Author: Jack Birle

A federal judge in California blocked President Donald Trump‘s executive order aimed at ending collective bargaining for federal workers across various federal agencies. Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, an Obama appointee, issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday blocking Trump’s order stripping collective bargaining rights from 21…

Three years after the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the battle over abortion access has splintered into a new era of legal, legislative, and political fights, proving that the end of Roe was only the beginning of a broader policy war. This Washington Examiner series, Aftershocks of Dobbs, examines how activists, lawmakers, and courts are driving the…

Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) lawyers argued to a federal judge Monday that the lower court still has some authority to block President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles, despite an appeals court blocking a previous order from that judge, which ordered Trump return control of the California National Guard to Newsom.…

The Supreme Court has issued a flurry of decisions this month as it nears the end of its term, but the Trump administration has been left waiting for key decisions on the high court’s docket. Requests from President Donald Trump and his administration have dominated the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, and the high court heard…

President Donald Trump is racking up a string of courtroom victories that have helped sustain some of his most sweeping second-term policies, even as lower courts continue to block or limit them. The Trump administration’s success in the appellate courts — and particularly before the U.S. Supreme Court — has allowed it to preserve disputed…

A federal appeals court on Friday denied President Donald Trump‘s bid to rehear his appeal of a jury’s verdict that he was liable for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll and defaming her. A divided full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit denied Trump’s appeal, upholding the $5 million judgment against him. The…

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday in favor of allowing the revival of a lawsuit brought by a family whose home was mistakenly raided by the FBI in 2017. The case centered on Trina Martin and her family, whose home was raided by FBI agents who went to the wrong address when searching for…

The Trump administration has taken a hardline stance on immigration enforcement, and while officials in California have protested the execution of those policies, judicial precedent suggests President Donald Trump has the authority to continue in the Golden State. Operations by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain illegal immigrants in…

A federal appeals court in Washington state focused its questioning during a hearing on Wednesday about the Trump administration’s attempt to end birthright citizenship on the language of the 14th Amendment and whether it indeed confers citizenship on anyone born on U.S. soil. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th…

The Supreme Court will hear a case questioning whether Republicans can challenge an Illinois law allowing mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day to be counted. The high court on Monday granted a petition brought by Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) and two GOP presidential elector nominees from Illinois who are attempting to block a state…