WA bill would let courts decide if city camping bans are ‘objectively reasonable’
While Democrats say the proposal could level the playing field, their conservative counterparts argue it would allow homeless ...
Courts Start to Impede Momentum of Trump’s Effort to Dismantle Government
A mounting wave of lawsuits and court orders is slowing a dizzying effort to tear apart basic structures of the ...
As Trump pushes limits of presidential power, courts push back
The spotlight on the judiciary is brighter because the Republican-controlled Congress has essentially abdicated its role of ...
US government workplace officials turn to courts after Trump fires them
By Andrew Goudsward, Daniel Wiessner and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two Democratic appointees to U.S. agencies tasked ...
WA courts are mandated to vacate many drug-possession cases. Why is it taking so long?
Even after years of work, courts still have a long way to go: 63% of cases in Superior Courts and Municipal Courts still need ...
The courts step in where Congress fears to tread
It’s a revealing and risible revue in Washington’s corridors of cower. Our GOP-led Congress has abdicated any oversight role ...
As Trump steamrolls Washington, courts flex their power to slow him down
Numerous federal district judges around the country have blocked major portions of Trump's early agenda — but Supreme Court ...
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Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback
Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as ...
Trump dismisses constitutional crisis panic: ‘I always abide by the courts’
Vance sparked immediate outrage from Democrats after he criticized the courts for ruling against Musk’s effort to investigate ...
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Here's what you should know about Pierce County Superior Court
Each of Washington's 39 counties has a superior court that hears criminal and civil cases as well as appeals from district courts. Here's what you should know about Pierce County Superior Court.
Marbury v. Madison, the case that established the courts’ power to review the law, explained
In 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall first expressed the principle that while Congress makes the laws and the president ...
Trump pushes ahead as courts, Democrats try to block him
The moves reflect the new administration’s dizzying pace as the president and his allies seek to remake the federal ...