The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump has the power to suspend refugee admissions to the United States, though the court provided some relief to refugees who had already been conditionally approved before the policy was implemented. The ruling in Pacito v. Trump stated that the president has broad discretion [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) is not an “arm of the State” of New Jersey, and it cannot claim sovereign immunity against personal injury lawsuits filed out of state. The case, Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation, consolidated two cases from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously held that federal appellate courts must be highly deferential to administrative adjudications when determining whether undisputed facts amount to “persecution” under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The opinion, written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, held that the INA requires federal courts to treat Board of Immigration Appeals [...]

The state of Minnesota sued US President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to prevent it from withholding $243 million in Medicaid funding, warning it may have to cut health care for low-income families if the funding is held back. The state seeks a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from withholding Medicaid funding—the health care [...]

The Supreme Court on Monday granted emergency relief to parents challenging California school policies on student gender identity, allowing a district court injunction to take effect while litigation continues in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In an unsigned per curiam opinion, the Court held that the Ninth Circuit’s stay of [...]

A Georgia jury on Tuesday found Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, guilty of 29 charges tied to the shooting. Colt Gray killed four people and wounded another nine others in the September 2024 school shooting. The case against father Colin Gray marks one of the first times a parent has [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) revived proceedings against four law firms on Tuesday, continuing its appeal of lower court decisions that invalidated President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the firms. After filing a motion to drop the consolidated case against law firms Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie and Susman Godfrey on Monday evening, [...]

A US federal judge ruled on Monday for the third time that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cannot bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits to ICE detention facilities. Judge Jia Cobb of US District Court for the District of Columbia authored the opinion, which came in response to a policy announced in [...]

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. Last week, I attended the oral argument for Michael Pung, Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Scott Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan, at the United States Supreme Court. While [...]

Two transgender Kansas residents on Friday filed a lawsuit in state court, asking the judge to strike down the recent law that immediately invalidates the driver’s license of anyone whose gender on their license does not match the one assigned at birth. The lawsuit challenging bill SB 244 was filed on behalf of anonymous plaintiffs [...]