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A Republican-appointed federal judge granted a request from Democratic attorneys general in Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington to temporarily halt the implementation of President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented parents or parents who have lawful, but temporary residency status.
The lawsuits allege that the creation of DOGE violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972.
Democratic officials and pro-voting groups sued to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for future children born in this country to noncitizen parents — starting Feb. 19.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded former President Joe Biden’s 2021 executive order promoting voting access and expanding voter registration.
Were it not for Trump’s victory, an investigation found that there was enough evidence to convict him in a trial for his crimes.
President Joe Biden vetoed a bipartisan bill that would add 63 new federal judges over the next decade, explaining that the bill “fails to resolve key questions” about the allocation of judges and senior status judges.
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s 235th judge to a lifetime appointment on Friday evening, which would surpass the number of judicial vacancies that President-elect Donald Trump filled during his first term.
A number of Trump nominees and staff picks have had a direct hand in some of the most consequential legal efforts to disenfranchise voters in the past year.
The right-wing lawyer and former FEC commissioner lays out a potential Trump admin plan to disenfranchise voters.
Trump tapped Dhillon as the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for civil rights.