Legal News

  • Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Calls President Trump ‘A Joke’ After National Guard Threats

    In a fiery press conference on Monday, August 12, 2025, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sharply criticized President Donald Trump following the president’s remarks threatening to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. The clash comes days after Trump authorized the Guard’s deployment to Washington, D.C., and labeled both Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker “incompetent.” Mayor…

  • Legal Basis Of Trump’s Police Takeover Of Washington D.C. Challenged

    President Donald Trump’s decision to invoke emergency powers to assume temporary control of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has drawn strong objections from Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, who argues the move is both legally questionable and a blow to the city’s limited home-rule autonomy. The order, issued under Section 740 of the District of…

  • Supreme Court to Hear Louisiana Case That Could Weaken Voting Rights Act

    The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Louisiana v. Calais, a case that voting rights advocates warn could significantly erode protections for minority voters under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The announcement, which drew limited mainstream coverage, has sparked concern among civil rights groups and political analysts, who say the decision to take…

  • Kristi Noem Claims Over 1 Million Undocumented Migrants Have Voluntarily Left U.S. Under Trump

    U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that, since President Donald Trump took office, more than one million undocumented migrants have voluntarily left the United States. Noem also asserted that hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants with criminal records have been arrested since January. Speaking at a press conference in Chicago, Noem framed the…

  • Arrest And Detention Of ‘Trump Burger’ Owner Demonstrates Severity Of His Crackdown On Immigration Violations

    The arrest of a Lebanese-born restaurant owner in Texas has become a striking example of the uncompromising immigration enforcement measures now underway under President Donald Trump’s second term. Roland Mehrez Beainy, 28, founder of the Trump Burger restaurant chain, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on May 16, 2025, for allegedly overstaying…

  • Diddy’s Attorney Says Jury-Only Sex Tape Evidence Was ‘Tame’ and ‘Consensual’

    Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense attorney, Marc Agnifilo, told CBS News that sex videos shown exclusively to the jury played a positive role in the case, describing the footage as “tame” and “eminently consensual.” In an interview with CBS correspondent Jericka Duncan, Agnifilo confirmed that journalists were not permitted to view the material, which he estimated…

  • Trump Weighs Reclassifying Marijuana as Schedule III Controlled Substance — Move Could Reshape U.S. Cannabis Law

    Donald Trump is reportedly considering reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act, a shift that could have sweeping legal and economic consequences for the U.S. cannabis industry. According to The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal, the proposal—originally advanced but never finalized by the Biden…

  • Justice Department Subpoenas New York Attorney General Letitia James in Expanding Federal Probe

    The Justice Department has subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James in connection with her office’s handling of two high-profile matters: the civil fraud case against President Donald Trump and an investigation into the National Rifle Association (NRA), according to a Trump administration source familiar with the inquiries. The subpoenas, first reported by The New…

  • ‘Completely Uncontainable’: Federal Judges Are Pushing Back Against Trump’s Expanding Power

    As tensions between the Executive and other branches of government heighten under the Trump administration, a growing number of federal judges are delivering forceful rebukes to what they see as the overreach of the president’s authority. Through dissents, majority opinions, and pointed judicial remarks, members of the bench are reaffirming the constitutional principles of due…

  • Trump’s ‘Naturally Suited For Farm Labor’ Comment On Immigrants Sparks Backlash Over Stereotypes And Racism

    President Donald Trump is facing sharp criticism from legal scholars, immigrant rights advocates, and civil rights groups following remarks he made during an August 5, 2025 interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. In discussing agricultural labor and immigration policy, Trump asserted that undocumented immigrants are “naturally” inclined toward farm work, contrasting them with residents of inner…