The federal government sued California under the Supremacy Clause, alleging the state facilitated noncitizen voting in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 611

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More than 50 million Americans cast ballots during early voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections

Voting precincts in Kentucky and Indiana close their polls at 6:00 PM Eastern Time on election night

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

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

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

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

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

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

In July 2026, the Department of Homeland Security sent California officials a list of approximately 20,000 registered voters identified as suspected noncitizens

Under 18 U.S.C. § 611, voting by a noncitizen in a federal election is classified as a misdemeanor offense

The lawsuit challenging the proposed Washington, D.C. arch asserts an ultra vires cause of action alleging that construction on federal land in the District of Columbia requires congressional approval

In the Supreme Court case Monsanto v. Durnell, the United States Department of Justice submitted an amicus brief supporting Bayer

On October 30, 2026, Judge Tanya Chutkan held a hearing on a preliminary injunction seeking to halt construction of a proposed monumental arch on federal land in Washington, D.C.

A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel voted 2-1 to uphold Judge David O. Carter's denial of a preliminary injunction concerning California's voter rolls

A federal court in Alabama ruled that warrantless searches conducted by federal agents on construction job sites are illegal

The lawsuit filed by Benjamin Wittes and fellow plaintiffs asserts a First Amendment right of the public to receive news and information from the White House press corps