‘Should Have Recused Himself’: Legal Experts Sound Alarm On Obama-Appointed Judge Blocking Trump’s Deportations
As U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg continues to be a thorn in the side of the Trump administration’s effort to deport gangbangers, legal experts have begun to raise questions about his handling of the case.
Judge orders US government to return man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by end of Monday
A federal judge on Friday ruled that the United States must bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month.
Judge Paula Xinis of the US District Court in Maryland directed the federal government to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, to the US no later than 11:59 p.m. on April 7.
Hearing set for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, deported 'in error' to El Salvador prison
A Friday hearing is set for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father mistakenly deported by the Trump Administration to a supermax prison in El Salvador.
Abrego Garcia's lawyer Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said, despite the mistake no government efforts have been made to return Abrego Garcia to the United States.
Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent labor agencies
An appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump can fire two board members of independent agencies handling labor issues from their respective posts in the federal government.
A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed to lift orders blocking the Trump administration from removing Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox.
Trump's Legal Losses This Week as Transgender Military Ban Blocked
President Donald Trump suffered a series of legal losses this week as more federal judges blocked his executive orders.
Why It Matters
The issues this week affect everything from the ban on trans members of the military to the retention of government records and the firing of thousands of federal workers.
Stop Litigation-Industrial Complex Anti-MAGA War
On Monday, the Trump administration struck back at the legal-industrial complex's war against MAGA. President Donald Trump's Justice Department filed an emergency request asking the Supreme Court to take a stand on the "epidemic" of national injunctions that leftist district court judges are using to halt the Trump agenda.
Trump's lawyers said on Monday that only the Supreme Court can stop this "power grab."
What deportation ruling means for Donald Trump's immigration plans
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. A federal appeals court panel denied President Donald Trump's request to have a restraining order overturned Wednesday, which stopped his administration from deporting suspected Venezuelan gang members without a court hearing. The appeals court ruling doesn't completely stop Trump's ability to deport people, he just can't use the Alien Enemy's Act (AEA) as the justification with regards to the plaintiffs listed in the case.
Trump's Attack on the Courts Channels the Worst of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt hated the idea of unelected judges stopping him and his allies in the Progressive movement from wielding government power as they saw fit. So Roosevelt advocated stripping the courts of their independence by subjecting both judges and judicial decisions to recall by popular vote.
A second judge rules against Trump's removal of transgender troops
A federal judge from New Jersey temporarily blocked the Trump administration from separating two transgender service members from the Air Force.
The ruling is the second instance when a federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration as it seeks to implement its ban against transgender people from serving in the military.
Trump Wants Sanctions on Law Firms for 'Frivolous' Suits
President Donald Trump has issued a memo authorizing the attorney general and secretary of Homeland Security to seek sanctions against legal firms that file lawsuits against the administration that they deem "frivolous," sparking ire from civil rights groups.
"Lawyers and law firms that engage in actions that violate the laws of the United States or rules governing attorney conduct must be efficiently and effectively held accountable," Trump wrote in the memo, which was released Saturday.