President Trump yesterday issued an executive order "to enforce Federal law and to protect the integrity of our election process." The move drew powerful block-back for its attempted consolidation of presidential power over elections. (The EO tries to do some
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Court to Test Congressional Delegation to FCC
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research, a case testing the limits of Congress's authority to delegate power to an administrative agency. In particular, the case tests whether Congress can delegate power…
Court Halts Trump’s EO Targeting Law Firm
A federal district court yesterday temporarily halted enforcement of President Trump's EO that targeted the law firm Perkins Coie. The temporary restraining order enjoins the Department of Justice and other federal agencies from "implementing or enforcing Sections 1, 3,…
Administration Asks Supreme Court to Stay Universal Injunctions in Birthright Citizenship Cases
The Trump Administration asked the Supreme Court to stay "universal" injunctions issued by three separate district courts in cases challenging President Trump's EO purporting to deny birthright citizenship to certain individuals born within the United States.The application does not ask…
Supreme Court Rebuffs Administration Effort to Halt Foreign Aid Funding
A sharply divided Supreme Court today rebuffed the Trump Administration's effort to halt foreign aid funding for work already done. The ruling also suggests that as many as five justices won't abide the Trump Administration's gambits.The case, Department of State…
District Court Temporarily Halts Access to Education, Personnel Management Records by DOGE Affiliates
A federal district court in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order against Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management officials preventing them from granting access to protected agency records by DOGE affiliates within those agencies. (The complete docket…
Special Counsel Seeks to Halt Removals of Probationary Employees
Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger announced yesterday that his Office filed initial requests with the Merit Systems Protection Board to pause the Trump Administration's terminations of six probationary employees across Executive Branch agencies. (Dellinger himself is back in business after the…
District Court Halts Immigration Enforcement in Quaker, Cooperative Baptist, and Sikh Houses of Worship
A federal district court in Maryland today issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the Trump Administration from enforcing immigration laws in Quaker, Cooperative Baptist, and Sikh houses of worship that were plaintiffs in the case.The ruling is a setback for…
Can the Trump Administration Treat Government Employees’ Non-Response to Musk’s 5-Point Plan as a Resignation?
Over the weekend, Elon Musk posted on X that federal government employees "will shortly receive an email requesting them to understand what they got done last week." According to the post, "[f]ailure to respond will be taken as a resignation."…
District Court Declines to Halt Dismantling of USAID
A federal district court on Friday denied the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction that would halt the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID. (The full docket for the case, American Federation…