In a decision on Sept. 12, a federal judge in California ruled that the press and public have a First Amendment right of access to military court proceedings and related records and that “[t]he ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will be closing to the public after running out of funding Oct. 18 during the government shutdown but the justices will keep hearing cases, the court announced. While ...

From the July 11 decision in Lask v. Fallon, by Magistrate Judge James Wicks (E.D.N.Y.): Following resolution of this case, Plaintiff now seeks to seal a docket entry of an otherwise public record—a ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data. The conservative-majority ...

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. The emergency appeal to the Supreme Court stems from an ...

WASHINGTON – A divided Supreme Court on June 6 said Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency can have complete access to the data of millions of Americans kept by the U.S. Social Security ...

The decision cited a Supreme Court order in June granting DOGE analysts sweeping access to other data stored at the Social Security Administration. By Zach Montague Reporting from Washington A federal ...

Federal district courts are beginning to implement new approaches to guard confidential information in cases following a breach of the electronic databases used in the judiciary. The policy changes ...

The Department of Government Efficiency and affiliated staff can maintain their access to federal employees' personal information and files, an appeal court has ruled, ensuring the group can tap into ...