Federal judges have been floating the possibility of holding government attorneys in criminal contempt of court for violating immigration-related court orders, a potentially shocking move that scholars say is unlikely and probably less effective than civil contempt orders.
Members of a Massachusetts family on Thursday filed the first of what their lawyers said could be a number of Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuits over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's "unwarranted and unnecessarily cruel" practice of smashing windows and forcibly dragging people out of vehicles.
A Florida federal judge has blocked the state's governor from designating a national Muslim civil rights nonprofit as a "terrorist organization," ruling that doing so to make a political statement violates the First Amendment.
A former Wisconsin judge has said the government's case against her for obstructing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has no limiting principle and wrongly turned her authority to manage her courtroom into a federal felony for impeding ICE.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has come under fire from Republicans in recent days, will vacate her position later this month, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday.
Serving as an assistant scoutmaster for my son’s troop reaffirmed several skills and principles crucial to lawyering — from the importance of disconnecting to the value of morality, says Michael Warren at McManis Faulkner.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction of 1995 (PRA), the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Department of Justice (DOJ), requested the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) conduct an emergency review and approval of a revision to a currently approved collection of information. EOIR requested and OMB granted emergency approval on March 2, 2026, authorizing the revised collection through July 31, 2026. EOIR is providing the public with an opportunity to comment on the proposed collection.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) at the Department of Justice (DOJ) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.