A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
An order signed by President Trump last month was aimed at stripping collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was elected in 2016. She spent much of her earlier career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups.
Una declaración de un funcionario del ICE afirma que un formulario de deportación fue leído y explicado a detenidos venezolanos, quienes tuvieron “no menos de 12 horas” para expresar su intención de impugnación.
The marshals are in an increasingly bitter conflict between two branches of government, even as funding for judges’ security has failed to keep pace with a steady rise in threats.
The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.
A declaration by an ICE official says an English-language form was “read and explained” to the detainees and that they had “no less than 12 hours” to express the intent to challenge their deportations.
Ryan Hemphill was arraigned Thursday afternoon on a 116-count indictment. Authorities say he tortured, drugged and filmed women in his Midtown apartment.
The move to dismiss William A. Burck underscored both the entanglements between Mr. Trump’s presidency and company and the degree to which he will look to target people he believes have wronged him.
DeSantis walked so that Trump could run.
White House officials are eschewing normal legal processes as they rush to ramp up deportations, saying there is no time to afford unauthorized immigrants any rights — and that they don’t deserve them anyway.
El presidente afirmó que los países estaban enviando a sus presos a Estados Unidos y que necesitaba obviar las exigencias constitucionales del debido proceso para expulsarlos rápidamente.
Judge Jeffrey Ferguson of Orange County Superior Court faces 40 years to life for murdering his wife, Sheryl Ferguson, in August 2023, prosecutors said.
He was a top deal maker in the world of mergers and acquisitions, during the 1980s takeover boom and beyond. He also had a keen interest in art.
Perkins Coie and WilmerHale asked two federal judges on Wednesday to permanently put an end to President Trump’s threats to their businesses.
The federal judiciary is being forced to confront a fundamental question: What to do when its orders are defied?
The president claimed that countries were sending their prisoners to the United States and that he needed to bypass the constitutional demands of due process to expel them quickly.
The Republican challenger has embarked on an extraordinary effort to reverse his election loss that critics say is testing the boundaries of post-election litigation.
La demanda de Harvard se produce después de que el gobierno de EE. UU. intentara obligar a la universidad a cumplir una lista de exigencias mediante el recorte de miles de millones en fondos federales que recibe la institución.
The sharp rebuke by a federal judge in Maryland suggested that she had lost her patience with the Trump administration’s recalcitrance in the case.
The president is trying to pick off institutions (and people) one by one.
The Trump administration has deployed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its effort to seek retribution against corporate law firms.
Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.
An appeals court had struck down a Minnesota law that applied to 18- to 20-year olds, saying it violated a new Second Amendment test focusing on history.
Parents in Maryland say they have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that storybooks with gay and transgender themes are discussed.
State efforts to urge the Supreme Court to reconsider same-sex marriage have not advanced, but they have reopened the issue.
The push to deport a group of Venezuelans raises questions about whether the government is following a Supreme Court order requiring that migrants receive due process.
Legal challenges over the powerful wartime law have gone all the way to the Supreme Court.
The arms race for talent seems to have made collective action, within and between firms, nearly impossible.
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
A group of transgender plaintiffs sued President Trump and the State Department over a new rule prohibiting passports from including a gender different from the sex listed on an original birth certificate.
The judge said that he needed more time to determine whether the new policy was discriminatory, but said that the elimination of rotating access for newswires was “facially neutral.”
Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, used his veto power to increase school funding limits for four centuries longer than Republican lawmakers in the state had intended.
The administration cast the threat by the judge, James E. Boasberg, to open criminal contempt proceedings as another salvo in an increasingly bitter battle between the White House and the courts.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the president said he would “always protect the Second Amendment.”
The Trump administration is on course for a potential constitutional clash with the judiciary branch, which has issued several rulings countering executive orders.
Judge Lewis J. Liman struck down several arguments in various lawsuits seeking to undo the New York City tolling program. Though weakened, the court cases continue.
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
Regardless of whether the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, is a member of MS-13, the appeals court wrote, he is entitled to due process.
The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift a nationwide pause on the policy as lower court challenges continue.
After a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of up to $650 million in frozen grants, an appeals court temporarily halted the payouts.
The justices and the American people must hold the line together.
It’s dangerous to go to court without legal representation — but more Americans are going it alone.
Senator Chuck Schumer had said he would block the permanent appointment of Jay Clayton, the president’s choice to head one of the nation’s most prestigious prosecutor’s offices.
In a hint of a shift in strategy, some of the country’s most powerful institutions have started choosing to resist.
The wire service on Wednesday accused The White House of continuing to bar its reporters from the press pool despite a judge’s order that called the restriction a violation of the First Amendment.
Matthew Meyers and Colin Williams of Oregon won first place at the national U.S. Constitution Team competition. Then came the recount that threatened to unravel their achievement.
The move was a remarkable attempt by a jurist to hold the White House accountable for its apparent willingness to flout court orders.
To avoid retribution, big firms agreed to provide free legal services for uncontroversial causes. To the White House, that could mean negotiating trade deals — or even defending the president and his allies.
The judge also said she planned to force Trump officials to reveal what they have done behind the scenes to seek the return of the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
It’s the latest setback to the president’s efforts to wield government power to punish law firms. A federal judge called it “a shocking abuse of power.”
Scholars say that the Trump administration is now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders, a path with an uncertain end.
The case of a man mistakenly deported to a brutal prison in El Salvador is a test for the limits of presidential power — and the rule of law.
The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.
The governing Fidesz party passed a constitutional amendment stating that all Hungarians are either male or female, and another protecting the “moral development” of children.
El Departamento de Justicia afirmó que los tribunales no pueden dirigir la política exterior del presidente forzando la devolución de un hombre enviado ilegalmente a una prisión salvadoreña.
Brice Oligui Nguema had promised to relinquish power after he led a coup in 2023. He now is set to lead the oil-rich country for the next seven years.
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
The Justice Department’s latest legal filing asserted that courts cannot direct President Trump’s foreign policy by forcing the return of a man unlawfully sent to a Salvadoran prison.
The administration is reviewing about $9 billion in federal funding that the university receives.
Readers discuss the firms that capitulated to the president’s demands, and those that didn’t.
Nineteen state attorneys general had sued to block Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing Treasury systems that include Americans’ bank account and Social Security information.
Shawn Monper, of Butler, Pa., also threatened immigration agents in comments on YouTube, federal prosecutors said.
The number of ballots in question exceeds the slim margin by which the Democratic incumbent won, potentially leading to the November election being overturned.
Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.
The decision by a judge in Louisiana is an early victory for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, but a broader challenge is still being heard in federal court in Newark.
The Trump administration clashed with a federal judge, refusing to comply with her demand for a road map to release a Maryland man it inadvertently deported to a Salvadoran prison last month.
Four or five firms could soon agree to deals that would be unveiled as a package, in an escalation of the president’s crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire.
“That was a pivotal moment in my life, maybe just as pivotal as coming to the United States in the first place,” a former associate at Skadden said in an interview with “The Daily” podcast.
Friedrich Merz, the incoming chancellor, persuaded lawmakers to let him spend more. Infrastructure will be the first order of business.
The legislation is part of an escalating Republican campaign to take aim at judges who have moved to halt some of President Trump’s executive orders.
In a legal filing, OpenAI asked a federal court to hold Mr. Musk responsible for any damage he has caused the firm, in the latest sign of their bitter feud.
The punitive move comes amid the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against big law firms.
Steven Banks, who once ran New York’s social services department, said he wanted to return to helping the homeless. He leaves within weeks of the elite firm striking a deal with President Trump.
Chief Justice Roberts ordered a brief pause of an appeals court ruling that had reinstated Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox to positions at agencies protecting workers’ rights.
Readers offer views on the president’s behavior. Also: Protecting our rights; shutting down a library agency.
As Willkie Farr & Gallagher learned, cutting a deal with the White House can avert a financially punitive executive order. But doing so can draw internal rebukes and external criticism.
Trump is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.
Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are seeking summary judgments against what one of them called “a plain violation of the First Amendment.”
The Trump administration has barred the news outlet from certain events for its use of the term “Gulf of Mexico,” which a federal judge agreed amounted to a violation of the First Amendment.
In a series of narrow and technical rulings, the justices have seemed to take pains to avoid a showdown with a president who has challenged the judiciary’s legitimacy.
Nicholas J. Roske, 29, of California, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. He was arrested near the justice’s home in 2022, with a pistol, a knife and other weapons.
A federal judge in California had ordered the Trump administration to rehire government employees fired as part of its efforts to slash the federal work force.
La campaña del presidente contra quienes considera sus enemigos ha resultado ser más amplia, creativa y eficiente —y, por ahora menos dependiente del sistema judicial— de lo previsto.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft balked at having one of its partners represent Donald Trump in his criminal cases. Now the firm is among those that have been pushed to agree to a deal with the White House.
A razor-close race for a seat on the court is the last 2024 statewide election in the nation to remain uncertified.
Inside the department’s civil division, litigators are squeezed between judges demanding answers and bosses’ instructions to protect the Trump agenda at all costs.
La 22.ª Enmienda es clara: el presidente de EE. UU. tiene que renunciar a su cargo tras su segundo mandato. Pero la negativa de Trump a aceptarlo sugiere hasta dónde está dispuesto a llegar para mantenerse en el poder.
To President Trump, Judge James E. Boasberg is “a troublemaker” and a “Radical Left Lunatic.” But his record and biography, including a friendship with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, say otherwise.
When his employer struck a deal to avert an executive order, Thomas Sipp decided to make a stand.
Conservative judges have come to opposite conclusions on what the Second Amendment has to say about limiting the gun rights of those under 21.
See a breakdown of some of the people and entities — including law firms, universities and more — that President Trump has retaliated against in the first few months of his new term.
President Trump’s campaign of retribution has turned out to be far more expansive, efficient and creative than many expected. Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what Mr. Trump has done in his first month...
President Trump’s campaign to exact revenge against his perceived foes has turned out to be far more expansive, creative, efficient — and for now, less reliant on the justice system — than anticipated.
Judge Paula Xinis, who has ordered that the Trump administration return the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, by Monday, also rejected a request to pause that order.
Three months into the Trump administration, it is clear that many of the Americans refusing to back down or stay silent are ordinary people.
The 22nd Amendment is clear: President Trump has to give up his office after his second term. But his refusal to accept that underscores how far he is willing to consider going to consolidate power.
It doesn’t just protect a person’s liberty and dignity. It’s a humble acknowledgment of our own limitations.
States that were once reluctant to expand Medicaid now have their state budgets tied to the fate of the program by constitutional amendments.
Law firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.
Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
The rise and fall of Yoon Suk Yeol exposed a vulnerability in South Korean democracy, but also a resilience. Its people were always ready to fight for it.
Job and program cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services have teed up court challenges and prompted bipartisan criticism in Congress.
The use of a video persona created with artificial intelligence software to help make an argument earns a stern rebuke.
The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.
Immigrant groups and Democratic states pushed back on a Trump administration request for the Supreme Court to allow curbs on birthright citizenship to go into effect in some places.
Given the country’s extreme polarization, there is something to be said for giving voters a voice in judicial elections unconstrained by district lines in gerrymandered states.
In one of the biggest cases he worked on, he represented Time magazine when Mr. Sharon, Israel’s defense minister, sued it over its reporting on a 1983 massacre in Lebanon.
The ruling was a win for the Republican who narrowly lost a State Supreme Court race in November. The case has tested the boundaries of post-election litigation.
Cada año, más de la mitad de los tejanos de zonas rurales acusados de delitos menores se ven obligados a representarse a sí mismos.
In some parts of the state, misdemeanor defendants routinely face charges without representation.
President Trump’s choice for solicitor general, D. John Sauer, has long pushed for restrictions on abortion and access to contraception.
From tariffs to ballots, he makes up his own rules.
After a failed $20 million effort to tilt a State Supreme Court race, Elon Musk joins the ranks of billionaires frustrated by the laws of politics.
Milbank, based in Manhattan, agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono legal services to causes supported by the president and the firm.
The liberal candidate in the state’s Supreme Court race benefited from outsize Democratic turnout as counties swung left across the state.
Democrats achieved their biggest gains to date in the second Trump era, winning a fiercely contested State Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, while also landing relatively strong showings despite losing two Florida special elections. Shane Goldmache...
Energizados contra la nueva era Trump, y contra Elon Musk, los demócratas lograron una victoria judicial clave en Wisconsin y acortaron los márgenes republicanos en dos comicios al Congreso en Florida.
None of the nation’s top-10 firms by revenue have signed a legal brief demonstrating support for the law firm that is resisting an executive order.
The granddaughters of the man who formulated the firm’s principles wrote to the chairman decrying his deal with President Trump.
The law firm’s chairman, Brad Karp, capitulated to the president’s threats. The descendants of the man who wrote its high-minded principles told Mr. Karp that he had betrayed them.
Judge Crawford defeated Judge Brad Schimel, who was backed by President Trump, for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She worked as a prosecutor and in private practice before joining the bench.
The discontent does not appear to be resonating with leaders at Paul Weiss and Skadden, but it could hamstring their recruitment efforts.
The party’s position remains dire. But a judicial victory in Wisconsin and closer-than-expected losses in Florida suggest a once-demoralized Democratic base is animated again.
Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, beating the conservative candidate, Brad Schimel, who received $25 million in campaign support from Elon Musk.
Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.
Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel for a State Supreme Court seat in a race that shattered spending records and maintained a liberal majority on the court.
The state has required voters to use photograph identification for nearly a decade, but an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution was seen as making it more difficult to roll back that rule.
Are the mass of voters really worked up about this administration’s actions? Tuesday night may provide some answers.
The contest between judges Susan Crawford, a liberal, and Brad Schimel, a conservative whose campaign was backed by the billionaire Elon Musk, will tip the balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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More than two million people had been expected to vote to decide the balance of the state’s Supreme Court, as Elon Musk is paying $50 to anyone who uploads a photo of a resident outside a precinct.
Los comentarios del mandatario desvían la atención de otras polémicas. Y limitan a posibles contendientes que podrían robarle protagonismo a un presidente sin posibilidad de reelegirse.
The deal is similar to ones struck with Mr. Trump over the past two weeks by the firms Paul Weiss and Skadden Arps.
A state judicial race has turned into a referendum on a billionaire.
Voters in a crucial court race and two House special elections will provide hints of how the country views President Trump and Elon Musk, months after they took power.
The Constitutional Court will announce on Friday whether Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached in December for declaring martial law, will be permanently removed from office or restored to power.
The lawsuit accuses President Trump of vastly overstepping his authority to “upturn the electoral playing field in his favor and against his political rivals.”
Down-ballot races in Florida and Wisconsin are seen as a referendum on the White House, while the president’s to-be-announced reciprocal tariff plan is increasingly worrying investors and consumers.
The president’s comments deflect attention from other controversies. And they freeze the field of potential successors who might steal the spotlight from a lame duck.
A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal.
Congress passed the 22nd Amendment in 1947, imposing a two-term limit after more than 170 years of George Washington’s unwritten precedent. President Trump has hinted that he wants a third term anyway.
Elon Musk’s prominent role in the most expensive judicial race in American history has helped turn Tuesday’s election into a battle over national politics.
The time has come to defend the oath we took when we became officers of the court.
Leaders at top-flight law firms, Columbia University and inside City Hall are weighing decisions that pit the fates of their institutions against their own reputations.
Dos jueces prohibieron al gobierno llevar a cabo los castigos descritos en las órdenes, como prohibir a sus abogados el acceso a edificios gubernamentales, reuniones o puestos de trabajo.
The president has attacked law firms for “frivolous” litigation. But his actions could undermine the basic right of Americans to sue their government.
Voters will soon provide an answer in Wisconsin, where the billionaire has made himself the main character in a consequential court race that is set to shatter spending records.