“Can they do that?” It’s a frequently asked question in the early days of Donald Trump’s second term. One of the latest actions spurring that question is the Department of Education’s decision to cut about half its staff under the […]
President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship is now at the Supreme Court. The overall legality of his policy isn’t at issue in this new appeal — rather, his administration is asking the justices to narrow the nationwide scope
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The word “unprecedented” has appeared in legal filings to describe more than one of President Donald Trump’s actions in the opening days of his second term. Ditto alleged attacks on the rule of law. One of the latest examples presenting
“An American President is not a king,” a federal judge wrote in ruling against President Donald Trump on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., made the stark statement in rejecting Trump’s bid to fire Gwynne Wilcox from
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“Could Donald Trump be impeached for treason against the people of the United States for forcing us to be allied with our enemy Russia/Putin and against our democratic friends in Ukraine/Zelensky without our consent, which seems to me what he
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Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. When we left off last week, we were waiting for the Supreme Court to weigh in on President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze. We were still waiting on Tuesday night, when Trump addressed Congress
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Why is Brad Sigmon set to be executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday? Technically, because he chose that rare, seemingly outdated method. But as Sigmon told the Supreme Court in a pending bid to avoid that fate,
If you disagree with a judge’s ruling, then you can try to appeal it. You probably don’t even need to be a lawyer to understand that basic principle. But Donald Trump supporters, including Elon Musk, have backed another option in
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UPDATE (March 4, 2025, 1:26 p.m. ET): After Tuesday’s hearing, NBC News reported that the Supreme Court “appeared likely to rule against the Mexican government over a lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun makers accountable for an epidemic of violence that officials in
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U.S. District Judge Dale Ho has a difficult decision to make in the Eric Adams case, which both the defendant and the Trump Justice Department have said they want dismissed. Ahead of his impending decision, a group of former federal
