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A federal appeals court has ruled in a favor of a Christian school in Vermont that was banned by state officials from participating in school competitions for refusing to play against a team with a transgender-identifying athlete. 

An Ohio school district compelled a Christian teacher’s speech by telling her to use the “preferred pronouns” of transitioning students, a federal court ruled.

More than a dozen federal judges said they will no longer hire Columbia University students, calling the school an “incubator of bigotry.” 

A federal judge dismissed an effort to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in New Mexico because the plaintiff lacked standing to bring the case, though the plaintiff is reportedly appealing the ruling.

United States District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on Wednesday refused to reduce herself from overseeing the federal case former President Donald Trump him over his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

A federal judge denied on Friday former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ request to remove the Fulton County, Georgia, indictment against him to federal court.

Mark Meadows shocked the legal community when he took the stand in his bid to remove the Georgia indictment against him to federal court.

A federal appeals court ruled that D.C., officials “selectively” enforced a statute to arrest pro-life activists but not BLM protesters.

A federal judge has halted an Illinois law passed last week that targets pro-life pregnancy centers for so-called “deceptive practices” that dissuade women from aborting their unborn babies.

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction this week, blocking Idaho from acting if a medical provider refers a woman to abortion services in other states. 

A federal judge set former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on the superseding indictment filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith last week for August 10.

Special Counsel Jack Smith said that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will seek a “speedy trial” in the latest case against former President Donald Trump on charges stemming from January 6.

A group of five TikTok users have reportedly launched a lawsuit aimed at preventing Montana from banning the platform.

The groups filed a lawsuit against the FBI and DOJ demanding they comply with records requests related to agency actions targeting Catholics.

The Biden Administration’s mail-order abortion regime is being challenged in part of a federal lawsuit, but no matter the outcome, the USPS plans to “follow the law,” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says.

WASHINGTON, DC – Biden administration regulations allowing the abortion pill to be shipped through the mail are back in force for five days as a Supreme Court administrative stay has paused recent court orders on the matter until the justices can consider additional legal arguments on both sides.

Attorneys general for 19 states filed an amicus brief on Wednesday asking a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling out of Texas blocking the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.

A federal judge released a decision on Friday evening halting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2000 approval of mifepristone.

Conservative groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week, asking a federal court to compel the agency to release records about how it has handled attacks on churches and pro-life organizations.   

The state of New York cannot use its 2019 “Boss Bill” law to force pro-life pregnancy resource centers to employ people who have had abortions, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.

Michael Avenatti, the disgraced lawyer who became a media darling after targeting former President Donald Trump, was sentenced on Monday to 14 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from his clients and trying to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from collecting millions in unpaid payroll taxes.

A federal judge recently ruled that scanning a student’s room before a virtual test is unconstitutional as it violates the fourth amendment.

Trump-appointee Judge James Ho accused United Airlines of “coerc[ing] its employees into violating their religious beliefs.”

The co-owner of a pornographic website pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion in a federal court in California.

Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti entered a guilty plea on Thursday in a California federal court on wire fraud and tax-related charges. 

The Department of Justice is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reinstate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) broad-sweeping mask mandate for travel.

A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has to find a surgeon to provide “gender-affirming” surgery for a trans inmate.

United Airlines will allow unvaccinated staff to return to work after placing more than 2,000 employees with vaccine exemptions on unpaid leave.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Breitbart News that the Chinese Communist Party may be “the biggest threat to America’s freedom, even — it’s hard to say this — even more than the Biden administration.”

A federal judge gave the FDA eight months to release data pertaining to the safety of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine after the FDA had asked for 75 years.

A federal jury convicted a Chinese spy of attempted trade secret theft and attempted economic espionage, the U.S. Justice Department stated.

A federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama blocked Texas’s new pro-life law by issuing a preliminary injunction Wednesday evening in a suit brought by the Biden administration.

United Airlines reluctantly agreed to postpone its company-wide Chinese coronavirus vaccine mandate Friday until a federal judge is able to hold further hearings in a case brought by six of the airline’s employees.

A Michigan father has filed a one million dollar federal lawsuit against Mount Pleasant Public Schools after a library worker cut his seven-year-old biracial daughter’s hair.

A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of former President Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which required border crossers claiming asylum to stay in Mexico while awaiting their hearings, after President Joe Biden ended the program earlier this year.

A federal judge in the nation’s capital rejected the Washington Post’s motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper from Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) late Wednesday, instead allowing the suit to proceed to discovery where the powerful California conservative will be able to gather information about the newspaper’s internal communications about the congressman and the 2016 election.