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The United States RELEASES, WAIVES, ACQUITS, and FOREVER DISCHARGES each of the Plaintiffs from, and is hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims, counterclaims, causes of action, appeals, or requests for any relief… — From the Office of the Attorney General order signed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that it will resume the federal use of capital punishment, and that it is seeking death sentences against 44 defendants. The DOJ also said that it will use firing squads, electrocution, or nitrogen asphyxiation if the drug used in lethal injection is unavailable. The announcement follows the [...]

The Trump administration fired six more immigration judges on Friday, adding to growing dismissals as judges and lawyers continue to push for a more independent judicial immigration system. The newly fired judges are now among over 100 fired so far in Donald Trump’s second term. The number of US immigration judges has reportedly diminished by [...]

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has authority to guide federal investigations, countering accusations that the Justice Department has been used to target Trump’s political opponents. Blanche made the remarks during his first press conference since being appointed to the position last week, defending the president’s power to set [...]

Lela Reynolds is a second-year law student at Purdue Global Law School and a US-based paralegal in Los Angeles, California, covering US legal developments for JURIST. On April 2, President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi following a reported confrontation over the pace of politically sensitive prosecutions, raising immediate questions about the traditional firewall [...]

Victor Qiu is a JURIST Washington, D.C. correspondent and an attorney. The views expressed in this article are his own and in his personal capacity. On the morning of Wednesday, January 21, I attended the oral argument for Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Lisa D. Cook at the US Supreme Court. When I arrived [...]

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced Sunday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has served the central bank with grand jury subpoenas. The documents, delivered on Friday, are related to Powell’s testimony to the Senate Banking Committee regarding renovations to Fed buildings. President Donald Trump has threatened litigation against Powell over the planned renovations. [...]

A former US immigration judge filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice (DOJ), charging violations of her civil rights. Tania Nemer, who was released from her position as an immigration judge in February, contends that she was dismissed because of her sex, her ethnicity, and her political affiliation with the Democratic Party. In [...]

The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to overrule an injunction set by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia preventing the administration from firing Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights and Director of the US Copyright Office. The administration filed its appeal to the Supreme Court alleging it [...]

Former FBI director James Comey was indicted on Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress following pressure from US President Donald Trump, who considers Comey one of his political rivals. An indictment is a formal charge brought by prosecutors and approved by a grand jury, which allows a case to proceed within the court system. A [...]