Guerrero v. Johnson addresses whether an Eighth Amendment intellectual disability claim under Atkins v. Virginia can be asserted after diagnostic standards moved away from strict IQ score cutoffs

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A federal judge dismissed a United States Department of Justice lawsuit challenging the 2026 election ballot in Alaska

The United States Senate possesses constitutional authority to determine whether to seat its own members

A federal judge dismissed a United States Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to halt certification of Alaska's Senate race over potential voter confusion regarding two candidates named Dan Sullivan

The Kansas Bill of Rights prohibits imprisonment as a penalty for financial indebtedness

The Supreme Court case Monsanto v. Durnell addresses whether the Environmental Protection Agency holds sole authority over chemical safety determinations, preempting state claims

Federal Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to block Alaska officials from certifying Senate election results if incumbent Dan S. Sullivan lost

Democratic national organizations and an individual voter filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C. seeking to block federal demands that state officials remove registered voters from voter rolls

Shortly before the October 30, 2026 hearing on the proposed Washington, D.C. arch, the federal government filed declarations from Pete Hegseth and Secretary Mullen asserting national security concerns

Maureen Comey was terminated in 2025 from her position as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York

Federal felony prosecutions under the Fifth Amendment require a grand jury indictment unless the defendant consents to proceed by information

Judge James Boasberg presided over a hearing regarding federal efforts directing state and local election officials to purge or segregate ballots of identified registered voters

The United States Department of Justice argued in federal court that a second candidate named Daniel Sullivan on the Alaska ballot would confuse voters

Judge James Boasberg ordered the Department of Justice to respond to interrogatories from Democratic national organizations and a voter identifying all states that received federal voter roll removal communications

The United States Department of Justice announced plans to appeal Federal Judge Sharon Gleason's dismissal of the Alaska Senate election lawsuit

Benjamin Wittes and five other plaintiffs filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit challenging the White House's practice of excluding journalists based on unfavorable reporting

The Knight First Amendment Institute filed a lawsuit on behalf of Benjamin Wittes and other plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

District Judge David O. Carter denied the federal government's motion for a preliminary injunction against California's voter registration and voting procedures

The Department of Justice amended its complaint in the Alaska U.S. Senate ballot litigation following a New York Times report regarding candidate recruitment

On October 5, 2026, the federal government filed a sealed, waiverless criminal information charging former FBI Director Jim Comey under the Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. § 793

District Judge Jesse Furman ruled that the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 prohibited the termination of Assistant United States Attorney Maureen Comey without cause