Supreme Court

Presidential Records Act on Trial: Appeals Court Hears Trump Bid to Claim White House Papers as Personal Property

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Presidential Records Act hearing — boxes of White House records on courthouse steps before the DC appeals court

The Presidential Records Act faced its most serious legal challenge yet on Friday, October 16, 2026, as a federal appeals court in Washington heard arguments on the Trump administration’s claim that papers created in the White House belong to Donald Trump personally — not to the American people. Three judges of the U.S. Court of … Read more

Sotomayor and Gorsuch Flag ‘Serious Constitutional Problems’ as Supreme Court Declines Immigration Double Jeopardy Case

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Sotomayor Gorsuch immigration case — US Supreme Court building.

On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, the Supreme Court quietly declined to hear a case that two of its justices say exposes something deeply wrong in how the government prosecutes immigration offenses. In the sotomayor gorsuch immigration case — formally Jesus Herrera-Salazar v. United States, No. 25-6989 — the Court denied the petition for a writ … Read more