A Washington federal judge temporarily blocked restrictions imposed by the Trump administration, such as an anti-gender ideology restriction, on access to more than $12 billion worth of federal grants, ruling in part that the federal government exceeded its authority.
The Third Circuit's decision last month in Sun Valley v. U.S. Department of Labor found that the claims required Article III adjudication under the U.S. Supreme Court's Jarkesy decision — but there is an alternative legal course that can resolve similar H-2A and H-2B cases on firmer constitutional ground, says Alex Platt at the University of Kansas School of Law.
The D.C. Circuit denied a request by immigrant rights groups to halt a policy requiring noncitizens to register with the federal government or face prosecution, while denying the Trump administration's bid to dismiss the groups' appeal.
New York City immigrant rights advocates are calling for the closure of what appears to be an unofficial detention center for noncitizens hosted in a federal building in Lower Manhattan following a federal court injunction Tuesday that ordered U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement to "meet baseline conditions" inside the facility.
I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.
A lawyer for California argued during a San Francisco bench trial Tuesday that President Donald Trump's military deployment in the state is unlawful and aims to "strike fear into the hearts" of residents, while a Justice Department lawyer said the soldiers stayed within legal boundaries by not carrying out law enforcement activities.
Immigration rights groups and individuals challenging recent federal immigration operations in Los Angeles urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to pause an order that temporarily prohibits the government from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops, saying the order bars only what is unlawful.
The Trump administration has appealed a D.C. federal judge's order pausing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's ability to subject noncitizens who were paroled into the country to expedited removal proceedings.
The U.S. Department of Justice urged an Illinois federal judge on Tuesday to block provisions of a recent state law restricting the use of electronic employment verification systems on prospective hires, saying Illinois is unlawfully trying to regulate a federal government procedure.
A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical on Tuesday of government contractor GEO Group's stance on federal authorities' role in denying Washington health inspectors access to an immigrant detention facility, while also suggesting the company had "potentially" raised a defense sufficient to keep an underlying dispute in federal court.