The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit  upheld  Monday a US District Court ruling that New Jersey’s new bail system, which does away with most cash bail, is constitutional. The law was challenged by Brittan Holland, who was arrested for aggravated assault last year. He alleged that the new system created by the [...]

US President Donald Trump granted two full presidential pardons Tuesday to Dwight Lincoln Hammond, Jr., and his son, Steven Hammond, cattle ranchers in Oregon who were serving 5-year sentences for arson on federal land. It was this sentencing that set off a 41-day armed occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. While the [...]

The US District Court for the Southern District of California  on Monday extended  the deadline for US attorneys to reunite 102 immigrant children with their families. Under a June 26 order granting  the plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was to reunite children under five years old with their families by Monday, [...]

US President Donald Trump on Monday nominated  Brett M. Kavanaugh of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit  to the US Supreme Court to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, who will retire  on July 31st.  Kennedy was nominated  in 1987 by then-president Ronald Reagan. He was seen as having a relatively  neutral ideology and methodology of interpretation. Throughout his [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Monday a $10 billion class action settlement against Volkswagen for a 2015 emissions cheating scandal. Volkswagen has admitted to installing devices in certain models of their diesel vehicles to have them defeat US emissions tests. Anywhere from 10-40 times the legal amount of diesel fumes were being [...]

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said Thursday it needs more time to accurately identify the parents of detained immigrant children. The response follows a June 26 court order in the US District Court for the Southern District of California . ICE wrote that they would be using DNA testing to identify the parents [...]

According to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) form  first obtained by NBC News   Tuesday, detained immigrant parents, even those with pending asylum claims, must choose between returning to their country with or without their children. The form is to be read to the parents in a language that they know and has them sign for either [...]

US President Donald Trump announced  Thursday the resignation of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency . “Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this,” Trump said. Trump noted that current Deputy Adminstrator Andrew Wheeler will serve as acting administrator. “I have [...]

Judge John Mendez of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California  on Wednesday blocked  the enforcement of provisions of California’s Immigrant Worker Protection Act  that would have fined employers who consent to immigration enforcement activities not mandated by federal law. The act prohibits employers from providing consent to an immigration officer to “enter any nonpublic [...]

The US District Court for the District of Columbia  on Friday ordered  a two month delay in Michael Flynn’s sentencing hearing for his guilty plea  concerning charges related to making false statements to the FBI. The order comes in response to requests from both Special Counsel Robert Muller and Flynn’s defense team for additional time [...]