A federal judge in San Francisco set a hearing for 10/16 on whether to temporarily halt any Trump administration efforts to carry out mass layoffs during the government shutdown. She's also ordered DOJ to submit a report on Friday explaining what's going on.
US judge handling Kilmar Abrego Garcia's civil case repeatedly expressed frustration today that she couldn't get concrete info from DOJ lawyers about what the Trump admin has done re: the apparent plan to send him to Eswatini www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A Maryland federal judge denied DOJ's request to pause Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation fight during the government shutdown, citing “important fundamental questions” at stake. Next hearing Friday on his bid for release while he fights being sent to Eswatini: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Overnight: Unions representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers asked a US judge to immediately prevent the Trump administration from carrying out mass firings during the government shutdown while they press a legal challenge www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The largest federal employees union filed a lawsuit accusing the Department of Education of violating the First Amendment by inserting partisan language into the out-of-office emails sent from accounts of furloughed workers during the government shutdown www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A global nurse-staffing agency and several unions sued over President Donald Trump’s plans to charge a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas that allow skilled immigrants to work in the US, saying the move is unlawful www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Day 3 of the government shutdown and judges continue to be mixed on DOJ's requests to pause legal fights. Notable recent denials in the DC National Guard deployment case (see: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...) and pre-shutdown federal worker layoff cases in RI and CA
Trump and White House budget office director Russell Vought have been floating the idea of federal layoffs during the shutdown: - what's happened so far - the laws and regulations at issue - the brewing court fight from opponents who argue there's no legal authority for it buff.ly/muCINpM
Up to 50+ court cases over Trump admin policies where DOJ has sought shutdown-related pauses or extensions. Some were quickly granted if unopposed or halted via district-wide orders (like in DC) but there's also pushback in some immigration, funding cases www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Latest shutdown docket action of note: DOJ has asked to pause or at least extend some upcoming deadlines in the court fight over Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in DC. DC AG's office opposes the request assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
Shutdown update: DOJ requests to delay/extend deadlines in court fights over Trump administration policies and actions have been hitting the docket all day -- a few are opposed, incl. in Kilmer Abrego Garcia's civil suit fighting deportation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Shutdown fallout: Court fights over Trump policies are being paused amid the government funding impasse.
DOJ is seeking delays across civil cases; in DC, the chief judge entered a blanket pause order, though cases involving requests for immediate judicial intervention are excluded buff.ly/rKraJve
The US Supreme Court refused to let Trump immediately oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while she sues to keep her job, dealing a setback to his efforts to exert more control over the central bank. The justices deferred taking action, saying they'll hear arguments in January. buff.ly/T6ZMXpS
Federal worker unions are suing over what they contend are the Trump administration’s unlawful threats of mass firings if the Republicans and Democrats in Congress can’t reach a budget deal by midnight, forcing the US government to a shut down www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A US citizen alleges he was improperly arrested and detained twice by immigration officers as they targeted Latino workers at Alabama construction sites, claims they initially rebuffed his offers to prove legal status -- new proposed class action in federal court buff.ly/LVwQRIm
How the US Supreme Court will let the Trump administration withhold $4 billion in congressionally approved foreign assistance funding poised to expire at the end of the month -- and how the legal fight is expected to press on over billions more at issue www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New case accuses Trump admin of unlawfully making immigration arrests in DC w/out "individualized determinations" and targeting Latinos, incl. alleged incident where agents ignored man's protests that he had "papers" buff.ly/pmK2cOh
A bipartisan group of former Treasury secretaries, Federal Reserve chairs and other experts urged the US Supreme Court not to let President Donald Trump fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook (at least not for now), arguing that the health of the economy is at stake www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
More: - DOJ asks SCOTUS to once again consider a fight over the Trump admin's move to end legal protections for 300K+ Venezuelans, accusing lower courts of failing to give enough weight to what the justices did the first time this case reached them assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
SCOTUS state of play today: - Lisa Cook still has her job at the Fed, for now; Cook's lawyers given until 9/24 to respond re: fate of injunction while legal fight goes on buff.ly/VUCOyTw - DOJ takes up fight over passport sex designations after lower court loss buff.ly/lFh9gfg
A US judge in Florida tossed, for now, Trump's $15B defamation suit against the New York Times, finding it "unmistakably and inexcusably" ran afoul of court rules. Trump's lawyers get 28 days to try again. buff.ly/FKQnQqx
NEW: DOJ has asked the US Supreme Court to step into the fight over Trump's move to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. What you need to know about how we got here, the significance of the timing, and what's next: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
ICYMI: Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia grad student detained for more than three months before being freed, has been ordered deported to Syria or Algeria by a US immigration judge, per new court filing -- his lawyers say they'll keep fighting in fed court. From Patty Hurtado: buff.ly/lFGp3Fo
Breaking down the rapid-fire court fight that unfolded in recent days over the fate of West African men deported to Ghana, which culminated with a US judge blasting the Trump admin's conduct but concluding she couldn't take immediate action now that they were gone tinyurl.com/Deportations...
