A Judge Blasted Prosecutors’ “Muddled” Approach In Rejecting Prison Time For A Capitol Rioter
Jack Griffith was sentenced to probation. Prosecutors had argued for three months incarceration.
The Supreme Court Won’t Halt Texas’s Abortion Ban While The Justices Decide If Anyone Can Sue
The court will hear arguments on Nov. 1 on whether the Justice Department and abortion providers can sue Texas at all.
A Judge Said It Was "Offensive" That A Man Who Threatened Democrats And "Tech Execs" On Jan. 6 Claimed To Be A Victim Of Racism
Troy Smocks was sentenced to 14 months in prison.
Donald Trump Is Suing To Stop The House Committee Investigating Jan. 6 From Getting His Records
The lawsuit comes as the committee is poised to vote on whether to hold former Trump adviser Steve Bannon in contempt.
New Capitol Surveillance Footage Shows A Breach By Jan. 6 Rioters From Start To Finish
Two 40-minute videos from Jan. 6 show how hundreds of rioters breached one Capitol entry point and how police eventually regained control.
A US Capitol Police Officer Was Charged With Obstructing The Jan. 6 Investigation
“[I’]m a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance,” Michael Riley allegedly wrote an unnamed Capitol rioter the next day.
Reading Between The Lines Of Plea Deals In The Capitol Riot Cases
A judge accepted the 100th guilty plea in the Jan. 6 cases on Wednesday.
100 Capitol Rioters Have Pleaded Guilty. Here’s What Their Cases Show About The Jan. 6 Investigation.
Guilty pleas are stacking up. Here’s what rioters are admitting to, and what they and the government are getting out of these deals.
A Judge Urged The Justice Department To Investigate Jail Conditions For Jan. 6 Defendants
The judge held DC jail officials in contempt for failing to follow an order regarding medical treatment for an incarcerated alleged Capitol rioter.
Texas’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Is Back On After An Appeals Court Paused A Judge’s Injunction
SB 8 is in effect again after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay after a judge blocked the ban Wednesday.
A Texas Healthcare Provider Said They've Resumed Abortions — For Now — After A Judge Blocked The State's Ban
A judge on Wednesday found that Texas’s six-week abortion ban was “flagrantly unconstitutional.”
A Judge Blocked Texas's Six-Week Abortion Ban, But It's Uncertain If Abortions Will Resume
“This Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right,” Judge Robert Pitman wrote.
A Judge Sent A Capitol Rioter To Prison, Rejecting The Government’s Lighter Recommendation
“There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government, beyond sitting at home,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said.
A Judge Asked Why Texas Didn’t Enforce Its Own Abortion Ban If It’s “Confident” The Law Is Constitutional
The Justice Department is asking a judge to block Texas’s SB 8, which deputizes private individuals to sue to enforce a six-week abortion ban.
A Senior Justice Department Official Who Resigned In Protest Under Trump Is Returning
Joel McElvain, a 20-year veteran of the DOJ, left in 2018 after the Trump administration decided to stop defending the Affordable Care Act.
A Judge Questioned Why The Government Didn’t Charge A Capitol Rioter Who Talked About Shooting Pelosi With A Harsher Crime
A prosecutor said they didn’t prosecute Dawn Bancroft for making a threat, because she made the comment about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she was leaving the Capitol.
Republican Lawmakers Are Pressing Ahead With Anti-Abortion Laws, With Or Without The Supreme Court’s Help
A fight over Georgia’s six-week ban shows what state-level anti-abortion efforts could look like depending on whatever the Supreme Court does next.
Prosecutors Lost A Fight To Keep A Set Of Jan. 6 Capitol Surveillance Videos Under Seal
A judge rebuffed the government’s argument that releasing more surveillance videos posed a national security risk.
"Justice For J6" Says They're Rallying For Nonviolent Offenders. Most Alleged Capitol Rioters In Jail Are Charged With Violent Crimes.
The “Justice for J6” rally is being pitched as support for “nonviolent offenders,” but that doesn’t describe charges against most defendants in jail.
Trump's Judges Are Playing A Huge Role In Upholding Anti-Abortion Laws Across The Country
Judges nominated by Donald Trump have staked out strong anti-abortion stances in their short time on the bench.