Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. Please ...

On January 16, 2026, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced via X (formerly Twitter) that the Department would be “taking a sledgehammer” to the 8(a) program, calling it “a breeding ground for fraud.

When Americans hear the term "expatriation," they often think of renouncing U.S. citizenship. However, for U.S. tax purposes, expatriation also applies to long-term residents (green card holders) who ...

When the Supreme Court hears an appeal Wednesday from transgender youths challenging a Tennessee ban on their medical care, fundamental principles forbidding sex discrimination will be on the line.

The question before the justices is whether the challenged Tennessee law, which bans some kinds of medical treatments for transgender minors, violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause. Laws ...

Nonprofits continue to be closely scrutinized by the executive and legislative branches, as well as state attorneys general and legislatures, expressing interest in examining the ways in which foreign ...

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Supreme Court saves its most important rulings for the end of its annual term in June. This year, one of those crucial decisions came in the United States v Skrmetti case, testing ...

Heightened Scrutiny, a new documentary out from director Sam Feder, begins by dropping viewers into the tense moments before Chase Strangio, the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U ...

In 2026, H-1B entry-level (Level 1) positions are facing heightened USCIS scrutiny, as job duties increasingly clash with wage classifications. Legal experts at Reddy Neumann Brown PC highlight that ...

Amid the threats of retribution from Iran following the U.S. military strike on three Iranian nuclear sites, critics have ramped up their scrutiny of the 22-year-old who was assigned to a major ...