Civil Rights
House Panel Examines Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Crisis
The Trump administration's proposed cuts to tribal law enforcement funding have become part of a broader debate over the federal response to missing and...
Maduro Faces Immunity Claims in U.S. Drug Prosecution
Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader seized by U.S. armed forces in Caracas on January 3, is now facing federal charges in New York. A Congressional...
Federal Wiretaps and Fourth Amendment Tensions Unresolved
Emerging technologies continue to challenge the existing wiretap framework, and Congress has repeatedly amended Title III to keep pace with technological...
Senate Committee Votes on Witness Immunity Override
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will vote Wednesday, September 23 on whether to authorize Senate Legal Counsel to seek a...
CRS Examines Veterans Claims Court’s Role and Workload
The structure, authority, staffing, and workload of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) is the focus of a new Congressional Research...
Federal Law Preempts State Pesticide Warning Claims
The Supreme Court's ruling in Monsanto v. Durnell on June 25 has fundamentally reshaped the landscape for pesticide liability claims across the country. A...
House Votes to Hold Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Subpoenas
The House Oversight Committee voted unanimously on September 15 to recommend holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress marking a rare moment of...
House Judiciary Panel Hears Arguments on Sanctuary Law Restrictions
On September 15, the House Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a hearing titled "The Continuing Tragedy Of Sanctuary...
House Judiciary Advances Bills on Gun Taxes and Prison Staffing
The House Judiciary Committee marked up seven bills on September 16, advancing measures spanning gun taxes, tort reform, prison staffing, climate...
Panel Will Weigh Nominees Affecting Courts, Sentencing
The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a slate of Department of Justice nominees, including a federal judge tapped for a seat on the U.S. Court of...
Senate HELP Committee Will Examine Student Aid Fraud Bill
Federal student aid fraud is increasing, according to The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The agency flagged elaborate schemes using...
Senate Examines Six District Court Nominations
The Senate Judiciary Committee examined six district-court nominations on Sept. 16, while a broader dispute over the Justice Department surfaced in opening...
Congress Examines Information Injury Complaints
Federal courts are divided over whether being denied legally required information is enough to sue in federal court or whether plaintiffs must show that the...
China Is Primary Source of Fentanyl Precursors as Deaths Fall
Illicit fentanyl’s supply chain has shifted without ending the policy challenge described in the Congressional Research Service report China Primer: Illicit...
House Passes Bill Creating DOJ Division to Prosecute Fraud Involving Taxpayer Funds
The House passed the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026 in the H.R. 9576 vote on September 16, creating statutory authority for a Department of...
How Federal Court Rules Are Made—and Congress’s Role
Congressional oversight of federal court procedure sits at the center of a Congressional Research Service report titled “Congress, the Judiciary, and...
PROOF Act Wins Final House Vote, Would Require States to Provide Fraud-Related Information to DOJ
The House recorded a final-passage vote on September 10 on the Preventing Rip-offs and Obtaining Oversight of Funds Act, or the PROOF Act, and the roll-call...
House Panel Debates Sanctuary Policies and Public Safety
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement held a Sept. 1 hearing examining sanctuary policies, with Republicans...