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Covers US courts, constitutional litigation and civil liberties
Catherine Sadler reports on the courts for Law News, mainly the US federal bench: Supreme Court orders, circuit court rulings and the constitutional challenges that reach them. She follows free speech, immigration and executive power, gun law, policing and surveillance, and the use of AI in court filings.
Her reports are built around the ruling itself: the court, the judges, the case and what the order does. Recent stories include the Supreme Court's 7-2 refusal to revive the USPS mail ballot rule, a New York judge vacating the 75-country visa ban, and the Oklahoma judge referred for discipline over ChatGPT citations. She also covers UK criminal cases, such as the sentencing of a former Merseyside Police officer for computer misuse.
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The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to recover a subsidiary's lost trading profits through a transferred loss claim brought by its parent company. In Forthwell…
The Court of Appeal has upheld an award of pre-judgment interest on costs under CPR 44.2(6)(g) to claimants funded under conditional fee agreements (CFAs), even though…
Correct as at 24 October 2026. Key points The Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025 and is being brought into force…
The Supreme Court has held that about £28 million paid by ScottishPower to customers and charities under settlement agreements with the energy regulator cannot be deducted…
A Canadian MP petition disavowal by Arielle Kayabaga, the Liberal member for London West, Ontario, has drawn fresh scrutiny to a proposed law that would criminalise…
Trump's White House press ban against CNN, MS NOW, and Politico has escalated a constitutional confrontation that is already before the federal courts, with a body…
A proposed diesel export ban, advanced by a growing number of Republican legislators, would aggravate the very diesel export ban prices problem it claims to solve,…
Australia's most senior public servants are pushing to limit the sharing of Australian parliamentary hearing clips on social media, in a move critics say would undermine…
An MSPB whiteboard discipline case decided on 11 September by Merit Systems Protection Board Administrative Judge Scott Borrowman has resulted in a 30-day suspension for a…
The Brooke High School hidden cameras case has escalated sharply since the initial arrest of WDTV-reported suspect Eric Michael James, 53, with prosecutors filing additional felony…
A three-part series by Jacob Mchangama examines how Frederick Douglass developed and applied his free speech philosophy, and the series forces a harder question than most…
The Supreme Court's decision in Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978), remains the foundational authority on the Penn Central Takings…
South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has announced a plan to grant the country's first South Korea abortion pill approval by the first quarter…
A federal White House press ban targeting CNN, MS NOW and Politico collapsed in the courts within days of President Donald Trump announcing it, with Judge…
A pro se student's Alamo Colleges First Amendment claim has been dismissed by the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, after Judge…
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the federal interstate handgun sales ban in a 2–1 ruling, holding that the prohibition on direct handgun…
A federal judge in Washington has issued orders blocking two separate attempts to place President Donald Trump's name on the John F. Kennedy Center for the…
Success Academy AP scores are at the centre of a federal First Amendment lawsuit filed against New York's state Education Department, after the department declined to…
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is set to reconsider the federal felon gun ban challenge on two separate constitutional grounds, having granted en banc rehearing…
The Springdale borough swing charges brought against two young sisters were dismissed on 20 August after a district judge found that they had caused accidental damage,…
Flock Safety camera legislation is dividing Congress along unexpected lines, and President Donald Trump has now placed himself firmly on the side of law enforcement, telling…
The South Korea missing persons scandal centred on Jeju Island has widened into a national reckoning, after a police officer admitted falsifying case records to avoid…
Three former senior trade officials, including the lawyer who wrote the original version of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, have told the Court…
Eight Hegseth impeachment articles were filed on Tuesday by Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.), with the Kentucky Republican submitting H.Res.1177 in the 119th Congress and triggering a…
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