United States federal courts of appeals have consistently upheld the constitutionality of federal child sexual abuse material statutes applied to digitally morphed imagery depicting identifiable, real children

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In United States v. Blagojevich, the Seventh Circuit held that customary political negotiations and horse-trading do not constitute criminal bribery

The Seventh Circuit in United States v. Blagojevich concluded Congress did not intend federal bribery statutes to criminalize routine political logrolling

The Supreme Court in Trump v. United States addressed whether a president could face criminal charges for official presidential conduct

The United States Constitution establishes legislative oversight and judicial review as institutional checks against executive branch misconduct

In McDonnell v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled an official act requires a pending matter and a formal decision or action

Under McDonnell v. United States, an official act does not require a final decision and can include preliminary administrative actions

Federal district courts struck down executive orders issued by the Trump administration that targeted specific law firms

Applying federal criminal bribery statutes to political negotiations risks creating constitutional vagueness and due process violations

Footnote three in Trump v. United States addressed the admissibility of public record evidence in a bribery prosecution of a former president

The United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the State of Alaska to block the certification of Alaska's Senate election results if Republican candidate Dan S. Sullivan loses

Under the United States Constitution, each house of Congress is the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members

A United States Department of Justice lawsuit requests a judge delay finalizing the Alaska Senate election outcome if Dan J. Sullivan receives enough votes to potentially alter the result

The United States Constitution protects members of the United States Congress through the Speech and Debate Clause of Article I

Convicting United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a Senate impeachment trial requires a two-thirds supermajority vote

The United States Supreme Court ruled on congressional redistricting in the case Louisiana v. Callais

A federal magistrate judge ordered Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by December 11, 2026, in Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the BBC

A federal magistrate judge ordered Donald Trump to turn over private records responsive to discovery in Donald Trump's BBC lawsuit

ABC filed legal action against the Federal Communications Commission concerning broadcast television licenses

CNN and Politico filed lawsuits against the White House regarding press access disputes

In United States v. Anderegg, the district court declined to extend Stanley v. Georgia First Amendment protections to charges of producing or distributing obscene imagery depicting imaginary children