Daily Legal News Archive

Monday, June 30, 2025

In what was quickly hailed as a legal victory for President Trump, a divided Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday that cements presidential authority and limits the future power of certain federal judges to check it.

From: 
NBC 5 Chicago

The alleged gunman who shot two teen boys, one fatally, said he was "defending" himself when he opened fire at them Thursday in Douglas Park on the West Side.

From: 
Chicago Sun-Times

Federal authorities on Friday announced charges against a Chicago man accused of punching a federal court clerk earlier this week outside the Dirksen Federal Building in the Loop.

From: 
Chicago Tribune

A nonprofit that supports immigrant rights in Central Illinois is urging immigrant families not to panic following Friday‘s U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

From: 
NPR Illinois

Parents with religious objections to LGBTQ-inclusive storybooks in public schools are entitled to an injunction that gives them a chance to opt their children out of the instruction, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision Friday.

From: 
ABA Journal