Courts & Law
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Supreme Court overturns Judge Boasberg, sides with Trump on deporting gang members under 1798 law
The Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a major victory by allowing him to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected gang members of Tren de Aragua.
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Appeals court allows DOGE to access sensitive information from multiple federal agencies
The American Federation of Teachers has accused the Trump administration of violating federal privacy laws by giving DOGE access to systems with personal information on millions of Americans without their consent.
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Chief Justice John Roberts halts deadline for Trump admin to return man who was wrongly deported
The Trump administration has acknowledged the error in deporting the man, and was ordered to return him by midnight Monday.
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Appeals court blocks Trump admin from firing labor board members
The administration has argued that the president should be allowed to dismiss labor board members at will to ensure "democratic accountability."
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order to return Salvadoran national to US
The Justice Department states that the judge who ruled Kilmar Abrego Garcia had to come back to the U.S. overstepped authority.
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DOJ argues judge cannot order return of illegal immigrant deported to El Salvador prison
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled on Friday that the Trump administration has to “facilitate and effectuate” Abrego Garcia’s return to U.S. soil by late Monday evening.
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LA County agrees to pay $4 billion to settle thousands of foster care sexual abuse claims
The payout is expected to impact more than 6,800 people with cases stemming as far back as 1959. Most of the cases occurred in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, and a significant number took place at the MacLaren Children’s Center.
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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.