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ICE Must Allow Lawmakers to Inspect Detention Centers, Judge Rules

18 December 2025 at 00:13
Judge Jia M. Cobb wrote that two policies announced in June appeared to unlawfully bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits at immigration detention facilities.

Federal agents outside Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark in June. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has curbed access to its detention centers and required seven days’ notice for lawmakers seeking entry.

How the Rhinelander Trial Scandalized the Jazz Age

17 December 2025 at 10:00
Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.

Alice Rhinelander, center, with her sisters in the courtroom during the annulment trial.

Supreme Court, for Now, Rejects Google Bid to Block Changes to App Store

6 October 2025 at 21:49
The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between the tech giant and the creator of the popular game Fortnite.

The fight began in 2018, when Epic Games released Fortnight as a smartphone app. The company first distributed the game through direct downloads and the Samsung Galaxy Store, but eventually offered it on Google Play.

Children Were Sexually Abused in New Hampshire State Care. How Much Are They Owed?

11 August 2025 at 09:02
New Hampshire is backing away from a promise to pay victims hundreds of millions of dollars. Other states are also rethinking payouts to those harmed under their care.

The John H. Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, N.H.

Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws

15 July 2025 at 19:05
In court filings and dismissal letters, the Justice Department’s political leadership claims sweeping authority to fire career law enforcement officials without cause.

Justice Department veterans see an overarching pattern in the dismissals β€” a quickening effort by the Trump administration to ignore and eventually demolish longstanding civil service legal precedents meant to keep politics out of law enforcement work.

Judge Delays Ruling on Trump Efforts to Bar Foreign Students at Harvard

16 June 2025 at 19:19
A temporary injunction remains in force. Harvard hoped the judge would issue a more lasting block of the president’s proclamation against international students’ attending the university.

Harvard has sued the Trump administration twice over its efforts to block international students and federal funding.

The Army Was the Only Life She Knew. Trump’s Trans Ban Cast Her Out.

16 June 2025 at 11:05
Maj. Erica Vandal’s superiors called her β€œa superb officer.” The president said transgender soldiers like her lack the β€œhonesty,” β€œhumility” and β€œintegrity” to serve.

A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security

30 May 2025 at 23:59
The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.

Recent construction work on a sea wall to protect Charleston’s downtown areas.

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law Banning Conversion Therapy

10 March 2025 at 15:11
Colorado, like more than 20 other states, bars licensed therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors in their care.

The Supreme Court has turned down earlier cases challenging state laws regulating conversion therapy, over the dissents of some conservative justices.

Partial Victory for Prince Harry as Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Admit Unlawful Activities

22 January 2025 at 20:28
Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers offered Harry an β€œunequivocal apology,” admitting for the first time to unlawful activities at The Sun and agreeing to pay what it called substantial damages.

Prince Harry would have been required to pay the legal costs of both sides unless the court awarded him an amount equal to what News Group Newspapers had offered him.

Harvard Adopts a Strict Definition of Antisemitism for Discipline Cases

22 January 2025 at 01:15
Many universities have been reluctant to embrace a definition that, among other things, considers some criticisms of Israel as antisemitic. The university’s decision was part of a lawsuit settlement.

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.

They Entered Treatment. Drugs, Overdoses and Deaths Followed.

Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one company offered little help.

Amanda Vlakos was found dead of an overdose in September while enrolled in PHA Healthcare, a recovery program that offered free housing.

New York to Pay $10 Million in Woman’s Death After Abuse in Group Home

19 December 2024 at 23:11
The state in 2019 paid a $2 million abuse settlement. In retaliation, staff members withheld the victim’s medicine, and she died in a hospital.

The allegations of what occurred within the walls of the brick building that housed 24 developmentally disabled residents were staggering.

Trump Still Faces 8 Civil Lawsuits Over the Jan. 6 Attack

7 December 2024 at 03:22
Donald J. Trump has successfully defeated or impeded many legal challenges against him over the storming of the Capitol, but eight lawsuits on the matter remain in the courts.

The lawsuits β€” all of which are being heard in Federal District Court in Washington β€” were largely brought by police officers and members of Congress.

The Undoing of New York Nightlife’s Lawyer King

1 September 2024 at 17:08
Sal Strazzullo made a flashy career of representing minor celebrities and those in their orbit. His own affluence was a facade.

Sal Strazzullo started in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and, in some ways, he never left it behind.

An Autistic School Board Member Sued for Discrimination. She Won $10.

1 February 2024 at 08:00
Sarah Hernandez said her school board colleagues discriminated against her by failing to accommodate her disability. She hopes her victory, despite the small payout, leads to change.

A jury sided with Sarah Hernandez, but the damages she received were nominal. She hopes to run for office again.

Facing Backlash, Some Corporate Leaders Go β€˜Under the Radar’ With D.E.I.

22 January 2024 at 10:00
New hurdles and opposition to diversity programs have pushed some business leaders to approach their D.E.I. initiatives β€œin a less in your face way,” while others are doubling down.

Supporters of affirmative action protest outside the Supreme Court building last year on the day the court struck down race-conscious college admissions.

Trump May Testify Monday in Defamation Case Brought by E. Jean Carroll

22 January 2024 at 08:00
On the eve of New Hampshire’s primary, the former president has been interspersing campaign stops with court dates.

E. Jean Carroll won a previous case in which the former president was found liable for sexually assaulting her.

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