Law and Order

Community Justice Action Fund Ends Lobbying Relationship

The Community Justice Action Fund ended its lobbying relationship with ML Strategies LLC as of April 30, 2026, according to a Q2 2026 LDA termination filing...

Congress

FISA Authority Expires Amid Intelligence Nominee Fight

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is convening a closed business meeting on June 18 — just days after FISA Section 702, the government's most...

Law and Order

Senate Tackles Courtroom Cameras and Deepfake Protection Bills

The Senate Judiciary Committee's June 18 business meeting puts three substantive bills on the table at once: two that would open federal courtrooms to...

Politics

Senate Advances Trump's Personal Lawyer to Eighth Circuit

The Senate voted 47-43 on Friday to invoke cloture on PN851-7, advancing the confirmation of Justin D. Smith of Missouri to serve as a U.S. Circuit Judge...

Congress

Federal Appeals Court Rulings Show Legal Patchwork on Key Issues

A new Congressional Research Service legal report published June 10 maps the most consequential circuit splits from May 2026, and the fault lines it...

Law and Order

Supreme Court Alters House Debate

Why it matters: The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held a pharmaceutical patent...

Education

House Passes Bill to Combat Surging Student Aid Fraud

The House passed the No Aid for Ghost Students Act on June 10, 2026, targeting a fraud scheme that has ballooned to alarming proportions in California's...

Intelligence

Senate Examines China-Linked Elder Fraud Threat

The Senate Special Committee on Aging is set to examine a pattern of China-linked fraud, influence operations, and security threats that federal prosecutors...

Politics

Senate Confirms Trump's Pick for Kansas Federal Judge

The Senate confirmed Anthony Mattivi as a U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas on June 9, 2026, by a vote of 51 to 46, with every Republican...

Law and Order

Circuit Split Blocks Detention Without Bond Hearings

A new Congressional Research Service report published June 9 lays bare a legal crisis at the heart of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement...

Law and Order

Seneca Nation Hires Spirit Rock for Gaming Lobbying

The Seneca Nation of Indians has filed a new lobbying registration disclosure, bringing on the firm of Aurene Michele Martin — operating as Spirit Rock LLC...

Immigration

Class Action Lawsuits Circumvent Supreme Court Injunction Limits

The Supreme Court's 2025 ruling in Trump v. CASA, Inc. was supposed to be a win for the Trump administration. The Court curtailed the use of nationwide...

Law and Order

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Legal Issues

A fresh Congressional Research Service report on FERPA legal issues lands at a moment when the 50-year-old student privacy law is being pulled in three...

Legislation

Congress Battles Over Supreme Court Legitimacy, Immigration

Why it matters: The House Judiciary Committee markup on June 3 advanced six bills spanning immigration enforcement, Supreme Court structure, worker safety...

Law and Order

Congress Demands Proof China Will Stop Fentanyl Exports

Why it matters: The House Foreign Affairs Committee's East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee convened on June 4 to examine the CCP's role in the fentanyl crisis...

Government Operations

Federal Government Intensifies Control Over Voting Methods

A new Congressional Research Service report maps the legal landscape just as the Trump administration and Capitol Hill push competing visions for how...

Law and Order

Trump Administration Seeks Increase To Denaturalize Citizens

A new Congressional Research Service report quietly published this week lays out the denaturalization legal framework in stark detail — and the picture it...