A US federal judge on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from enforcing its policy of warrantless civil immigration arrests without probable cause of escape risk. The order grants both a preliminary injunction and provisional class certification, and denies a separate motion for final class certification without prejudice, meaning [...]

The Federal Government of Germany’s newly established arbitration court commenced its operations on Monday, aiming to streamline the return of cultural property seized during the Nazi era. The court replaces the long-standing Advisory Commission, commonly known as the Limbach Commission, which was launched in 2003. It introduces unilateral appealability, allowing either party to appeal without [...]

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that New York cannot, at least for now, regulate statements by faith-based pregnancy centers promoting “abortion pill reversal,” finding their speech is likely protected under the First Amendment. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction blocking Attorney General Letitia James from pursuing enforcement actions against three [...]

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 [...]

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawyer who represented US President Donald Trump in a number of civil and criminal matters between his first and second presidencies cannot serve as acting US attorney for the District of New Jersey. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals found the Trump administration’s efforts to install Alina Habba [...]

Georgia’s prosecuting district attorney on Wednesday dropped the closely watched case against US President Donald Trump and co-defendants for interference in the 2020 election, stating he made the decision “to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality.” In a motion of nolle prosequi, District Attorney Pro Tempore Peter J. Skandalakis cited the legal [...]

A coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over its restructuring of the $3.6 billion Continuum of Care program (COC), arguing that the changes violate federal law and constitutional separation of powers principles. The lawsuit, filed in the US [...]

State attorneys general across the US signed a bipartisan letter on Tuesday urging Congress to “not inject an AI moratorium” into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The letter expressed concern about numerous risks posed by AI, including sophisticated “scams” and “delusional generative AI outputs” which endanger mental health, and AI tools “engaging children in [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday initiating the process to designate chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt as “foreign terrorist organizations.” In justifying the order, Trump stated that “the military wing of the Lebanese chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood joined Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian factions to launch multiple [...]

A federal judge on Monday dismissed criminal indictments against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor who secured the charges was appointed unlawfully. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found that Attorney General Pam Bondi exceeded her [...]