Zach Schonfeld

The Justice Department filed an emergency application at the Supreme Court Wednesday asking to block a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in blocked foreign aid payments.  A federal judge set the deadline after the finding the administration had […]

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily delayed a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, imposed by a lower judge who found the administration had flouted his ruling.  The administration said it could not feasibly resume

President Trump’s efforts to expand control over independent agencies tees up a new test of presidential power that is already making its way through the courts.  This week, the president signed an executive order that requires independent agencies to submit

The Supreme Court stiffed President Trump in his administration’s first high court appeal by punting Friday on a request to greenlight the firing of the head of a whistleblower protection office.  The administration filed an emergency application asking the justices to wipe a

A federal appeals court Wednesday evening declined the Trump administration’s request to partially revive the president’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.  The Justice Department asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to immediately limit a district judge’s ruling, one

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on Tuesday sued to challenge the Trump administration’s moves to block funding for refugee resettlement programs.  Immigration groups have already sued the administration for suspending new refugee admissions, but the new lawsuit seeks

A federal judge Monday evening declined to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from gaining access to Education Department data on student borrowers.  U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the University of California Student Association (USCA), which

The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to greenlight President Trump’s firing of the head of a federal whistleblower protection office, marking the new Trump administration’s first appeal to the high court. Lower courts issued rulings temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger, whom

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to issue an emergency order reinstating a federal anti-money laundering law as a legal battle plays out in a lower court.  Passed in 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) would require millions of

Chief Justice John Roberts condemned elected officials who have intimidated judges and defied court rulings, highlighting them in his year-end report Tuesday as part of what Roberts called “illegitimate activity” that threatens the rule of law.   Roberts did not name any