A Justice Department attorney Wednesday urged the Ninth Circuit to reverse a district judge's ruling that a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings to detainees at an ICE facility is unlawful, arguing the detainees aren't eligible to challenge their detention because they're "seeking admission" to the country.
If this month's circuit calendars were a March Madness bracket, we'd struggle to pick the top-seeded showdown. Big Pharma against the False Claims Act, or big business against President Donald Trump's visa fees? A big bank's view of "human life wagers," or en banc review in a State Farm class action?
A Staten Island man who prosecutors say is connected to organized crime on Wednesday admitted to part of a scheme to bribe a juror in the trial of a former heavyweight boxer accused of participating in a $1 billion cocaine trafficking operation.
Law school provides doctrine, cases and hypotheticals, but when lawyers step into the courtroom, they must learn the importance of clarity, credibility, memorability and preparation — in other words, how to tell simple, effective stories, say Nicholas Steverson and Danielle Trujillo at Wheeler Trigg, and Lisa DeCaro at Courtroom Performance.
A Trump-appointed New York federal judge described the administration's arrest and detention of a Honduran with legal status as "a reprehensible act of unimaginable cruelty," saying the issue is widespread and suggesting the case could be broadened to a larger group.
Public interest groups are urging a Texas federal judge to reject the Trump administration's proposed settlement of a Biden-era predatory lending case against a Houston-area developer, arguing it would improperly bankroll immigration enforcement while stiffing harmed borrowers.
Testifying before a House committee Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that during her tenure, the agency has never violated a court order despite what a number of judges say is vast evidence to the contrary.
A Massachusetts federal judge hearing a challenge to the Trump administration's policy of detaining unauthorized immigrants without bond during removal proceedings said Wednesday she is "inclined to wait" to issue a ruling until appellate courts weigh in.
Colorado ACLU-backed plaintiffs told a federal judge the Trump administration has repeatedly flouted a preliminary injunction that was meant to block U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making unlawful warrantless arrests in the state.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained federal courts' ability to review determinations from the Board of Immigration Appeals over whether the past mistreatment of asylum seekers constitutes persecution, saying courts must apply a deferential substantial evidence review to the board's judgment.