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Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Mail-Ballot Plan, for Now
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
With the 2026 midterms fast approaching, there’s been a lot of legal hoopla over mail-in ballots, federal power, and who gets to set the rules for elections....
What Supreme Court Justices’ Financial Disclosures Show After the 2023 Ethics Code
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Before 2023, Supreme Court Justices lacked a formal code of conduct governing their own ethical obligations, unlike lower federal judges. Although news broke...
‘Threats Have Come Very Close’ to the Supreme Court
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Just a few months ago, we wrote about what it means for state judges to live with the fear that someone angry about a case might show up at their front door...
Supreme Court Narrows Hawaii’s Private-Property Gun Ban
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Bridget Molitor, JD | Last updated on
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 25, 2026 decision in Wolford v. Lopez held that Hawaii’s so-called “vampire law” (Act 52, Haw. Rev. Stat. § 134‑9.5(a)), which...
Supreme Court Gives Trump Power to Fire FTC Commissioners
By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Reviewed by Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted President Donald Trump new powers that will allow him to reshape the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and potentially many...
SCOTUS Upholds State Bans Against Transgender Athletes
By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
In a June 30, 2026 decision combining two cases, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that state bans on transgender athletes do not violate...