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Seventh Circuit questions whether sex offender was improperly confined post-sentence

In Illinois, convicted sex offenders can be confined indefinitely if they're deemed sexually violent. One inmate maintains that determination ran afoul to his constitutional rights.

Ninth Circuit lifts block on Trump limits to collective bargaining for federal workers

The court found Trump's order focused on national security rather than retaliation.

Seventh Circuit unlikely to budge on gun ban for felons

A former serviceman convicted of misdemeanor drug delivery in one state can't get a concealed carry permit in Wisconsin because the same crime is a felony there.

Veterans urge Second Circuit to lower bar for IVF benefits

A panel of Second Circuit judges seemed reticent about giving up jurisdiction over a constitutional challenge to federal regulations on which service members and veterans can receive in vitro fertilization benefits.

Trump puts Syrians’ protected status up for SCOTUS shadow docket treatment 

With mounting opposition in the lower courts, the White House pushed for Supreme Court backing to strip migrants of their right to live and work in the U.S.

Supreme Court not fully sold on foreclosure fairness bid 

A showdown over tax foreclosures had the justices considering the striking set of facts that led a Michigan county to seize a family home to satisfy a $2,000 tax bill.