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A coalition of immigrants rights organizations and criminal defense lawyers sued the Trump administration to block the government from paying El Salvador to imprison hundreds of Venezuelan migrants who were removed from the U.S. earlier this year without due process.
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a formal warning to Wisconsin’s elections board, accusing it of violating federal law by failing to provide voters with a required complaint process under the Help America Vote Act.
A federal judge ordered the government to allow Venezuelan men who were removed from the U.S. by the Trump administration earlier this year to challenge their ongoing imprisonment in El Salvador.
The Republican National Committee filed a motion Tuesday to intervene in ongoing federal litigation against President Donald Trump’s executive order on voting, which aimed to restrict voter access nationally under the guise of election integrity.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba over his arrest while protesting the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts last month.
After spending around $290 million to help get President Donald Trump elected, billionaire Elon Musk is leaving the White House. But the numerous lawsuits he racked up for himself over the last 130 days may not be going anywhere.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in an Illinois lawsuit that could impact the ability of federal candidates to challenge state election laws.
Alabama Republican lawmakers said in a pleading Wednesday they will forgo drawing a new congressional map before 2030 to prevent the state from being put under federal supervision for its voting laws.
While President Donald Trump has had mixed success before the Supreme Court, he’s getting crushed in the lower courts.
A federal judge in D.C. Tuesday greenlit lawsuits challenging Elon Musk’s position in the federal government and the Department of Government Efficiency as unconstitutional.