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Donald Trump is one of five children of Fred and Mary Anne Trump; his siblings include Maryanne (a former federal judge), the late Fred Jr., Elizabeth (the lone surviving sibling as of multiple profil...
Two post-2024 rulings have altered outcomes tied to Trump: a New York civil fraud judgment (reported as a $464 million penalty) was overturned by a New York appeals court , and Trump’s criminal "hush ...
A simple yes-or-no answer is not possible: concealed‑carry license (CCW) may lawfully bring a concealed firearm to a protest depends on multiple overlapping rules—recent federal court decisions alteri...
E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits against Donald Trump relied primarily on , corroborating witness testimony including two friends she told soon after the alleged 1996 attack and two other women who accused ...
Federal courts have repeatedly struck down or blocked state measures that single out “Sharia” or broadly ban foreign or religious law as unconstitutional, finding such provisions unnecessary and discr...
Courts have allowed some civil claims against Donald Trump that otherwise would have been time-barred by the temporary New York Adult Survivors Act (ASA), leading to at least one high-profile judgment...
Federal judges across the country — and in at least one instance the U.S. Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court — have ordered the Trump administration to bring back multiple people whom Immigration ...
Federal appeals proceed from a U.S. district court to a federal circuit panel and—if a litigant seeks it—to an en banc rehearing or the U.S. Supreme Court; in the Carroll matter a three‑judge Second C...
The provided materials do contain a clear, current court schedule for E. Jean Carroll’s litigation against Donald Trump; available documents instead recount prior trial activity and an appeals ruling ...
Yes — a lawful noncitizen can appeal many deportation (removal) orders in the U.S.; appeals normally begin by filing a Notice of Appeal with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and follow strict de...
In 2025 reporting shows incremental but visible Muslim American representation in federal and high‑level public service roles: multiple Biden-era judicial confirmations and nominations — including Ami...
Federal appellate decisions show that courts often grant ICE officers qualified immunity in Fourth Amendment excessive‑force or seizure claims when they conclude the law was not “clearly established” ...
E. Jean Carroll first publicly accused Donald Trump in June 2019 and sued him for defamation in November 2019; a federal jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her in May 2023 and a...
Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2024 appeal was unanimously rejected by a U.S. Court of Appeals, which affirmed her five convictions and described her 20‑year sentence as procedurally reasonable; as a result, the...
Teachers and students in retain core federal and state civil‑rights protections and First Amendment guarantees, but a recent patchwork of state statutes and classroom rules has created legal uncertain...
Local judges in issued sweeping preliminary injunctions that barred from detaining, pepper‑spraying or retaliating against peaceful observers and ruled that safely following agents in vehicles does no...
Federal criminal appeals begin almost immediately after a final judgment and proceed on a compressed docket: defendants generally must file a notice of appeal within 14 days, the circuit court’s work ...
Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick issued an order on Nov. 17, 2025, directing release of grand‑jury transcripts to Comey’s defense and criticized prosecutorial conduct — that order was stayed by th...
Tariffs are collected at the U.S. border as customs duties paid by importers to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and in FY2025 they generated roughly $195 billion through Sept. 30, a large jump fro...
Donald Trump was convicted in May 2024 on 34 counts of falsifying business records tied to hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels; jurors found him guilty on all counts and that verdict has been the su...