The judge issued a rare ruling barring against California-resident Joseph Scott Alter citing his persistent misuse of the court's process.

In June, the court tried to explain its new history-based approach to the Second Amendment. But judges said the latest decision “offered little instruction or clarity.”

Republicans are suing over the mail ballot policies of Mississippi – a non-battleground with limited, excuse-only absentee voting – to tee up a case, being heard by three Donald Trump-appointed appeals court judges Tuesday,

U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges on lower courts do not have to publicly disclose when they dine or stay at someone's personal residence, even one owned by a business entity, under a revised ethics rule.

Donald Trump says those who criticize Supreme Court justices and judges should be 'put in jail' US Network Pool/ Reuters