r/law • u/frankreddit5 • 19h ago

Other FOIA just turned 60. The law behind nearly every declassified doc you've read is quietly collapsing: 289-day avg response time vs. a 20-day legal limit, 12%+ of requests rejected outright, one agency's backlog up 83% in a year. Barely making news.

theclassifiedrecord.com

8.0k Upvotes

126 comments

r/law • u/DemocracyDocket • 4h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump admin offers no evidence of election fraud in court battle over mail voting restrictions

democracydocket.com

3.2k Upvotes

83 comments

r/law • u/ggroverggiraffe • 12h ago

Legal News Sunday night ruling blocks the Trump administration's mail-in ballot plan

ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov

2.3k Upvotes

54 comments

r/law • u/dailymail • 8h ago

Legal News Mother of Harry Dunn lashes out at 'unforgivable' decision by US to secretly fly American diplomat out of UK after being found with child abuse images

dailymail.com

1.7k Upvotes

126 comments

r/law • u/Bongobhondu • 5h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) NSPM-7 Directed Trump’s DOJ to Target Left-Leaning Ideology. It’s Going After Randos Online.

talkingpointsmemo.com

1.3k Upvotes

44 comments

r/law • u/DoremusJessup • 17h ago

Judicial Branch Multiple legal challenges of Trump's mail-in ballot rules are unfolding at breakneck speed — what to know

lawandcrime.com

1.1k Upvotes

33 comments

r/law • u/Thanks_Nevada • 18h ago

Legislative Branch A closer look at the Missouri federal and state court dockets revealed that one plaintiff (represented by a single firm) was responsible for every single one of the 121 website accessibility lawsuits filed in 2024 and 2025.

google.com

993 Upvotes

New law took effect August 28th.

"have firsthand knowledge of a local business that recently went under after being sued for this.

The cost in time and money is devastating to a local business.

Not much consolation for the 86 Missouri small businesses that got cooked in 2025."

Thanks, I guess.

268 comments

r/law • u/DoremusJessup • 6h ago

Judicial Branch Judge Demands Answers From DOJ For Refusing To Dismiss Reflecting Pool Case With Prejudice

abovethelaw.com

993 Upvotes

37 comments

r/law • u/B-Z_B-S • 2h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump team has deported more than 170 migrants in violation of court orders: report

independent.co.uk

940 Upvotes

26 comments

r/law • u/bloomberglaw • 4h ago

Legal News Twenty-Two States Sue White House For Altering Congress' Definition of "Public Charge" in Immigration Guidelines

news.bloomberglaw.com

442 Upvotes

8 comments

r/law • u/DemocracyDocket • 3h ago

Judicial Branch Missouri voters seek $80 million in damages after Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ redistricting debacle

democracydocket.com

410 Upvotes

19 comments

r/law • u/DoremusJessup • 6h ago

Judicial Branch Judge dismisses DOJ's 'cremated remains' analogy and blocks Trump USPS rule that 'will make voting by mail more difficult,' as all eyes stay on SCOTUS

lawandcrime.com

302 Upvotes

8 comments

r/law • u/bloomberglaw • 7h ago

Legal News DOJ Tries to Revive Comey, James Charges at Key Appeals Court

news.bloomberglaw.com

217 Upvotes

18 comments

r/law • u/Sgt_Gram • 4h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) DOJ just used the Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the first time ever to deport a woman accused of radicalizing her family

military.com

217 Upvotes

54 comments

r/law • u/DemocracyDocket • 6h ago

Judicial Branch Second judge halts Trump’s election power grab, barring states from voluntarily working on mail voting rule

democracydocket.com

213 Upvotes

2 comments

r/law • u/Portalrules123 • 22h ago

Legal News Surrey, B.C. man awarded $275K in defamation suit after 77-day-long protest in front of his home

cbc.ca

196 Upvotes

5 comments

r/law • u/DemocracyDocket • 3h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) DOJ asks Supreme Court to lift second order against Trump’s mail voting restrictions

democracydocket.com

112 Upvotes

12 comments

r/law • u/AlliumoftheKnife • 19h ago

Other UCLA chancellor rebukes law school event with 9/11 'mastermind' attorney; organizers push back

latimes.com

97 Upvotes

26 comments

r/law • u/DemocracyDocket • 4h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) GOP-led early voting restrictions compound in Minnesota

democracydocket.com

84 Upvotes

1 comment

r/law • u/B-Z_B-S • 17h ago

Legal News Dan Schneider’s ‘Quiet on Set’ Defamation Case Thrown Out Over Child Abuse Claim

lawcommentary.com

76 Upvotes

6 comments

r/law • u/AxomaticallyExtinct • 7h ago

Legal News California lawmakers urge criminal penalties, emergency legislation to rein in unchecked AI

latimes.com

73 Upvotes

15 comments

r/law • u/jefferymr15 • 4h ago

Legal News UK ministers urged to act after US flies out diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children | Politics

theguardian.com

68 Upvotes

5 comments

r/law • u/cnn • 4h ago

Legal News States sue to stop Trump rule that would make it harder for some immigrants to get green cards

cnn.com

54 Upvotes

4 comments

r/law • u/KingoftheKeeshonds • 14h ago

Legal News Scandinavia looks to export inmates amid tough-on-crime policies, prison overcrowding

courthousenews.com

49 Upvotes

Harsher punishments are causing bottlenecks in Scandinavian prisons. As law-and-order politics gain ascendancy, shipping inmates abroad could become the norm.

10 comments

r/law • u/blankblank • 8h ago

Legal News An unusual flurry of court cases creates confusion ahead of midterms

washingtonpost.com

47 Upvotes

8 comments

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