President Donald Trump lacks the power to reorganize the executive branch and push for mass terminations of workers when Congress hasn't given its blessing, unions and other groups told a California federal court.
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday ruled that he will allow academic organizations to pursue their "novel" First Amendment claims against the Trump administration over the deportation of noncitizen faculty and students who expressed pro-Palestinian views.
The Trump administration on Monday urged a Washington state federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the government's suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, citing a recent Ninth Circuit decision that limited the scope of the judge's preliminary injunction.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a Houston-based real estate developer asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to pause the bureau's reverse redlining suit so they can engage in mediation to resolve the case.
A Wisconsin state judge faces an uphill battle in defending against federal criminal allegations that she helped a man evade immigration officials at a Wisconsin courthouse, but she may be able to stake out a defense in arguing the government can't prove intent, experts told Law360.
A Tenth Circuit panel on Tuesday declined to set aside a Colorado judge's temporary halt on the removal of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act while the Trump administration challenges the order, because the government hasn't shown its interests would be seriously harmed otherwise.
A D.C. federal judge seemed skeptical Tuesday that a federal immigration law authorizing the president to suspend certain groups of migrants from entering the United States could also be used to expel those individuals after they reach U.S. soil.
Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can move forward with his lawsuit claiming the Trump administration is unlawfully detaining him because of his political views, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting the government's argument that immigration law strips the court of its jurisdiction.
The Trump administration urged a New York federal judge to reject the state's attempt to dismiss its challenge to a law that safeguards DMVs from turning over drivers' information to federal immigration officials, saying the law undermines the federal government's operations.
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday ordered the government to give counsel for a group of deportees challenging their removal to El Salvador the names of everyone else on board at least two flights to that country that occurred after he entered a March order requiring additional due process protections.