BORDER/COURTS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Just had a big victory in Federal Court over the Democrats in the House on the desperately needed Border Wall. A big s…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 5, 2019 1:46 am […]
Category: Courts
5/30/2019
BORDER/COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The American Civil Liberties Union has asked a federal court to block additional sections of President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Attorneys asked the court to halt construction of a border wall in Southern California and three sections near Tucson, Ariz., late Wednesday. The ACLU, representing the Sierra Club […]
5/29/2019
BORDER/COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [5-29-19] asked a federal judge to allow construction of the president’s border wall to commence while it appeals an unfavorable ruling from last week. In court filings, the Justice Department said it would appeal a federal judge‘s decision to halt a $1 billion transfer of Pentagon […]
5/25/2019
BORDER/COURTS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Another activist Obama appointed judge has just ruled against us on a section of the Southern Wall that is already under construction. This is a ruling against Border Security and in favor of crime, drugs and human trafficking. We are asking for an expedited appeal!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, 2019 2:35 […]
5/24/2019
COURTS/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mitch McConnell and our Republican Senators have been very solid and strong. We have accomplished a great deal together, in particular with our Courts, 107 Federal Judges….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 24, 2019 3:56 pm […]
5/22/2019
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @LindseyGrahamSC: Very pleased to have confirmed another conservative judge to the Ninth Circuit. Daniel Collins will be an outstanding…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 22, 2019 5:44 am […]
5/22/2019
COURTS/DEMS/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “For three years, Donald J. Trump has treated the details of his personal and business finances as a closely guarded secret. On Wednesday [5-22-19], those secrets moved two steps closer to becoming public. A federal judge in Manhattan ruled against a request from President Trump to block his longtime lender, Deutsche Bank, from […]
5/21/2019
CONGRESS/COURTS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [5-21-19] appealed a federal judge’s ruling against his attempt to block a House of Representatives committee from seeking his financial records, according to a court filing. Lawyers for Trump and his company filed the appeal in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia one […]
5/21/2019
COURTS/ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Megan King, who is running for Superior Court Judge in the Pennsylvania election, has my Full and Total Endorsement. S…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2019 6:34 am […]
5/20/2019
COURTS/DEMS/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump’s accounting firm must turn over his financial records to Congress, a Federal District Court judge ruled on Monday [5-20-19], rejecting his legal team’s argument that lawmakers had no legitimate power to subpoena the files. But Mr. Trump vowed that his legal team would appeal rather than permit the firm, Mazars USA, […]
5/18/2019
ABORTION/COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Federal Judges (many more to come), two great new Supreme Court Justices, the Mexico City Policy, and a whole new & positive attitude about the Right to Life. The Radical Left, with late term abortion (and worse), is imploding on this issue. We must stick together and Win….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]
5/18/2019
COURTS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Courts & Dems in Congress, neither of which have a clue, are trying to FORCE migrants into our Country! OUR COUNTRY IS FULL, OUR DETENTION CENTERS, HOSPITALS & SCHOOLS ARE PACKED. Crazy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2019 5:33 pm […]
5/17/2019
COURTS/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [5-17-19] added fuel to his claims that special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe was designed to undermine his presidency with a tweet musing why intelligence officials did not inform him they were investigating Michael Flynn before tenure as national security adviser. Court records released Thursday [5-16-19] […]
5/16/2019
2016 ELECTION/COURTS/FBI/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge has confirmed for the first time that Felix Sater, a former Donald Trump business associate who drove Trump Tower Moscow negotiations during the 2016 election, helped the U.S. government track down Osama bin Laden. During a hearing on Thursday [5-16-19] in the Eastern District of New York — […]
5/11/2019
COURTS/E-MAILS/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @TomFitton: A federal court granted @JudicialWatch discovery on Clinton emails because the court wanted answers about the cover-up. And…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:00 am […]
5/7/2019
COURTS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to continue returning some asylum seekers to Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearings, for now. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the administration can enforce the policy informally known as ‘Remain in Mexico’ pending appeal. The judges, though […]
4/29/2019
CENSUS/COURTS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two years ago, at his confirmation hearings, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch said that what happens abroad should not influence American judges in constitutional cases…But last week, during arguments over whether the Trump administration may add a question on citizenship to the 2020 census, Justice Gorsuch did not hesitate to consider what he […]
4/29/2019
COURTS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is calling on top immigration officials to take steps that toughen and accelerate the process for seeking asylum in the United States. In a memo issued Monday [4-29-19] evening, Trump ordered the development of regulations to bar certain asylum seekers from obtaining work authorization, impose fees on applications, speed […]
4/25/2019
ABORTION/COURTS/FEDERAL FUNDING/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Washington state on Thursday [4-25-19] blocked a Trump administration rule that would have overhauled the Title X federal family planning program and cut funding to health providers that offer abortions or abortion referrals. U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian, an Obama appointee, issued a nationwide injunction […]
4/25/2019
ABORTION/COURTS/FEDERAL FUNDING/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A lack of clear guidance from the Trump administration on its imminent overhaul of the federal family planning program has left states and health providers scrambling to figure out the rules — even as legal challenges cast doubt on when and whether the change will take effect. Revisions to the Title […]
4/23/2019
BORDER/COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House of Representatives has asked a federal judge to block President Donald Trump’s plan to build a border wall using Defense Department funds. On Tuesday [4-23-19], House lawyers requested that U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden issue a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s plan to spend about $6 […]
4/19/2019
COURTS/ENVIRONMENT/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court on Friday has given the EPA 90 days to take action on demands by environmental groups to ban a widely used pesticide. Groups are hoping that the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco will mean that the government will soon […]
4/17/2019
BORDER/COURTS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Migrants who say they face persecution or torture if they return to their countries could be jailed indefinitely in the USA under the Trump administration’s latest effort to stem the surge of asylum seekers arriving at the border. Attorney General William Barr, who oversees immigration courts, directed judges Tuesday [4-16-19] to deny bond hearings for […]
4/16/2019
COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal District Judge Reggie Walton expressed uncertainty about the redactions Attorney General William Barr is making to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and suggested he may want to review the Justice Department’s redactions for himself once versions of it are made public. ‘Obviously there is a real concern as […]
4/12/2019
BORDER/COURTS/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump last week privately urged Kevin McAleenan, the border enforcement official he was about to name as acting secretary of homeland security, to close the southwestern border to migrants despite having just said publicly that he was delaying a decision on the step for a year, according to three people briefed […]
4/10/2019
COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The likelihood of a court fight over President Donald Trump’s tax returns grew on Wednesday [4-10-19] when the U.S. Treasury Department said it would not meet a deadline set by Democratic legislators to provide them and Trump himself stuck to his refusal to publicly release the documents. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven […]
4/9/2019
COURTS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s purge of top Homeland Security officials ignores the larger obstacle to his aggressive immigration agenda — the courts. With DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen out of the way, and other officials in the department expected to be pushed out, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller hopes to accelerate or […]
4/5/2019
COURTS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Brian Hagedorn on his big surprise win over a well funded Liberal Democrat in the Great State of Wisconsin for a very important Supreme Court seat. Republicans are producing big for Wisconsin!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 11:43 am […]
4/3/2019
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans used the ‘nuclear option’ Wednesday [4-3-19] to unilaterally reduce debate time on most presidential nominees, the latest in a series of changes to the fabric of the Senate to dilute the power of the minority. The move by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) immediately paves the way to […]
3/27/2019
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the months since June 2018, when the Supreme Court upheld the third version of President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, the matter has largely slipped from the headlines as the president’s political adversaries have turned their attention to other issues. But the ban—which, even in its revised form almost completely […]
3/26/2019
COURTS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Judges on a federal appeals court in New York seemed skeptical Tuesday [3-26-19] as they heard a lawyer argue that President Donald Trump can legally ban critics from his Twitter account. The three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not immediately rule on whether to uphold a […]
3/26/2019
COURTS/ELECTION/GOP/REGULATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the 2020 presidential campaign already underway, one of President Donald Trump’s best opportunities to seal a solid first-term legacy lies in his deregulation agenda — a goal broadly embraced by most Republicans. His administration already has 514 deregulatory measures in process, addressing issues as diverse as federal student loans and climate […]
3/20/2019
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American Bar Association is proposing a major overhaul of the US immigration system, calling the courts that decide whether to deport immigrants ‘irredeemably dysfunctional’…The only way to fix ‘serious systemic issues,’ the report argues, is to create what’s known as an Article I court. Akin to tax or bankruptcy courts, this […]
3/14/2019
COURTS/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Roger Stone will go to trial in early November in Washington on charges that he lied about his efforts to secretly contact WikiLeaks in 2016, a federal judge decided Thursday [3-14-19]. The longtime Donald Trump adviser’s trial is now scheduled to start November 5 and is likely to last about two […]
3/14/2019
COURTS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A New York state appeals court rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on his television show ‘The Apprentice,’ or delay it until after he leaves the White House. In a 3-2 decision on Thursday [3-14-19], the Appellate Division in Manhattan said […]
3/14/2019
COURTS/LAWSUIT/NEW YORK/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A New York appeals court on Thursday [3-14-19] rejected President Trump’s argument that the Constitution makes him immune from state lawsuits, clearing the way for a defamation suit from a former contestant on ‘The Apprentice’ who has said Mr. Trump groped her. The five-judge panel in Manhattan ruled that Summer […]
3/13/2019
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate voted Wednesday [3-13-19] to confirm Neomi Rao, a judicial nominee who faced intense opposition over her writings in college, to take now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s vacant seat on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. The vote was 53-46, with all Republicans supporting her nomination and all voting Democrats against […]
3/12/2019
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dcexaminer: For the first time in his presidency, @realDonaldTrump flipped an appeals court to now have a majority of Republican-appoin…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 10:30 pm […]
3/9/2019
COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will soon be 145 Judges! https://t.co/LoTbT4RFJj” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 9, 2019 11:19 pm […]
3/8/2019
2016 ELECTION/COURTS/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Friday [3-8-19] seized on a portion of a federal judge’s remarks during the sentencing of his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, in a financial crimes case to again criticize the Russia investigation and falsely declare a finding of ‘no collusion.’ Speaking to reporters before he left […]
3/6/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s effort to add a question on citizenship to the 2020 Census was struck down Wednesday [3-6-19] by a second federal judge. The citizenship question, already blocked by a federal judge in New York and scheduled to be addressed by the Supreme Court next month, received its second strike from […]
3/6/2019
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s stream of judges is about to become a torrent. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his GOP caucus have long prioritized confirming conservative judges to lifetime appointments. But they’re about to accelerate their ability to unilaterally approve many nominees in dramatic fashion. The Senate is on track to confirm […]
2/21/2019
COURTS/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A visibly angry judge on Thursday [2-21-19] ordered President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Roger Stone to stop speaking publicly about U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal case against him or else he will be sent to jail pending trial. In a tense court hearing on Thursday, U.S. Judge Amy Berman […]
2/21/2019
COURTS/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A judge has imposed a full gag order on Trump confidant Roger Stone after he posted a photo on Instagram of the judge with what appeared to be crosshairs of a gun. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Thursday she believes Stone would ‘pose a danger’ to others in the case […]
2/21/2019
COURTS/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, will be sentenced for bank and tax fraud on March 8, according to a court filing posted on Thursday [2-21-19], just days before he is due to be sentenced in a separate case for lobbying violations. Manafort, 69, could spend the rest […]
2/21/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/COURTS/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge appeared poised on Thursday [2-21-19] to order the government to fully account for all migrant families that were separated before and after the Trump administration formally announced it’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw ordered the administration to end the family separation policy on June 26, 2018, and […]
2/21/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since the Trump administration announced it would end its practice of separating families apprehended at the southern border last June under its ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy, at least 245 children have been separated from their parents, according to a new court filing. Between late June 2018 and early February of this year, […]
2/15/2019
COURT/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge revealed more about her reasoning in finding Paul Manafort had lied about his contacts with his Russian associate and that Konstantin Kilimnik was pertinent to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation for multiple reasons, according to a newly released redacted transcript Friday of a sealed court hearing earlier this […]
2/15/2019
COURTS/PAUL MANAFORT/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge has placed a gag order on longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone and attorneys involved in his criminal case, though Stone’s ability to speak publicly isn’t completely restricted…They, their clients and even Stone are also not allowed to speak in and around the courthouse. In her order, Jackson […]
2/8/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/COURTS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In renewing his order to bar people who cross the border illegally from seeking asylum, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that criticized a federal judge that’s kept his policy in check thus far — an unusual step for such a formal order. Trump’s original November proclamation establishing the ban was blocked […]
1/30/2019
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For many of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters, there has been no issue more important than stacking the federal bench with conservative judges. Many on the right are now fearing a retreat. Concerns began to mount after the Wall Street Journal editorial board on Tuesday [1-29-19] published an editorial accusing the […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration expects to launch a policy as early as Friday [1-25-19] that forces people seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts, an official said, marking one of the most significant changes to the immigration system of Donald Trump’s presidency. The changes are set to […]
1/15/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/COURTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Manhattan shot down the Trump administration’s attempt to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census Tuesday [1-15-19], potentially paving the way for the case to land before the Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman found that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated the Administrative Procedures Act by […]
1/14/2019
COURTS/LAWSUIT/OBAMACARE/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge in Pennsylvania put a nationwide block on Trump administration rules that would have allowed virtually any employer to deny workers’ birth control coverage, one day after a federal judge halted the rules in a group of states. In her ruling Monday [1-14-19] afternoon, Judge Wendy Beetlestone sided with a […]
1/9/2019
COURTS/DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration wants to put on hold Democrats’ attempt to defend Obamacare until the partial government shutdown ends. In a filing Wednesday [1-9-19], the Justice Department said it wants to challenge House Democrats’ attempt to get involved in the litigation over the Affordable Care Act. But lawyers can’t meet the […]
1/7/2019
COURTS/DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal court has rejected President Trump’s first major effort to cut payments for prescription drugs, saying the administration went far beyond its legal authority. The Trump administration made a ‘drastic departure from the statutorily mandated rates’ when it reduced payments to hospitals for drugs given to Medicare beneficiaries in outpatient clinics, […]
12/26/2018
COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump are invoking the government shutdown to seek a delay in a court case over claims that Trump is illegally profiting from business his Washington hotel does with foreign countries. Justice Department attorneys representing Trump asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday [12-26-18] to postpone indefinitely […]
12/26/2018
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [12-26-18] signaled its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked the White House from restricting asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border. Federal District Judge Jon Tigar last week blocked President Donald Trump’s November proclamation and fast-track regulation to bar migrants from seeking asylum who do […]
12/19/2018
COURT/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday [12-19-18] ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law by barring migrants from qualifying for asylum in the U.S. based on their fears from domestic abuse or gang violence in their home countries, the second judicial rebuke to the administration’s efforts to limit […]
12/18/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/COURTS/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A US judicial council on Tuesday [12-18-18] dismissed 83 complaints that had been lodged against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, arising largely from statements he made during his contentious September confirmation hearings. In a 10-page order, the judicial council of a Denver-based US appeals court said the complaints — the first […]
12/18/2018
COURTS/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former national security adviser Michael Flynn expected to be sentenced Tuesday [12-18-18] by a federal judge. But after almost two dramatic hours in a courtroom discussing his crimes, he asked to postpone his sentencing for several months so he can have more of an opportunity to cooperate in federal investigations […]
12/18/2018
COURTS/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Flynn’s sentencing for lying to the FBI was postponed on Tuesday [12-18-18] after a federal judge suggested all sides wait until President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser is finished cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. The surprise outcome came after an unexpectedly contentious hearing, in which U.S. […]
12/17/2018
COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Monday [12-17-18] to throw out or at least temporarily halt a lawsuit that accuses President Trump of illegally benefiting from his family’s business, seeking to block more than three dozen subpoenas for documents from the Trump Organization, the president’s trust and […]
12/14/2018
COURTS/OBAMACARE/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow, but not surprisingly, ObamaCare was just ruled UNCONSTITUTIONAL by a highly respected judge in Texas. Great news for America!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 14, 2018 9:16 pm […]
12/14/2018
CONGRESS/COURTS/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As I predicted all along, Obamacare has been struck down as an UNCONSTITUTIONAL disaster! Now Congress must pass a STRONG law that provides GREAT healthcare and protects pre-existing conditions. Mitch and Nancy, get it done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 14, 2018 9:07 pm […]
12/11/2018
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate narrowly confirmed Jonathan Kobes as a federal appeals court judge on Tuesday [12-11-18] even as the American Bar Association questioned his understanding of ‘complex legal analysis’ and ‘knowledge of the law.’ Mr. Kobes, a 44-year-old aide to Senator Mike Rounds, Republican of South Dakota, is the second of President […]
12/3/2018
COURTS/LAWSUIT/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal judge on Monday [12-3-18] said lawyers for Maryland and Washington, D.C., can begin issuing subpoenas in a lawsuit that accuses President Donald Trump of using his luxury hotel in Washington to unconstitutionally profit from his political office. The attorneys general in Maryland and Washington say they plan to […]
12/3/2018
COURTS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [12-9-18] encouraged the courts to give his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen the severest punishment possible, washing his hands of Cohen’s guilty pleas and practically erasing any possibility of a presidential pardon…CNN reported Saturday that Cohen believed earlier in the spring that Trump would pardon him, […]
11/30/2018
CALIFORNIA/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in California on Friday [11-30-18] left in place a nationwide injunction that blocks the President’s asylum restrictions from going into effect. Judge Jon S. Tigar of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said the government had not shown that the President’s policy ‘is a lawful […]
11/30/2018
COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge ruled against the Justice Department on Friday [11-30-18] in a lawsuit over withholding federal money from so-called sanctuary cities, the latest blow to the Trump administration’s hardline immigration tactics. The lawsuit challenged the Justice Department’s efforts to punish sanctuary cities by withholding a key law enforcement grant […]
11/28/2018
COURTS/MIKE PENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate on Wednesday [11-28-18] advanced a controversial Trump judicial nominee who has faced strong criticism over his record on voting rights. In a 51-50 vote, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie, the Senate agreed to move forward on the nomination of Thomas Farr, who President Donald Trump […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump warned Thursday [11-22-18] that someone – a group of judges or Congress – must step in to stop what he called ‘horrible decisions’ by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that blocked several of his border and immigration orders…His remarks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, […]
11/22/2018
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Incensed by a ruling against his migrant asylum policy, President Donald Trump demanded ‘some common sense’ from America’s judges and directed his ire at a liberal-leaning appeals court. He professed respect for Chief Justice John Roberts, with whom he is engaged in a startling public dispute over the independence of the judiciary, […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Normally restrained Chief Justice John Roberts took issue on Wednesday [11-21-18] with President Donald Trump’s characterization of a federal judge who ruled against his administration as an ‘Obama judge’…Roberts issued the statement in response to a request from The Associated Press after Trump’s comments about the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump fired back Wednesday [11-21-18] after Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare rebuke of the President’s disparaging remarks about federal judges…Roberts’ comment came in response to an inquiry from The Associated Press. On Tuesday [11-20-18], Trump slammed the 9th US Circuit again, this time after a judge from […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘79% of these decisions have been overturned in the 9th Circuit.’ @FoxNews A terrible, costly and dangerous disgrace. It has become a dumping ground for certain lawyers looking for easy wins and delays. Much talk over dividing up the 9th Circuit into 2 or 3 Circuits. Too big!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have ‘Obama judges,’ and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country. It would be great if the 9th Circuit was indeed an ‘independent judiciary,’ but if it is why……” -Donald […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts clashed Wednesday [11-21-18] in an extraordinary public dispute over the independence of America’s judiciary, with Roberts bluntly rebuking the president for denouncing a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.’ There’s no such thing, Roberts declared in a strongly […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts are clashing over the independence of America’s judiciary, with Roberts bluntly rebuking the president for denouncing a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an ‘Obama judge.’ Roberts has issued a strongly worded statement says there’s no such thing. Trump is defending […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. defended the independence and integrity of the federal judiciary on Wednesday [11-21-18], rebuking President Trump for calling a judge who had ruled against his administration’s asylum policy ‘an Obama judge.’ The chief justice said that was a profound misunderstanding of the judicial role…That blunt statement […]
11/20/2018
COURT/HHS/MEDICAID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has once again approved Kentucky’s request to require certain Medicaid recipients to get jobs or lose their benefits. The state was set to begin implementing the mandate this summer, but was blocked by a US district court judge, who voided the federal government’s earlier approval. Judge James Boasberg said […]
11/20/2018
COURT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House backed down Monday [11-19-18] from a fight with CNN over its decision to revoke the press credentials of reporter Jim Acosta, writing in a letter to the reporter that it made a ‘final determination’ to give him back his badge. The White House also said it was establishing new […]
11/20/2018
BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Late Monday [11-19-18] night a San Francisco federal district court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s moves earlier this month to deny asylum to migrants who cross the border illegally. ‘Whatever the scope of the President’s authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden,’ […]
11/19/2018
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Monday [11-19-18] ordered the Trump administration to resume accepting asylum claims from migrants no matter where or how they entered the United States, dealing at least a temporary setback to the president’s attempt to clamp down on a huge wave of Central Americans crossing the border. Judge […]
11/13/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/COURTS/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced during a Diwali ceremonial lighting ceremony at the White House Tuesday [11-13-18] that he is nominating Neomi Rao to fill Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s seat on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals…The President has interviewed Rao, who currently serves as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory […]
11/13/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/COURTS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The state of Maryland launched a court challenge on Tuesday [11-13-18] to the legality of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting U.S. attorney general, saying the president overstepped his constitutional authority and broke federal law. Trump installed Whitaker as acting attorney general last week after ordering […]
11/13/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/COURT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is nominating administration official Neomi Rao to fill the appeals court seat previously held by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Trump said Tuesday that he was nominating Rao for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Rao currently serves as the administrator of the […]
11/9/2018
COURTS/ENVIRONMENT/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge ordered both the Trump administration and TransCanada to stop any work on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Thursday [11-8-18], saying President Donald Trump’s approval of the project last year violated several key environmental and administrative laws by ignoring facts about climate change. Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. […]
11/8/2018
COURTS/CYBERWAR/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for critics suing President Donald Trump’s campaign over its alleged involvement in the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails urged a federal judge in Virginia Thursday to reject a bid by the campaign to have the lawsuit thrown out. The Trump campaign met the suit earlier this year with an eyebrow-raising […]
11/8/2018
ABORTION/COURTS/HHS/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “HHS on Wednesday [11-7-18] rolled out two regulations, one final and one proposed, that would further restrict access to reproductive health care procedures. — The move that was expected: HHS finalized a rule that would allow nearly any employer to claim a moral or religious exemption to Obamacare’s birth control mandate. The […]
11/5/2018
COURTS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats could win the House on Tuesday [11-6-18]. They may recapture the Senate and White House in 2020. But they’re losing the federal courts for the long term, as President Donald Trump is rapidly ensconcing a conservative judiciary that will have the power to knock down liberal policies for decades to come. […]
10/30/2018
COURTS/ELECTION/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Having lost in two federal courts and fearing more setbacks, the Trump administration is revising rules that allow employers to deny women insurance coverage for contraceptives based on religious or moral objections. Administration officials hope that the changes, the details of which remain unclear, will overcome the judges’ objections without fundamentally altering […]
10/24/2018
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Republican-led U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday [10-24-18] held the second of two unusual hearings during a congressional recess in an aggressive push to confirm President Donald Trump’s conservative judicial nominees including to a liberal-leaning California-based court he often criticizes. Democrats, who mounted an unsuccessful effort to block Senate confirmation this month of […]
10/11/2018
COURTS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Democrats accepted an offer Thursday [10-11-15] from Senate Republicans to confirm 15 lifetime federal judges in exchange for the ability to go into recess through the midterms, allowing endangered Democrats to campaign. The calculation by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus was simple: That Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) […]
10/5/2018
CALIFORNIA/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge on Friday [10-5-18] blocked the Trump Administration from placing conditions on public safety grants to further its crackdown on illegal immigration, and he ordered the grant money to be released to California ‘sanctuary cities.’ However, while Judge William Orrick in San Francisco found that the conditions placed […]
10/3/2018
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge late Wednesday [10-3-18] blocked the Trump administration’s move to end Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 nationals from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan. The move temporarily halts the administration’s plan to force the beneficiaries — some of whom have lived in the U.S. for decades — to […]
10/3/2018
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The month of September 2018 will undoubtedly go down in U.S. legal history for the rancorous furor over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, regardless of whether Kavanaugh, a judge on the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is ultimately confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But in […]
9/20/2018
COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION/VA: “A union that represents employees at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Missouri has asked a federal judge to hold the agency in contempt of her ruling that struck down key provisions of three executive orders on federal civil service issued by President Donald Trump. Local 3399 of the American Federation […]
9/20/2018
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S. appeals courts, moving some that had liberal majorities closer to conservative control in an ideological shift that could benefit his administration. These 13 courts wield considerable power, usually providing the last word on rulings appealed from […]
9/20/2018
COURTS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S. appeals courts, moving some that had liberal majorities closer to conservative control in an ideological shift that could benefit his administration. These 13 courts wield considerable power, usually providing the last word on rulings appealed […]