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  • Judge rules Trump exceeded authority and cannot deport migrants under wartime act

    05/01/2025 11:25:14 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 91 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | May 1, 2025 | Maria Sacchetti and Marianne LeVine
    The ruling is a blow to Trump’s deportation efforts and permanently bars removals under the Alien Enemies Act in South Texas.A Trump-appointed federal judge ruled Thursday that the president exceeded his authority by invoking the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan migrants, dealing a blow to the administration’s deportation efforts and permanently barring such removals in South Texas. In a 36-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. in Brownsville, Texas, rejected Trump’s declarations that the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang to justify using the act to deport migrants without a hearing. He said the...
  • Texas can no longer investigate alleged cases of vote harvesting, federal judge says

    09/30/2024 12:15:09 PM PDT · by BigFreakinToad · 44 replies
    The Texas Tribune ^ | Sept. 28, 2024 | Xiomara Moore
    A federal judge ruled on Saturday that part of a Texas law that enacted new voting restrictions violated the U.S. Constitution by being too vague and restricting free speech. The ruling, made by U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez, immediately halted the state’s ability to investigate alleged cases of vote harvesting, such as the investigation into the League of United Latin American Citizens by Attorney General Ken Paxton. Before today’s ruling, a person who knowingly provided or offered vote harvesting services in exchange for compensation was committing a third-degree felony. This meant that organizers of voter outreach organizations and even volunteers...