Here’s how federal courts help determine the fate of controversial issues, such as immigration laws, in Texas and beyond.

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An NPR investigation law clerks and other judicial employees are vulnerable to mistreatment and have few job protections.

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Even when a case does get to the Supreme Court – as many of these lawsuits ... with any of Joe Biden’s executive actions – ...

The problem goes beyond the political leanings of judges to the speed of change and the administration’s apparent willingness ...

The president's executive orders have already drawn dozens of legal challenges, including some that could make it to the U.S.

Two of Colorado's federal district judges, speaking on Tuesday about why lawyers should consent to having magistrate judges ...

A federal judge ruled that the terminations at agencies including the Department of Defense were probably illegal.

The states' challenge to Trump's freeze on spending landed in federal court in Rhode Island last month after authorities ...

When lawyer Richard Gaines saw the executive order by President Donald Trump earlier this month pausing enforcement of the ...

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