This week’s ruling blocking many of the president’s tariffs will not lift those on Canadian cars, steel and aluminum. A trade expert explains what’s next.
La votación para actualizar el poder judicial del país podría dar lugar a un sistema comprometido con el partido gobernante, Morena.
The election to overhaul Mexico’s courts could result in a justice system more beholden to the nation’s dominant party, Morena.
It was an opening salvo in what is likely to be the decisive legal battle over the president’s attempts to employ the rarely used wartime law as a centerpiece of his aggressive deportation agenda.
The president has grown increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda, including by judges he appointed.
Por primera vez, México elegirá jueces y magistrados en todo el país. Las restricciones para hacer campaña llevaron a muchos candidatos a utilizar las redes sociales, a veces de forma controversial.
For the first time, Mexico will elect judges nationwide, from the highest to the lowest courts. Campaign restrictions pushed many candidates to campaign on social media, sometimes in divisive ways.
The administration had asked the court to allow it to end deportation protections for more than 500,000 people facing dire humanitarian crises in their home countries.
A federal court ruled that President Trump’s tariffs were illegal. We speak to the lead plaintiff.
White House reactions to unfavorable court rulings appeared designed to undermine confidence in the judiciary.
The judge ruled that the trooper was shielded from charges under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution because he was working on a federal task force.
A federal judge said she would issue a temporary order that would prevent the Trump administration from blocking the school’s ability to enroll international students.
The complaint argues that orders aimed at increasing American fossil fuel production infringe on the fundamental rights of young people.
The administration immediately petitioned a court to allow the United States to continue imposing stiff tariffs.
Personas señaladas de conexiones con cárteles y de delitos graves figuran en las boletas de las primeras elecciones judiciales que se celebran en México este domingo, lo que aviva el temor a que el crimen organizado pueda ejercer su influencia en la votación.
Por primera vez, los mexicanos votarán por miles de candidatos para ocupar 2600 cargos en tribunales locales, estatales y federales.
People accused of cartel connections and serious crime are on the ballot in Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections on Sunday, fueling fears that organized crime could exert its influence in the vote.
For the first time, Mexicans will vote for thousands of candidates to fill more than 2,600 positions in federal, state and local courts.
A federal judge in Massachusetts had ordered officials to “facilitate” his return. The United States is still holding a group of other deportees at a base in Djibouti.
The U.S. Court of International Trade said the president had overstepped his authority in imposing his “reciprocal” tariffs globally, as well as levies on Canada and Mexico.
The ruling helps undercut a new amendment to the State Constitution that ensures abortion rights.
Prosecutors said the former lawyer, Gregory J. Moore, 51, had also sought to avoid court dates by feigning illnesses, getting into a car crash and calling in bomb threats.
The president tapped his former defense lawyer to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
The judge ordered ICE to release Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, who also faces criminal charges.
Data gathered by the law enforcement agency responsible for judicial security showed 162 judges faced threats between March 1 and April 14.
Government lawyers said a federal judge in Boston had overstepped his authority by requiring hearings before deportations to countries other than the migrants’ own.
The judge concluded that the firm was targeted over its association with Robert S. Mueller III, and that the order “must be struck down in its entirety.”
The ruling effectively keeps the New York City tolling program, the first of its kind in the United States, running through June 9. President Trump has long vowed to kill the program.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington by NPR and other public radio organizations, said President Trump’s executive order violated the Constitution and the First Amendment.
A grand jury in Louisiana indicted a New York doctor for sending abortion pills to a Louisiana resident.
The Supreme Court bears a heavy dose of responsibility for plunging the legal world into chaos.
Veterans, in particular, are seeking free legal work from firms that cut deals with the White House like Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Weiss.
Abortion laws did not consider what happens if a woman dies while her fetus has a heartbeat.
The decision was nearly identical to another involving the law firm Perkins Coie. Judges in both cases found the orders coercive.
They are leaving a few months after Paul Weiss cut a deal with the White House to avoid an executive order that would have restricted its business.
Magistrate Judge André Espinosa of U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, offered lengthy comments, critical of the government, before agreeing to dismiss federal trespassing charges against Ras J. Baraka, the mayor of Newark.
Those worried about how the court will confront Trump should save their outrage for other cases.
Courts are serving as a rare check on President Trump, but judicial orders to unwind his actions can be easier said than done.
In Christin Eve Cato’s new backstage dramedy, an actress’s plan to terminate a pregnancy collides with the rollback of reproductive rights.
The deportees are stuck in Djibouti amid a legal fight over their expulsions. A lawyer for some of the men said she was concerned for their health and welfare.
Democrats have argued that House Republicans’ measure would rob courts of their power by stripping away any consequences for officials who ignore judges’ rulings.
The order issued by a federal judge in Boston also directs officials to reinstate thousands of fired employees.
La deportación de un hombre de Maryland a El Salvador desencadenó un feroz debate entre funcionarios de tres agencias del gabinete, a pesar del acuerdo de que había habido un error.
The findings appeared to inch the government closer to a constitutional showdown, as President Trump increasingly claims expansive powers over the nation’s purse strings.
A federal court ruled that President Trump’s removals were illegal and arbitrary and ordered two board members reinstated.
Lawyers for some of the eight migrants deported Tuesday said they were told they were being sent to South Sudan. People familiar with the plane said it had landed for now in Djibouti.
Ted Olson didn’t live to see how quickly Trump’s blackmail could reduce once-proud law firms to pitiable supplicants for the president’s grace.
Este derecho en realidad permite a las personas impugnar legalmente sus detenciones por el gobierno, y está garantizado en la Constitución de EE. UU.
The right allows people to legally challenge their detentions by the government and is guaranteed in the Constitution.
Judge Beryl Howell of U.S. District Court in Washington said that the administration, in a “gross usurpation of power,” had acted with “blunt force” against the independent agency.
Emil Bove III has emerged as a top contender to fill a vacancy on the appeals court covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, people familiar with the matter said.
Even more than free legal help, what the president gets from the firms is the joy of publicly dominating and demeaning his adversaries.
Above the Law, a legal industry website with a long history of skewering the nation’s most elite firms, has found a moment and plenty of inside tipsters.
The Trump administration’s aggressive push to deport migrants has run up against resistance from the judiciary.
A federal judge’s order had barred dozens of federal agencies from moving ahead with the largest phase of President Trump’s efforts to downsize the government.
Responses to a guest essay about the effects of Medicaid cuts. Also: A third presidential term; a display of faith; loud music in public.
Justice Department lawyers are scheduled to appear in Federal District Court in Maryland to defend their latest effort to avoid disclosing details about several key aspects of the proceeding.
Louisiana officials want to overturn the remaining federal desegregation orders in their state. They may find allies in the Trump administration.
La cuestión ante los jueces de la Corte Suprema era si un único juez de distrito tiene la capacidad de bloquear una política en todo Estados Unidos.
WilmerHale and Jenner & Block pleaded with the courts to intervene as the Justice Department moved to implement President Trump’s orders targeting their business.
For months, the Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova has challenged efforts to deport her to her native Russia for a customs violation. This week, the government charged her with a criminal felony.
El miércoles se anunciaron cargos penales por contrabando contra Kseniia Petrova, científica de Harvard. Un abogado del gobierno declaró que planean deportarla.
The question before the justices was whether a single district court judge has the power to block a policy across the country.
The document, which had accidentally been released by the government’s lawyers, detailed the weaknesses in its legal effort to end the tolling program in Manhattan.
Across the ideological spectrum, justices have been troubled by rulings that touch everyone affected by a challenged law, regulation or executive action.
President Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship is one of many aggressive policies that judges have blocked with sweeping orders.
A case focused on birthright citizenship could come later, but the bulk of the argument is expected to concern whether a single judge can freeze a policy nationwide.
For more than a century, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States. But President Trump has challenged that precedent. Abbie VanSickle, a reporter covering the Supreme Court for The New York Times, explains.
It looks like retribution. It’s actually worse.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether federal judges can block Trump administration policy across the country.
The government is a centrist parliamentary coalition. To undo its predecessor’s democratic backsliding, it needs the presidency. The election starts next week.
El presidente Donald Trump ha popularizado teorías jurídicas antes consideradas impensables para justificar sus políticas de inmigración.
The decision requires Elon Musk’s team to resume efforts to share information about its structure and day-to-day operations requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
Judge Hannah C. Dugan’s lawyers claimed judicial immunity in a court filing on Wednesday, a day after she was indicted by a federal grand jury.
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific samples she carried into the U.S.
Before the Trump presidency, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States.
Readers reflect on the Constitution and the state of American democracy. Also: The Catholic Church sex abuse crisis; Elon Musk’s minions.
Sure, everyone likes gifts. But presidents have to refuse them most of the time.
Readers respond to a guest essay that warned of authoritarianism in America. Also: Shame on the lawyers; euphoria over Pope Leo XIV.
Jurists have long surprised expectations based on party, and it’s reassuring to see that continue today.
An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government.
By using another interim appointment to fill a vacancy for the top prosecutor in Washington, the White House is bypassing Senate confirmation and potentially claiming expansive authority.
When the law firm Paul Weiss cut a deal with the Trump administration, a new kind of activist emerged.
In pointed remarks, the justice told an audience of hundreds of lawyers that she had joined them as “an act of solidarity.”
A likeness of Christopher Pelkey, who was killed in a 2021 road rage episode, was created with artificial intelligence. It was part of a victim’s impact statement.
The Fox News personality has known the president for decades and would provide him with a reliable line into a crucial prosecutors office in the Justice Department.
And how exactly can we tell whether America has crossed the line?
The judge pressed a lawyer for the Justice Department on the government’s role and responsibilities in the men’s deportation and incarceration in El Salvador.
Three counts showed that the incumbent, a Democrat, won the State Supreme Court election last fall. But Judge Jefferson Griffin tried for months to reverse his loss through the courts.
The Trump administration is focusing on logistical issues, not constitutional ones, in its efforts to keep several international students in detention. The tactic has effectively slowed some high-profile cases.
Lower courts had blocked the policy, saying it was not supported by evidence and violated equal protection principles.
Fearing the wrath of President Trump, some elite law firms are declining pro bono work on lawsuits challenging the administration’s policies.
Does the prisoner’s dilemma still apply when the rules break down?
Hind Kabawat hopes her long experience as a conflict mediator can help Syria’s next generation. The challenges are immense.
The president’s fantasizing about remaining in office deserves more forceful pushback.
The federal ruling on Monday was the most significant legal victory yet for Justice Allison Riggs, the Democratic incumbent in a State Supreme Court race.
President Trump and his allies have portrayed their efforts to bypass due process as necessary for national security.
President Trump, facing opposition from New York’s senior senator, named Joseph Nocella Jr. to do the job on a temporary basis.
Readers react to President Trump’s answer when asked if he needed to uphold the Constitution. Also: Immigration questions; Meals on Wheels.
The company lent roughly $9 billion to practices affected by a vast cyberattack on its payment systems last year. Medical practices are now suing the health care colossus, saying it is pressuring them to repay funds.
After taking part in a landmark case against the manufacturers of the synthetic hormone DES, she represented many other victims of harmful drugs and devices.
President Trump repeatedly said he didn’t know when asked in a TV interview whether every person on American soil was entitled to due process, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
Two cases before the Supreme Court ask why the government is able to avoid liability when it does the wrong thing.
Classical musicians have a lot to teach interpreters of the U.S. Constitution. It’s so much more than the text.
The decision marked the first time a federal judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order to punish law firms he opposes politically.
A federal judge in Maryland found that scrutiny of the agency’s sensitive information systems by Elon Musk’s team appeared to violate federal privacy laws.
The president named his first appeals court candidate this week, but fewer vacancies and other priorities have led to a lack of judicial nominations from the White House so far.
Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is a Trump nominee with conservative credentials. But he found White House claims about a Venezuelan gang “invasion” went too far.
Harvard has hired lawyers connected to conservative Supreme Court justices and President Trump himself to fight its case against the government.
In five months, the country has had three acting presidents after the leader who imposed martial law was impeached. And now doubts cloud the coming election.
Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.
“I’m glad it happened, even at my expense,” said Rod Ponton, who is (still) not a cat.
The decision could rip a hole in Berlin’s budget and complicate the transition to a greener economy.
The case is the second one this term asking the justices to decide when government activity crosses the line to become coercion forbidden by the First Amendment.
A Fifth Circuit panel partly upheld restrictions on the Biden administration’s communications with online platforms about their content.
After making little progress with Republican leaders at the White House on Tuesday, the president previewed two possible endgames to resolve a debt-limit standoff.
Two criminal defendants have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether remote testimony against them violated the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.
Recent orders suggest that the justices are thinking of dismissing cases involving the “independent state legislature” theory and Title 42, an immigration measure imposed during the pandemic.
The justices, who had been set to hear arguments on March 1, acted after the Biden administration filed a brief saying that the measure would soon be moot.
The unanimous ruling was the first one summarized by a justice since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and an indication that the court is off to a slow start this term.
At issue is Title 42, a public health measure invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic to block migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
The justices left in place an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s authority to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower.
A pair of prominent headlines highlights the reversals.
We all know what happened with summer 2020. Then 2021 was dampened by Delta. This year, any anticipated return to revelry has been hampered by … *waves hands at everything.* Is there hope for enjoying the once fun season?
School is out for the summer — but in some cases, so are the bosses.
School is out for the summer — but in some cases, so are the bosses.
Readers call for more openness and discuss judicial restraint and the justices’ religious beliefs. Also: Mask decisions; Twitter’s dark side; skipping school.