140 articles in the In the Courts category.
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon told Just The News that the Department of Justice anticipates the legal fight over so-called assault rifle bans will reach the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices will ultimately rule that AR-15-style...
By Tommy Flynn
U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui apologized Monday in federal court to Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old California man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. Allen is accused of rushing a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton on April 25,...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that the federal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is not based solely on a single Instagram post featuring seashells arranged to spell “86 47,” but rests on a broader body of evidence collected over...
By Tommy Flynn
AUSTIN — Travis County District Court Judge Amy Clark Meachum ruled Tuesday that the Texas Workforce Commission must comply with a 2025 fair housing settlement agreement it reached with developers of a large planned community in North Texas, clearing one procedural hurdle for...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced on April 30, 2026, that it will actively enforce the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling striking down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, sending a clear signal that race-based redistricting will...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down Louisiana’s congressional map in a 6-3 decision, ruling that the state’s creation of a second majority-Black district violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Louisiana v. Callais, the...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Two individuals have been federally indicted for the violent mob attack on Turning Point USA reporter Savanah Hernandez during an anti-ICE protest outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on April 14, 2026. Hernandez was on scene covering federal...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James B. Comey is expected to self-surrender Wednesday, April 29, 2026, to federal authorities in the Eastern District of Virginia following a two-count indictment returned Tuesday by a grand jury in North Carolina. The indictment charges Comey...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice indicted former FBI Director James Comey on April 28, 2026, marking his second federal prosecution. The charges stem from a now-deleted May 2025 Instagram post showing seashells arranged to spell “8647,” which officials interpreted as a...
By Tommy Flynn
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court on April 28, 2026, denied the Democratic-led state’s emergency request to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked certification of last week’s narrow voter-approved redistricting referendum, leaving the results in legal limbo and...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — David M. Morens, 78, a longtime senior scientific advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was indicted April 28, 2026, on five federal counts for allegedly conspiring with unnamed co-conspirators to conceal,...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice on Sunday, April 27, 2026, called on the National Trust for Historic Preservation to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom expansion, citing the shooting at the White...