to speak out against President Trump for Flouting som… Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday Rejected Appeals by Louisiana and Kansas seeking to End Public Funding by those States to Planned Parenthood, a National Women's Healthcare and Abortion Prov… Read More

In June 2018, a Three-Judge Panel of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that the General Assembly used Improper Racial Targets to Draw African-American Voters… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Virginia turmoil, Supreme Court abortion ruling" PBS NewsHour 2/8/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks… Read More

The Supreme Court, Docket Number 18-896, Missouri Ethics Commission v. Free and Fair Election Fund, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, will determine whether, un… Read More

The Supreme Court voted 7-2 to say Charging someone on Federal and State Levels for the Same Crime doesn't Violate Constitutional Protections against Double Jeopardy. The Case involved Ter… Read More

The Supreme Court has Ruled against the Virginia House of Delegates in a Racial Gerrymandering Case that represents a Victory for Democrats in the State. In the 5-4 Ruling, the Justices fou… Read More

I identified as evangelical before Donald Trump’s presidency. Now, I cling to my Christian faith, but dropped the evangelical label; I am ashamed. American evangelicals defy biblical t… Read More

A Divided Supreme Court, on Monday, Allowed the Trump Administration to put in place a Policy Connecting the Use of Public Benefits with whether Immigrants could become Permanent Residents… Read More

A Federal Judge issued a Permanent Nationwide Injunction Thursday against yet Another Trump Administration Immigration Policy. A move to make it Harder for Foreigners to Remain in the U.S… Read More

The Supreme Court overturned a Louisiana Jury’s Conviction of a Defendant because the Decision was Not Unanimous. The Court ruled 6-3 in Ramos v. Louisiana that "if the Sixth Amendment… Read More

The Supreme Court sidestepped its First Major Case on the Second Amendment in nearly a Decade, by Ruling that New York City's Repeal of a Transportation Restriction on Gun Owners Rendered th… Read More

The Supreme Court Declined to hear a Challenge to New Jersey's Gun Restrictions and other Second Amendment Cases on Monday, Signaling its Reluctance to wade back into the National Battle ove… Read More

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, July, 9th, that a Large Swath of Oklahoma belongs to Native American Tribes in a huge Win for a Reservation that Challenged the State's Authority to Pros… Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), on Thursday August 12th, Declined to issue a Stay sought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) against Rhode Island’s Mail-in-voting plan amid the… Read More

A Federal Judge Blocked the Trump Administration, on Monday August 17th, from Enforcing a New Regulation that would Roll Back Health Care Protections for Transgender People. Finalized days a… Read More

The 2020 Election Litigation Tracker is a Joint Project of Election Law at Ohio State and SCOTUSblog. During the 2020 Election Season, they will provide up-to-date Information on Major Elect… Read More

Legislative Updates Connecticut: The Legislature has approved and the governor has signed a bill that will give registrars the option to open the outer envelopes of absentee ballots as soon… Read More

Legislative Updates Federal Legislation: This week the president signed legislation making it a federal crime to attempt to hack federal voting systems. The Defending the Integrity of Votin… Read More

Happy Holidays from Klug Properties! It’s that time of year to be gifting. If you’re in a pinch, and have missed the shipped-by-Christmas deadline, this is exactly where you need… Read More

The Supreme Court, on Monday, Declined to take up a Pair of Legal Challenges to Pennsylvania's Election Rules Mounted by Trump's GOP Allies, Closing the Book on Trump's Efforts to Contest th… Read More

The recent U.S. Mass Shootings has Renewed attention on the Constitutional Contours of Firearms Regulation and the Supreme Court's 2008 Decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. In that 5… Read More

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, issued a 6-3 Opinion in Niz-Chavez v. Garland, Reversing a Lower Court’s Decision that had Limited Access to “Cancellation of Removal,” an i… Read More

The Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, said Prosecution of Native Americans for Crimes in the Expanded Indian Country Must be carried out in Federal and Tribal Co… Read More

The Supreme Court, on Friday, Denied a Request to Block a Maine Rule that Requires certain Health Care Employees to be Fully Vaccinated against Covid-19. A Group of Unvaccinated Workers argu… Read More

A Divided U.S. Supreme Court, left in force New York’s Requirement that Health-Care Workers be Vaccinated against Covid-19, Refusing to Order Exemptions for 20 Providers who say they O… Read More

The Supreme Court, on Thursday morning, agreed to immediately put into effect last week’s Ruling in the Battle over a Texas Law Banning almost All Abortions in the state. But the Justi… Read More

A U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Neil Gorsuch, left in force New Mexico’s Requirement that many of its Health-Care Workers be Vaccinated against Covid-19, turning away a Request by a Nurs… Read More

President Biden's efforts to Remove the Senate Filibuster, in order to address the combined, Two Voting Rights Bills, Failed by Two Votes, when Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Sen. Joe Manchi… Read More

Redistricting that has been Completed: - For 369 of the 435 (84.4%) of U.S. House Districts. - For 1,655 of 1,972 (83.9%) State Senate Seats. - For 3,884 of 5,411 (71.8%) of State Hou… Read More

The Supreme Court on Monday, ruled against an Air Force Reserve Officer who asked the Court to Shield him from Disciplinary Action over his Religious-based Refusal to get the COVID-19 Vaccin… Read More

Republicans want the Supreme Court to rule against the remaining paths for challenging Partisan Gerrymandering and Racially Discriminatory District Maps, now that they see a friendly Six-Vot… Read More

The Supreme Court on Thursday, cleared the way for Pennsylvania Election Officials, to count Mail-in-Ballots whose Envelopes are Missing a handwritten Date, as required by State Law. The… Read More

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Virginia man, who is seeking to Challenge one of his Convictions for using a Firearm in an attempted Robbery. The ruling will allow the man to attempt t… Read More