Jacob is a reporter at Democracy Docket and covers anti-Trump accountability litigation. He is from South Dakota and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, English and political science from Augustana University. Before joining Democracy Docket, he covered breaking news at Axios.
Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday stayed an appeals court’s order requiring President Donald Trump to reinstate two members of independent federal agencies who were wrongfully dismissed earlier this year.
A federal appeals court panel cleared the way for President Donald Trump to fire over 25,000 probationary federal workers who were targeted in mass firings earlier this year.
The Supreme Court Tuesday paused a lower-court court order that reinstated thousands of probationary federal workers fired by the Trump administration earlier this year.
The Supreme Court in a 5–4 vote Monday granted the Trump administration’s request to vacate a lower-court ruling preventing it from deporting people using an 18th century wartime law.
A three-judge panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected the Trump administration’s request to overturn a lower-court order requiring it to return a wrongfully deported Salvadorian immigrant to the U.S.
A divided D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday reinstated two members of independent federal agencies who were wrongfully dismissed by President Donald Trump as part of his effort to hollow out the government.
The court overturned a lower court’s decision dismissing the challenges filed by Jefferson Griffin.
Democratic attorneys general in 19 states argued in a new lawsuit against President Donald Trump Thursday that his broad elections executive order violates the Constitution by attempting to wrest control over elections from the states.
The Department of Justice’s former pardon attorney discussed how Trump’s “multi-pronged assault” on the department, major law firms and the judiciary undermines central tenets of the U.S.’ justice system.
The Democratic Party is suing President Donald Trump over his sweeping executive order last week that attempted to wrest control of elections from the states.