Courts

The Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024.

Judge blocks Trump bid to lay off 1,300 Education Department workers

Kaelan Deese · May 22, 2025 11:47 am

Elon Musk flashes his t-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop ‘intrusive’ discovery in FOIA case against DOGE

Jack Birle · May 21, 2025 6:24 pm

Judge rules Trump administration violated court order with migrant flight to Africa

Annabella Rosciglione · May 21, 2025 3:25 pm

James Ho testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Ho has been nominated to be United States Circuit Judge For The Fifth Circuit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Appellate judge blasts courts’ ‘special treatment’ for illegal immigrants

Jack Birle · May 21, 2025 3:19 pm

Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States deplane at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Supreme Court so far focusing on procedure over substance in immigration cases

Jack Birle · May 21, 2025 6:30 am

FILE -State Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, speaks with a colleague, Feb. 14, 2023, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Supreme Court restores Maine GOP lawmaker’s privileges after transgender dispute

Jack Birle · May 20, 2025 3:53 pm

A view of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse that houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in Washington. Obama's health care law is enmeshed in another big legal battle after two federal appeals courts issued contradictory rulings on a key financing issue within hours of each other Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Appeals court unfreezes Trump order targeting federal worker unions

Jack Birle · May 17, 2025 2:01 pm

Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States deplane at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Supreme Court pauses deportations under Alien Enemies Act in Texas

Jack Birle · May 16, 2025 5:24 pm

President Donald Trump signs the guest book after touring the Abrahamic Family House, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DC Circuit panel skeptical of Trump administration ability to fire independent officials

Jack Birle · May 16, 2025 3:57 pm

FILE - People gather outside the U.S. District Court after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's effort to halt the nation's refugee admissions system Feb. 25, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)

Federal judge revises order demanding 12,000 refugees be admitted down to 160

Jack Birle · May 16, 2025 11:35 am

FILE - The Supreme Court at sunset in Washington, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Supreme Court expands review standard for police excessive force claims

Jack Birle · May 15, 2025 6:02 pm

Judge Hannah Dugan poses for a photo in Milwaukee in 2016.

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan pleads not guilty in obstruction case

Jack Birle · May 15, 2025 11:36 am