The District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Arlington County filed civil lawsuits challenging the executive branch's authority to construct Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch

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On August 31, 2026, the United States Supreme Court granted an emergency stay regarding plaintiffs' standing in litigation contesting Donald Trump's White House ballroom expansion project

United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a temporary restraining order blocking construction of Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch

T. Elliot Gaiser received a presidential nomination to serve as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Senator John Boozman of Arkansas blocked the nomination of Lee Rudofsky to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

The court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais significantly gutted provisions of the Voting Rights Act

During the 116th Congress, the Trump administration adopted an oversight strategy of stonewalling congressional requests and challenging subpoenas in court

The proposed SCOTUS Act would establish a panel of the 13 chief judges of the federal circuit courts or their designees to determine which cases the Supreme Court hears

Democratic Justice Anita Earls won reelection to the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2026 by nearly 20 percentage points

A circuit split among the federal circuit courts of appeals is a primary criterion for the United States Supreme Court to grant certiorari

The first Trump presidential administration appealed 34 federal district court rulings to the Supreme Court and secured reversals in 25 of those cases

The United States Supreme Court is the only court among the 51 supreme courts in the United States that lacks a binding code of judicial ethics

Nine members of the Kennedy family joined a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump's planned triumphal arch between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery

In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court established criminal immunity for a former president for official core constitutional acts committed while in office

Democratic Justice Allison Riggs retained her North Carolina Supreme Court seat in 2024 by 734 votes out of 5.5 million cast

Lawsuits filed by veterans, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. allege the Trump administration lacks required congressional approval to construct a planned triumphal arch between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery

The Kennedy family filed court documents arguing President Donald Trump's planned triumphal arch would obstruct the sightline from President John F. Kennedy's eternal flame gravesite

A federal district judge temporarily blocked construction of President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch

Three Republican-held seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court are scheduled for election in 2028

Single-judge federal court divisions in Texas have facilitated forum shopping by allowing litigants to effectively select their presiding judge

A federal judge in Florida allowed Donald Trump's 10 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation to proceed