https://sevenlights.org/tags/courts/ Recent content in Courts on Seven Lights Hugo en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/trump-arch-construction-temporarily-blocked/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/trump-arch-construction-temporarily-blocked/ A federal judge in Washington issued a 14-day restraining order early Friday halting construction of President Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch, hours after the final planning commission approved it. https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/03/judge-dismisses-floris-benavides-charges/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:30:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/03/judge-dismisses-floris-benavides-charges/ A federal magistrate judge dismissed the criminal case against two former FBI counterintelligence officials charged with lying to Congress about the bureau’s Hunter Biden laptop investigation, citing no probable cause and questioning the timing of the charges days before the midterms. https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/01/trump-wsj-epstein-lawsuit-dismissed/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:40:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/01/trump-wsj-epstein-lawsuit-dismissed/ A federal judge in Miami threw out President Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch, ruling he had not proved actual malice. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/27/maurene-comey-firing-ruled-illegal/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:36:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/27/maurene-comey-firing-ruled-illegal/ A federal judge ruled Monday that Maurene Comey, a decade-long assistant US attorney in Manhattan and daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired in July 2025, ordering retroactive reinstatement and back pay. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/23/trump-bbc-deposition-dec-11/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:46:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/23/trump-bbc-deposition-dec-11/ A federal magistrate judge in Florida ordered President Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11 or face penalties including dismissal, after the BBC said his Oct. 16 no-show was for a rally and a fundraiser. https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/21/supreme-court-transgender-inmate-policy-injunction/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:19:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/21/supreme-court-transgender-inmate-policy-injunction/ The justices denied an emergency request from the Trump administration, keeping in place a lower court order that requires federal prisons to continue gender-affirming care for transgender inmates while litigation continues.