The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after he designated the controversial Muslim advocacy group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Transnational Criminal Organization. CAIR Litigation Director and General Counsel Lena … Continue reading CAIR sues Texas over terrorist organization designation
A federal judge on Nov. 21 ordered the Internal Revenue Service not to share tax return information that immigration officials want to use for the deportation of illegal immigrants. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the District of Columbia granted … Continue reading Federal judge blocks IRS from releasing tax data to assist in deportations
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency stay late on Nov. 21 temporarily allowing a newly redrawn election map that was expected to increase Republican representation in the state’s U.S. House delegation. The Supreme Court took action hours after Texas … Continue reading Supreme Court blocks ruling striking down Texas congressional map
A federal judge who was outvoted in a judicial panel’s decision to strike down a redrawn election map in Texas issued a blistering 104-page dissent on Nov. 19. Judge Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the … Continue reading Federal judge issues fiery dissent from ruling striking down Texas redistricting
A federal judge on Nov. 20 ordered the Trump administration to end its deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital. The president had said the troops were needed to deal with rampant crime and violence in the District … Continue reading Federal judge orders Trump admin to end deployment of National Guard in DC
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 17 agreed to review an Obama-era policy that allowed border officials to reject asylum seekers before they arrived in the United States. The Trump administration is appealing a lower court’s ruling that the policy, … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to review policy of rejecting asylum seekers in Mexico
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 14 allowed a judgment to take effect that gives the Republic of the Philippines control over $40 million that the late Filipino leader Ferdinand Marcos held in the United States. Marcos, who was president … Continue reading Supreme Court removes block on judgment involving late Filipino leader’s $40 Million
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked the Supreme Court on Nov. 14 to block two California laws that compel companies to make information about their emissions and climate risks public. The Chamber and other industry groups filed an emergency application … Continue reading Business groups ask Supreme Court to block California emissions reporting
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 13 allowed a federal appeals court ruling to take effect in an international custody dispute involving a young girl in Texas. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit requires … Continue reading Supreme Court lifts stay in international custody dispute
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Nov. 13 spared the life of Tremane Wood on his scheduled date of execution hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a death row reprieve. The Republican governor granted clemency to Wood, 46, who was … Continue reading Oklahoma governor spares death row inmate after Supreme Court denies reprieve
The Supreme Court seemed unsympathetic to a private prison operator’s appeal in a lawsuit alleging that some of its immigration detainees were illegally made to work for $1 a day. In the Nov. 10 oral argument in GEO Group Inc. … Continue reading Supreme Court skeptical of private immigration prison operator’s appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 12 scheduled oral arguments for January 2026 in the case challenging President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook. The hearing will take place on Jan. 21, the court said in … Continue reading Supreme Court sets January hearing on Trump’s bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook
Attorneys for criminal defendants facing weapons charges have filed for a second time to disqualify a Trump administration appointee as the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles. The new motion filed on Nov. 10 comes after Judge Michael Seabright of … Continue reading Defense lawyers try again to remove senior federal prosecutor in Los Angeles
The Trump administration may, for the time being, continue not to fully fund the food stamp program until Congress appropriates new funds, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled late on Nov. 11. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as … Continue reading Supreme Court lets government continue to withhold funding from SNAP
A West Virginia judge on Nov. 10 allowed the state’s governor to continue deploying members of the state’s National Guard to patrol the streets of the nation’s capital. In Charleston, West Virginia, Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Richard Lindsay issued … Continue reading Judge upholds West Virginia National Guard deployment to DC
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily paused enforcement of a judgment giving control over $40 million from the estate of Ferdinand Marcos held in a U.S. account to the Republic of the Philippines. Marcos, who was president of the Philippines from … Continue reading Supreme Court temporarily halts judgment involving deceased Filipino authoritarian leader
New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a federal judge in Virginia on Nov. 7 to dismiss a mortgage fraud case against her that she says is a case of selective prosecution. James, who entered not guilty pleas to charges … Continue reading New York AG Letitia James seeks dismissal of mortgage fraud charges
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10 rejected a challenge to its landmark 2015 ruling that requires all states to grant licenses for same-sex marriages. The nation’s highest court declined to grant the petition in Davis v. Ermold in an unsigned … Continue reading Supreme Court rejects challenge to its 2015 gay marriage ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Nov. 10 to consider a challenge to a federal law that blocks states from counting mail-in ballots that officials receive after Election Day. The court granted the petition in Watson v. Republican National Committee … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to decide if mail-in ballots must arrive by Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a late-night order Nov. 7 temporarily pausing a lower court’s order requiring the federal government to fully fund food stamps in November after a federal appeals court declined to do so. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson … Continue reading Supreme Court temporarily halts order requiring government to fully fund SNAP