Courts & Law
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Hundreds of law firms, former judges express support for Perkins Coie in lawsuit against Trump admin
Democratic strategist James Carville slammed the law firms who struck deals with the president, comparing them to Nazi collaborators.
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Supreme Court rules Trump administration can cancel $65 million in teaching grants
Chief Justice John Roberts dissented in the 5-4 ruling, along with the court's three liberal justices.
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Multiple Democratic states sue Trump administration over termination of NIH grants
The lawsuit contends that the administration's actions are harming research facilities that are awaiting funding to conduct studies on things like new treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Federal judge orders Trump admin to bring Maryland man back to US after he was wrongly deported
The Trump administration has admitted that Abrego Garcia's deportation was an "administrative error."
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Legal nonprofit sues Trump over Chinese tariffs
The NCLA argued that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA), which Trump used to impose the new tax, freezes economic sanctions, and other assets, but not tariffs.
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19 Democratic state attorneys general sue over Trump's election integrity executive order
The lawsuit argues that the executive order is unconstitutional.
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Federal judge considering whether to hold Trump admin in contempt over deportation flights
The judge also said that he would not issue a decision on moving forward with the contempt orders until next week at the earliest.
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Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi sues Democratic lawmaker for $10 million for defamation
Taibbi denies the allegations, and claims that he has never been accused of sexual harassment.
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Prosecutors won't pursue assault charge against man whom Rep. Mace says 'physically accosted' her
In December, Mace alleged that James McIntyre "physically accosted" her at the Capitol during an event that was celebrating the 25 years of the Foster Care Independence Act.
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DOJ reportedly decided in final days of Biden presidency not to prosecute Texas AG Ken Paxton
The date of the decision not to prosecute Paxton is not clear.
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Appeals court rules Trump J6 pardon does not excuse defendant's unrelated crimes
The ruling is related to Kentucky resident Dan Wilson’s bid to avoid going back to prison this week to serve for unrelated gun crimes, even though the guns were discovered during the FBI's investigation into his case.
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California man who planned to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to plead guilty
Nicholas Roske was scheduled to stand trial in June.
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Same judge blocking CIA efforts to fire DEI employees hamstrung the Steele Dossier prosecution
The Bush-appointed judge who blocked efforts by the CIA to fire employees involved in DEI programs also serves on the FISA Court — is the same judge who undercut one of John Durham's Russian collusion hoax prosecutions.