Kilmar Abrego Garcia stays jailed as Justice Dept. agrees to delay release order over fears Trump administration might deport him before trial.
Judge permanently blocks Trump’s order punishing Susman Godfrey for defending Dominion Voting Systems and promoting racial diversity.
Supreme Court’s 6 to 3 decision voids nationwide injunctions, clearing Trump’s bid to deny birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants in most of the United States.
Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling keeps ACA preventive-care coverage intact and confirms HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can override the task force deciding which services insurers must cover.
State Department plans layoffs of 1,900 employees as early as Friday despite federal judge’s order barring workforce cuts.
Retired Reagan-appointed Justice Kennedy warns democracy and freedom “at risk” as federal judges face over 400 threats this year following Trump’s attacks.
Supreme Court eliminates Medicaid patients’ right to sue over provider restrictions, allowing South Carolina to defund Planned Parenthood in state facing healthcare deserts.
Judge blocks Trump order stripping collective bargaining rights from a million federal workers, citing plausible First Amendment retaliation against union speech.
Federal judge blocks Labor Department’s shutdown of 120 Job Corps sites, ruling agency can’t “do as it pleases” when Congress funded program.
Justice Department sues Minnesota over college tuition program, claiming state treats U.S. citizens as “second-class” by giving undocumented immigrants in-state rates.
Federal judge calls Trump’s $200 financial reporting rule “arbitrary and capricious,” blocking it for El Paso money service businesses facing closure.
Judge keeps Abrego Garcia jailed while Justice Department and ICE clash over whether to prosecute him for 2022 human smuggling charges filed after his mistaken deportation or deport him again.
Trump administration sues all 15 Maryland federal judges over order blocking immigrant deportations, calling it “egregious overreach.”
Trump appeals court nominee Bove denies to Senate that he told Justice Dept. lawyers to ignore court orders on deportations after whistleblower complaint.
Christian and other faith leaders sue Texas education agency over law requiring Ten Commandments displays in all public school classrooms.
Trump demands Israel cancel Netanyahu’s corruption trial, calling it a “witch hunt” against his longtime ally.
Over 20 state attorneys general sue Trump administration for using obscure five-word clause to justify billions in federal funding cuts they claim bypasses Congress.
Trump appeals $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict claiming presidential immunity after previously waiving it and telling court she could “pursue this action when the president is no longer in office.”
Federal appeals court orders Trump administration to return Jordin Melgar-Salmeron, Salvadoran man deported minutes after court blocked his removal.
Fired DOJ lawyer alleges Trump’s former personal attorney Emil Bove told subordinates to consider ignoring court orders day before confirmation hearing for lifetime federal appeals court judgeship.
Biden-appointed judge blocks Trump from withholding $5 billion in EV charger funds after administration ignored government watchdog finding it violated law.
Federal judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s June 4 proclamation banning Harvard international students after his May 22 attempt was also blocked, ruling both are retaliation for university’s refusal to screen applicants for political beliefs.
Supreme Court allows Trump to deport migrants to third countries without due process after administration repeatedly violated lower court orders, prompting Sotomayor to accuse colleagues of “rewarding lawlessness.”
Senate parliamentarian strikes down multiple Trump megabill provisions including state immigration enforcement and limits on court contempt powers, effectively killing measures Republicans can’t pass without Democratic support.
Federal judge demands written compliance report by Friday after Trump administration fails to disclose Voice of America layoffs despite court order blocking dismantling.
Senate parliamentarian strikes down GOP provision that would have limited courts’ ability to hold Trump officials in contempt. There have been 190 rulings against the administration since January.
Federal judge grants bail to Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador prison due to Trump administration’s admitted “administrative error” but notes he will likely remain in ICE custody.
Trump-nominated judge gives academic award to University of Florida law student who argued Constitution applies only to white people and called for removing non-white voting rights.
Federal judge blocks NSF’s arbitrary 15% cap on university research funding after Trump administration slashed typical reimbursement rates from 50-65%.
Federal judge blocks Trump’s ban on Harvard hosting foreign students in retaliation campaign after university rejected White House demands on campus policies.
Justice Jackson accuses Supreme Court of favoring moneyed interests over ordinary citizens in fuel industry victory against EPA emissions rules.
Federal judge frees Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil after 104 days in immigration detention despite Trump administration claims his presence threatens foreign policy.
Trump’s CFPB drops 18 enforcement cases against predatory lenders including Credit Acceptance which profits from borrower failures while vulnerable consumers face thousands in judgments.
Supreme Court declines to fast-track challenge to Trump’s emergency tariffs, keeping congressional bypass in place while toy companies report rising prices.
Judge orders briefs on whether Trump’s federalized troops in LA violate the Posse Comitatus Act after appeals court backs deployment.
Judge blocks Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s bid to tie billions in state transit grants to ICE cooperation before June 20 deadline.
Texas federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk voids Biden HHS rule shielding abortion and gender care records from prosecutors and says expanded HIPAA privacy exceeds agency authority.
Federal Judge Adam Abelson halts Trump EPA bid to kill $600 million environmental justice grants for underserved communities from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
Appeals court says Trump lawfully federalized CA National Guard after immigration raid protests, overriding Gov. Newsom and marking first presidential takeover since 1965.
College student Caroline Dias Goncalves granted bond after ICE illegally used drug interdiction online chat to arrest merit scholarship recipient with no criminal record.
FL Attorney General Uthmeier held in civil contempt for defying federal court order halting immigration law, must now file biweekly reports or face fines.
Supreme Court upholds state transgender care bans for minors in 6-3 ruling, with Sotomayor reading rare dissent comparing majority’s deference to past defenses of interracial marriage bans.
Supreme Court allows Nuclear Regulatory Commission to override Texas and New Mexico governors’ opposition for temporary nuclear waste storage sites.
Toy companies ask Supreme Court for urgent review of Trump tariffs after lower courts ruled them unlawful but administration continues collecting billions from American businesses.
Federal judge expands injunction blocking Trump from restricting passport sex markers for transgender and nonbinary Americans, citing constitutional equal protection violations.
Federal judge blocks Trump from unconstitutionally cutting congressionally-approved CDC funding to four Democratic cities.
Jury orders MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to pay $2.3 million in damages for calling Dominion executive Eric Coomer “traitor” over debunked 2020 election fraud claims.
Reagan-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s cancellation of $1 billion in NIH diversity research grants illegal, calling it “palpable” racial discrimination.
Twenty Willkie Farr attorneys depart for Cooley after Willkie pledged $100 million to avoid Trump’s unconstitutional executive orders while Cooley fights the same orders in court.
Federal appeals court declines to rehear Trump’s challenge to $5 million E Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict, with two Trump-appointed judges dissenting from refusal to reconsider case.