The plaintiffs filed their response to the Administration's application for Supreme Court review in the Alien Enemies Act Case, and the Administration filed its reply.Recall that the district court issued a temporary restraining order, halting the Administration's effort to
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Dems and LULAC Sue to Halt Trump’s Elections EO
Several groups of Democrats and the League of United Latin American Citizens separately sued this week to halt President Trump's EO on elections.The claims are similar to the claims lodged by the League of Women Voters; we posted on…
LWV Sues to Halt Trump Election EO
The League of Women Voters sued in federal court today to halt President Trump's EO on elections. (The full docket in the case is here.)LWV claims that President Trump's EO violates the separation of powers and orders…
District Court Says Alabama Can’t Punish Residents, Orgs for Out-of-State Abortions
A federal district court ruled Monday that the Alabama attorney general can't prosecute people in Alabama for going to another state, or assisting others in going to another state, to obtain an abortion.The ruling strikes a significant blow to a…
Court Postpones Administration’s Revocation of TPS for Venezuelans
A federal district court today postponed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's decisions to vacate and terminate earlier extensions of temporary protected status for Venezuelan citizens. The ruling allows Venezuelan citizens with TPS to remain in the country pending further litigation. The…
Can Trump Serve a Third Term?
The Twenty-Second Amendment prohibits it. But President Trump and some supporters think it's possible. Politico runs through some possible scenarios here.
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Case Testing Religious Exemption from State Unemployment Compensation Program
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, a case testing whether the First Amendment's Religion Clauses prevent a state from denying an exemption from the state's unemployment compensation…
D.C. Circuit Allows Trump to Remove NLRB, MSPB Officers Pending Appeal
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit stayed lower-court orders preventing President Trump from removing officers of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board at will.The emergency ruling means that President Trump can remove those officers–and…
Appeals Court Administratively Stays Preliminary Injunction Halting Ban on Transgender Military Service
The D.C. Circuit granted an administrative stay this week of the district court's March 18 preliminary injunction that halted enforcement of the Administration's ban on transgender persons serving in the military.The order in Talbott v. United States of America is…
Court Temporarily Halts Dismantling of Voice of America
A federal district court issued a temporary restraining order on Friday preventing the Administration from dismantling Voice of America pending further litigation.The ruling in Widakuswara v. Lake means that the Administration cannot terminate employees or contracts while the case moves…