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President Trump dismantling the Education Department violated the Constitution and federal law, school districts, education advocacy groups and unions alleged in multiple lawsuits.
A federal judge rejected a request from the Trump administration to lift a court order preventing it from using an 18th century wartime law to deport people to a Salvadoran hard labor prison without due process.
A federal judge ruled Monday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has no right under federal law to access sensitive personal information federal agencies.
Democracy Docket is liveblogging oral argument in the latest SCOTUS redistricting case.
“It’s time for this election to come to an end and for voters to know that their votes will count in the state, that they follow the rules in place at the time of the election.”
A federal judge vowed to determine if Trump officials disobeyed a court order halting deportations under an 18th century wartime law.
The Justice Department told a federal judge that the U.S. should take Trump’s place as the defendant in lawsuits over his supporters’ Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
President Trump signed an executive order commanding the Department of Education to be effectively dismantled and eventually shuttered, escalating his administration’s unprecedented assault on the federal government.
A federal judge in Maryland Thursday blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency officials from accessing sensitive data and systems at the Social Security Administration.
The letter was signed by a bipartisan coalition of more than 200 former justices, judges and attorneys.