He was chastised for remarks ridiculing the pardons of two congressional campaign aides who had been convicted in a bribery plot.
A policy intended to keep immigrants detained indefinitely has led to a deluge of lawsuits, overwhelming some federal courts and resulting in many releases.
The woman told police she was at a party when she was drugged and assaulted by five boys, including Mr. Alexander, who is currently on trial for sex trafficking.
The treatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, pictured wearing a blue winter hat and Spider-Man backpack while in the custody of immigration agents, drew outrage across the country.
The purpose of the new rules is to “stop activity that could compromise national security,” the Defense Department said in response to a New York Times lawsuit.
As in the Civil Rights battles of the 1960s, Americans are at a fork and must pick their path.
The Minnesota Democrat on the battle between his city and the federal government.
El estado se encuentra en un punto muerto con el gobierno federal sobre quién tiene potestad para investigar el asesinato de manifestantes. No es una lucha justa.
The Trump administration used a federal law prohibiting blockades of abortion clinics and places of worship to charge Mr. Lemon and others in Minnesota.
The administration has ordered that further changes be made to Independence National Historical Park, according to internal National Park Service documents obtained by The New York Times
The judge, Margaret Garnett of Federal District Court, said the case against Luigi Mangione would still proceed to trial on other counts.
The state is in a standoff with the federal government over who has the power to investigate the killing of protesters. It’s not a fair fight.
A federal jury found that Linwei Ding stole thousands of confidential files to help him start a company in Beijing.
The Trump administration has sought to end Temporary Protected Status for more than a million people from troubled nations. About 600,000 are from Venezuela.
President Trump’s agenda faced more than 600 lawsuits over the past year. In many cases, district court judges found his policies to be unlawful.
A federal judge weighing whether to block the immigration surge asked Justice Department lawyers to more fully explain the reasons for the operation.
Carlisle Rivera became the third person to be sentenced for playing a role in trying to kill Masih Alinejad, an activist and a critic of the Iranian government.
The project, known as Vineyard Wind, was already 95 percent complete when the Trump administration ordered construction to stop.
The case tests the Trump administration’s argument that its extrajudicial killings of people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea have been lawful.
In a brief ruling, the Minnesota judge wrote that the unusual order was necessary because “the extent of ICE’s violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary.”
Prosecutors say the three men used their money, power and status to sexually assault women, including two underage girls. The men have denied the charges.
We need to protect our right to carry cameras to document ICE’s violence.
State and local officials say the federal deployment of immigration agents violates the 10th Amendment. The surge, which the Trump administration has defended, has led to three shootings and tense protests.
Our publisher, executive editor and other leaders responded to your comments and questions about our First Amendment lawsuit.
El Octavo Circuito accedió a la petición del gobierno de Trump de bloquear, por el momento, el mandato judicial de un tribunal inferior que limitaba la forma en que los agentes federales interactúan con los manifestantes en Minnesota.
Some Fifth Circuit judges questioned the government’s claim that courts must defer to the president’s finding of an “invasion” by Venezuela.
Sometimes the justices might actually have to say “no,” even to the president.
The administration withdrew its challenge to a ruling halting its effort to strip funding from schools and colleges with D.E.I. programs. It did not say why.
A federal judge said he did not have the authority to supervise the Justice Department’s release of the documents.
The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Cook, agreeing to hear arguments on Wednesday instead.
We are likely to see Fed independence protected by the court, but how is the question.
Republicans asked the justices to step in after a federal court rejected their claims that the state’s new congressional map violated the Constitution.
The federal government has sued the University of Pennsylvania for information on its Jewish employees. The university said the request recalls a “frightening” history.
Will the president will be able to escape one of the central constraints on executive power in our constitutional system?
Readers respond to news articles about President Trump’s threat to take over Greenland. Also: Minnesota prosecutors’ resignations; Holocaust generations.
Some judges have expressed frustration that Lindsey Halligan continues to claim she is the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, despite a ruling in November declaring her appointment invalid.
The plane, organized by the National Archives, will take rare 18th-century documents around the country in a tour loosely inspired by the Bicentennial’s Freedom Train.
The justices will hear arguments over whether a Hawaii law that imposes restrictions on carrying concealed weapons violates the Second Amendment.
The Stanford Daily lost a 1978 Supreme Court case over the search of its newsroom. But a bipartisan backlash prompted a federal law protecting journalists.
We are stronger when we act together.
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said officers had not used pepper spray and similar measures limited by a judge’s order, then was confronted with a video that showed chemical agents deployed.
Federal judges ruled that an Islamic teacher’s statements goading men in Virginia to join an overseas militant group were protected by the First Amendment.
The case involves a challenge to so-called geofence warrants, which permit law enforcement officials to sweep up location data of people near crime scenes.
The Justice Department has sued about two dozen states over access to voter rolls, as the federal government pushes to create a national database.
In a case over the First Amendment rights of noncitizen scholars, a federal judge proposed extending protections to members of two academic groups behind a lawsuit.
He and Steven Z. Meyers opened their first low-cost legal clinic in 1972. Within a decade, they had revolutionized the legal industry.
A federal judge said the Empire Wind project off Long Island would suffer “irreparable harm” if the Trump administration continued to hold up work.
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein was seen drifting in and out of sleep in court last year. The case of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, will test his endurance.
El fiscal federal Joseph Thompson fue uno de los que renunciaron mientras el departamento de Justicia trataba de examinar los supuestos vínculos de la mujer con grupos activistas.
Lawyers for the state sought an immediate ruling, but the judge said she would give the Justice Department time to respond in writing to the state’s lawsuit.
The question in the case was not a mail-in ballot rule itself but whether political candidates have the right to challenge the rules governing the vote count in their election.
Montana officials defended the actions of law enforcement officers who did not have a warrant when they responded to a possibly suicidal Army veteran.
La semana pasada se presentó un abogado que decía representar al presidente destituido de Venezuela, y afirmó actuar a petición de personas cercanas al exmandatario.
Last week, a lawyer came forward claiming to represent the unseated president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. The judge overseeing the case settled the matter on Monday.
The justices heard arguments over whether oil companies sued by Louisiana could move the cases from state to federal court, a venue thought to be friendlier to corporate interests.
An ancient classic is canceled in Texas.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a case that could affect laws in 27 states that bar transgender athletes from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.
President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with “my judges.” They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.
The policy applied to migrants from some Central and South American countries who were awaiting visas.
Disputes among lawyers are not exactly rare, but in the case of Mr. Maduro, the captive leader of Venezuela, the stakes are high and the interested parties are many.
Prosecutors in Switzerland ordered Jacques Moretti to be detained after investigators questioned him and his wife, Jessica Moretti. Officials are looking into whether negligence played a role in last week’s deadly fire at their bar, Le Constellation.
Moving Nicolás Maduro, the former leader of Venezuela, will require intricate planning to keep him safe as he travels from a Brooklyn lockup to a Manhattan court.
Three men targeted a jewelry store in Cape Coral, Fla., according to a federal criminal complaint against the man accused of being the getaway driver. Two others have yet to be identified.
Ms. James, New York’s attorney general, had been seeking to block a Justice Department investigation into her office by challenging the legitimacy of the U.S. attorney, John A. Sarcone III.
Nick Reiner, a quien se acusa de asesinar a sus padres, estará representado ahora por una abogada de oficio. Su comparecencia está prevista para el próximo mes.
Mr. Reiner, who is charged with killing his parents, will now be represented by a public defender. His arraignment has been rescheduled for next month.
A federal judge questioned whether the Trump administration appropriately reviewed safety conditions in Haiti before ending protections for people from the Caribbean nation.
There is no simple procedural mechanism for lawyers, or the public, to challenge the fitness of judges.
Our criminal justice reporter Jonah E. Bromwich describes the scene as Nicolás Maduro, the captive president of Venezuela, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan, and what is set to happen next.
The lawsuit challenges a conservative effort to punish those who criticized Mr. Kirk in the aftermath of his killing.
As Nicolás Maduro, the ousted leader of Venezuela and his wife faced charges in a federal court in Lower Manhattan on Monday, protesters and global leaders responded with mixed thoughts.
Mr. Pollack has also represented Julian Assange and an official of Enron.
A new study found that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022, up from 45 percent in 1953.
Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president who was captured by U.S. forces, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Manhattan on Monday with his wife, Cilia Flores. Both are accused of conspiring to import cocaine.
Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, could stand trial in Federal District Court in New York City, the site of other high-profile court proceedings.
A Ninth Circuit panel said the ban ran afoul of a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that required courts to evaluate gun laws based on the country’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
The system for compensating people injured by vaccines needs significant reform. But the health secretary could alter it in ways that ultimately reduce vaccine access for everyone.
“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.