In what may be the biggest Supreme Court abortion case since Roe V. Wade, the court heard arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Wednesday. The case directly challenges Roe V. Wade, as well as the 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. According to the decisions in both those cases, states can…

Update (Dec. 9, 2021): A day after former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows sued the House committee investigating January’s Capitol riots, a federal appeals court ruled against former President Donald Trump Thursday. Former President Trump was trying to shield documents from the committee. In its ruling, the court said there was a “unique legislative need”…

In a Twitter video posted Monday, Democrat Beto O’Rourke announced he will be running for governor of Texas. This will be his third run for a major office in as many election cycles. He narrowly lost the election for one of Texas’ Senate seats to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in 2018 and was in the…

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas addressed the bitter divisions afflicting the United States of America during a recent appearance at the University of Notre Dame. Using personal stories of his own troubles at a young age, Thomas offered up his vision of what America stands for. In his eyes, the Declaration of Independence remains a…

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced in a campaign video Friday she will seek reelection for her fourth full term in the Senate. The video above shows her filing for reelection later in the day. Sen. Murkowski has been in the Senate since 2002 when her father selected her to finish his unexpired term after he…

Just a day before the National Archives could have started turning over White House documents related to January’s Capitol riots to the House committee investigating Jan. 6, those documents have been blocked. An administrative injunction issued Thursday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit effectively bars the release of the…

United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected a request from lawyers for former President Donald Trump Tuesday. The lawyers had sought to block the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots from receiving White House documents. “The public interest lies in permitting — not enjoining — the combined will of the legislative and executive…

The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in multiple cases Tuesday, including one asking what Texas must allow a death row inmate to have during his execution. Ramirez v. Collier involves John Henry Ramirez, who is on death row for killing a Corpus Christi convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery. According to Ramirez’s petition…

The Supreme Court did not appear to reach a solid resolution in a case regarding “state secrets”. The court heard arguments in the case of FBI v. Fazaga Monday. Three Muslim men had filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the FBI spied on them and hundreds of others in a surveillance operation that began several years…

The Supreme Court listened to arguments on a major gun rights case Wednesday. The case, New York State Rifle Pistol Association. v. Bruen, looks at New York’s restrictive gun permit laws. The audio above includes clips from oral arguments. “New York prohibits its ordinary law-abiding citizens from carrying a handgun outside the home without a…