The US Department of Justice released a legal opinion on Tuesday stating that President Donald Trump has the power to abolish two national monuments established by former presidents. The 50-page opinion supports a president’s authority to revoke national monuments that were created under the Antiquities Act, despite the lack of this specific language in the [...]
A federal judge in Maryland ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to restore AmeriCorps-funded programs in Washington, DC, and 24 Democratic-led states as their lawsuit over recent cuts proceeds. The defendants shall RESTORE the affected AmeriCorps programs in the plaintiff states to the status quo prior to the April 25, 2025 grant terminations by REINSTATING [...]
A US federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida cannot enforce a law that requires social media companies to block children 14 years or younger from using their platforms. Chief US District Judge Mark Walker for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, granted a preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of the law passed by the [...]
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Donald Trump’s attempt to punish an elite law firm associated with his political opposition was unconstitutional and directed the government not to enforce Executive Order 14250 signed in March. US District Judge for the District of Columbia Richard Leon granted summary judgement for Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale [...]
A US federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump broke the law when he fired members of an independent civil liberties watchdog board without cause in January. US District Court for the District of Columbia Senior Judge Reggie Walton further ordered the reinstatement of those challenging their removals in court. Plaintiffs Travis LeBlanc and [...]
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down one of the key remaining ways to enforce the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) on Wednesday. In a 2-1 decision, Judges Raymond Gruender and Jonathan Kobes held that §2 of the VRA does not confer a “private right of action for [...]
A federal judge in New Hampshire on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction in favor of teacher groups, blocking the Department of Education’s (DOE) attempt to withhold federal funding from schools that implement diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. This represents a legal setback to the Trump administration’s effort to end DEI. Judge Landya McCafferty concluded [...]
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday barred the Trump administration from implementing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy allowing the rapid deportation of hundreds of migrants to countries other than their own without due process. US District Court Judge Brian Murphy granted the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction on the DHS policy. [...]
US District Judge Allison D. Burroughs granted universities and university advocacy groups relief Wednesday when she approved their motion for a temporary restraining order on the federal Department of Energy’s new “Rate Cap Policy.” The DOE announced its new policy on April 11. The policy will cut funding for indirect costs that support research at [...]
A US federal appeals court on Wednesday granted the US government’s motion for a stay pending appeal of a district court’s order that federal agencies and executive departments reinstate fired probationary federal workers and refrain from firing any additional federal workers without proper notice. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the government met [...]
