Political Litigation

Maryland Conservatives Push Back on Redistricting

“Annapolis Democrats spent taxpayer dollars on a special mission for one reason: To rewrite the Maryland Constitution and eliminate the last remaining Republican congressional seat,” state Del. Matt Morgan (R-St. Mary’s) said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. “Like a banana republic, they suspended the rules, ignored statutory deadlines, and treated the Constitution as an obstacle to be removed.”


Political Litigation

Former Federal Prosecutor Fired for Criticizing Trump Sues Justice Department

Rosenzweig’s blog, which had caused such a firestorm in conservative media, had been defunct for over six years at the time of his firing. Most of its content was broadly apolitical, dealing more with travel, sports, and other “anodyne topics,” though Rosenzweig did share a series of critical observations about Trump and other political candidates. Rosenzweig, among other things, called Trump “mentally unfit” and a “white supremacist.”


Lawsuits & Litigation

Federal Appeals Court Says Trump Can’t Build Ballroom Without Congressional Approval

“Whether or not a massive ballroom should be constructed is for Congress to decide and is not a matter for Executive self-help,” the court said, adding that its decision has little to do with policy and politics. “This holding has nothing at all to do with whether the proposed ballroom is desirable, or not, as a matter of policy. This ruling does not even necessarily mean that the Defendants may not ultimately construct the ballroom.”




Lawsuits & Litigation

New Mexico Court Orders Meta to Pay $567m in Social Media, Mental Health Lawsuit

“For years, Meta knew that its platforms were harming New Mexico’s kids, from feeding a youth mental health crisis to connecting predators with children, and it chose engagement and profit over their safety,” New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez said in a statement. “Today, Meta is paying for that choice.”


Lawsuits & Litigation

Trump Wins Reprieve, Temporarily Prevents the BBC from Obtaining Financial Records

Trump’s legal team also noted that they are currently revising the lawsuit and asked that Trump be shielded from discovery demands until the revisions are complete.





Verdicts & Settlements

Judge Dismisses Equal Protection Claim in Arkansas Schools “Indoctrination” Lawsuit

“Make no mistake, these coordinated efforts to rewrite our history, remove our leaders from classrooms and degrade our culture are a covert attempt to revert the progress we’ve worked tirelessly to secure,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson told ABC News shortly after the lawsuit was first filed.