Why Federal Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump
With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a ...
Trump’s Federal Resignation Program Moves Ahead After Court Win
With a judge’s assent, the Trump administration moved to take next steps in the program and close it to new entrants.
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Amending Away Federal Jurisdiction: Supreme Court Holds That Federal Jurisdiction Can Be Divested by Amendment
Federal courts can adjudicate state-law claims arising out of the same facts as federal-law claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1367, ...
Jurist2d
Explainer: The Growing Tension Between Trump and Federal Courts
If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command ...
Reason6d
Two Federal Courts Issue Injunctions Against Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
Two federal district courts - one in Maryland and one in Washington - recently issued injunctions blocking Donald Trump's executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented ...
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Judge blocks Elon Musk's team from accessing federal payment systems
Engelmayer ordered the Trump administration to appear in Manhattan federal court on Friday to argue why ... She said the government's central payment system contains sensitive personal information ...
National Review4d
Judge Rules White House Defied Court Order to Unfreeze Federal Funds
Trump Says It’s ‘Crazy’ That Judge Has Blocked DOGE’s Access to Sensitive Treasury Payment System ... federal funds, accusing the White House of failing to comply with the court’s ...
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Trump administration's federal "buyout" plan moves forward. Here's what to know.
A federal judge in Massachusetts has allowed the Trump administration's plan to offer federal workers "deferred resignations" to continue, lifting a previous court order temporarily pausing the ...
USA Today6d
Judges are pausing Trump's policy changes. But for how long?
That was in response to a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C. by employee unions and retirees, who said Treasury had violated privacy laws by giving Musk and DOGE “full ...
Politico5d
As Trump steamrolls Washington, courts flex their power to slow him down
As dozens of lawsuits challenging Trump’s early policies are rushing through several strategically chosen federal district courts around the country — and as a Republican-controlled Congress ...
Detroit News6d
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material
A federal judge early Saturday blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and ...
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Judge leaves pause on Trump's "deferred resignations" plan for federal workers in place for now
Robert Legare is a CBS News multiplatform reporter and producer covering the Justice Department, federal courts and investigations. He was previously an associate producer for the "CBS Evening ...