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  • September 08, 2026

    DHS Asks Justices To Revive Voter Citizenship Database

    The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to reinstate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's upgraded citizenship verification database ahead of this year's midterm elections, claiming a lower court's finding that the system is unlawful threatens election integrity.

  • September 08, 2026

    Mo. Keeps GOP Election Map Despite High Court Setback

    Missouri can use a new congressional map that favors Republicans in the midterms — even though it is supposed to obtain voter approval, and the U.S. Supreme Court earlier rejected an emergency bid to reinstate it — after a federal judge paused the state high court's decision prohibiting the map's use in November.

  • September 08, 2026

    9th Circ. Upholds Former Atty's Murder-For-Hire Conviction

    The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to disturb the conviction of a former New York attorney accused of arranging to pay a hitman to kill the mother of his two young children in the midst of a custody battle, ruling that it doesn't matter that his payment was made to an undercover agent rather than a person who really intended to arrange for murder.

  • September 08, 2026

    8th Circ. Backs Tribal Court In Energy Co.'s Easement Fight

    The Eighth Circuit has agreed with a tribal judge and thrown out a federal court's preliminary injunction barring him from hearing a suit brought by members of the Three Affiliated Tribes against an energy company over an easement agreement.

  • September 08, 2026

    FCC Data Breach Reg Can't End-Run Congress, 6th Circ. Told

    Now that the Sixth Circuit has decided hold a full panel rehearing of its decision upholding the FCC's expanded data breach notification rules for telecommunications carriers, conservative legal groups are coming together to urge the appellate court to reject the Biden-era rule.

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