US Federal Courts

News & analysis of decisions from America's lower courts.

The Supreme Court will decide if a whole federal agency is unconstitutional

By Ian Millhiser February 27

Texas asks a Trump judge to declare most of the federal government unconstitutional

By Ian Millhiser February 26

A top Senate Democrat has an extraordinarily radical plan to deal with Trump’s worst judge

By Ian Millhiser February 17

A new Supreme Court decision leaves a Trump judge in charge of the Mexican border

By Ian Millhiser February 16

Republicans can choose the judge who hears their lawsuits. DOJ wants to stop that.

By Ian Millhiser February 14

A federal judge mocks the Supreme Court on abortion

By Ian Millhiser February 7

It’s now legal for domestic abusers to own a gun in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi

By Ian Millhiser February 2

Trump’s worst judge is now a dangerous threat to press freedom

By Ian Millhiser January 25

The Trumpiest court in America

By Ian Millhiser December 27, 2022

America’s Trumpiest court doesn’t care if your right to a fair trial was violated

By Ian Millhiser December 20, 2022

A notorious Trump judge just fired the first shot against birth control

By Ian Millhiser December 13, 2022

A Trump judge seized control of ICE, and the Supreme Court will decide whether to stop him

By Ian Millhiser November 27, 2022

America’s Trumpiest court just declared an entire federal agency unconstitutional

By Ian Millhiser October 20, 2022

3 takeaways from that Trump judge’s latest order in the Mar-a-Lago case

By Ian Millhiser September 15, 2022

DOJ warns judge that delaying the FBI’s Trump investigation is a national security risk

By Ian Millhiser September 8, 2022

Obamacare is under attack by Republican judges again. Here’s what’s at stake.

By Ian Millhiser September 7, 2022

How Republicans rigged Texas’s federal courts against Biden

By Ian Millhiser August 10, 2022

A wild new court decision would blow up much of the government’s ability to operate

By Ian Millhiser May 19, 2022

The Trump judge’s opinion striking down the airplane mask mandate is a legal disaster

By Ian Millhiser April 19, 2022

Just how much is Trump’s judiciary sabotaging the Biden presidency?

By Ian Millhiser December 27, 2021

What Trump has done to the courts, explained

By Ian Millhiser September 29, 2020