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  • A judge refuses to toss states’ lawsuit against Elon Musk and DOGE

    05/28/2025 12:20:09 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 16 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 9:32 AM CDT, May 28, 2025 | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit that accuses billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency of illegally accessing government data systems, canceling government contracts and firing federal employees.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled Tuesday that 14 states can proceed with their claims against Musk and DOGE. The states, through their attorneys general, sued in February over the defendants’ alleged constitutional violations.The states had asked Chutkan to temporarily block DOGE from accessing any data systems or terminating any federal employees. But the judge denied that request on Feb. 18. She found that...
  • Grants Pass, Oregon’s “Homeless” Problem is Out of Control!

    05/28/2025 7:32:23 AM PDT · by rebuildus · 35 replies
    Old School Media ^ | 5/28/25 | Patrick Rooney
    Grants Pass, Oregon has been known as a beautiful, predominantly conservative small city in Southern Oregon. A place that has welcomed retirees escaping California’s ongoing meltdown, and really a place for people of all ages who appreciate the natural beauty of the region and proximity to the Rogue River, which runs through town. The charms of the area were on full display at this year’s Boatnik celebration, an annual Memorial Day weekend event organized by The Active Club, a local nonprofit organization that contributes to the youth of Southern Oregon. Sponsors include the City of Grants Pass, Josephine County, and...
  • 'Rigged from the start': Bureaucrats face personal liability for firing 'Black privilege' professor

    05/26/2025 1:52:24 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 10 replies
    Just the News ^ | May 25, 2025 10:26pm Updated: May 25, 2025 10:32pm | Greg Piper
    Judge denies qualified immunity to four University of Central Florida administrators including president, tasks jury with considering punitive damages. Two have moved on to Texas Tech, Yale. The University of Central Florida's outrage at a faculty member's assertion "Black privilege is real" could end up putting its top administrators at the mercy of a jury, sending a warning to campus bureaucrats nationwide not to overreact to minority views.U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza denied qualified immunity to President Alexander Cartwright, Provost Michael Johnson, former College of Sciences Dean Tosha Dupras and former Office of Institutional Equity Director Nancy Myers in a...
  • Michigan governor ‘overjoyed’ as judge strikes down laws meant to protect abortion seekers

    05/19/2025 10:32:24 AM PDT · by Morgana · 27 replies
    Live Action News ^ | May 18, 2025 | Bridget Sielicki
    A Michigan judge struck down several abortion-related laws last week, including a 24-hour waiting period, mandatory informed consent requirements, and a law prohibiting non-physicians from committing abortions. Judge Sima Patel ruled that all three laws are now unconstitutional given the state’s adoption of an amendment that declared abortion to be a constitutional “right.” Following the amendment’s passage, Northland Family Planning Centers and a group called Medical Students for Choice filed a lawsuit calling for the overturning of the laws. In 2024, Patel placed a preliminary injunction on each of the laws. At that time, she said a 24-hour waiting period...
  • Dear Justice Sotomayor, Your Left-Wing Partisanship Is Showing

    05/11/2025 11:28:58 AM PDT · by george76 · 9 replies
    Federalist ^ | May 09, 2025 | Shawn Fleetwood
    Did Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor forget that it’s generally frowned upon for judges to display their political partisanship? It’s a question worth asking given that the Obama appointee appeared to do just that in her recent public remarks. On Thursday night, Sotomayor attended an event hosted by the notoriously left-wing American Bar Association (ABA), in which she seemingly made an indirect reference to President Trump and conservatives’ criticisms of the ongoing judicial coup among lower court judges who are stymieing the administration’s agenda via overreaching injunctions. As The Federalist’s Joy Pullmann previously reported, the ABA routinely “advocates for and...
  • The Gavel or the Sword? Sotomayor and the End of Judicial Impartiality

    05/11/2025 6:07:34 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 26 replies
    AMUSE on X ^ | 10 May, 2025 | @AMUSE
    In her recent address to the American Bar Association, Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke not as a neutral jurist interpreting the Constitution, but as a partisan urging mobilization against the sitting administration. Her remarks, delivered with careful modulation, carried all the marks of political rhetoric under the guise of moral urgency: "This is our time to stand up and be heard." To the untrained ear, these words may sound like little more than civic encouragement. But context clarifies tone, and tone unmasks motive. Coming from a sitting Supreme Court Justice, in a polarized environment, during open legal battles between the ABA...
  • Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping government overhaul

    05/10/2025 6:11:05 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 134 replies
    NPR ^ | May 10, 2025 | Staff
    A federal judge in San Francisco has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, a Clinton appointee, came after a hearing Friday in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of labor unions, nonprofits and local governments. The plaintiffs argue in their complaint that President Trump's efforts to "radically restructure and dismantle the federal government" without any authorization from Congress violate the Constitution. Illston agreed with the plaintiffs, asserting in the hearing that Supreme Court precedent makes clear that while the president does have the authority to seek changes...
  • DeSantis stands by AG James Uthmeier’s defiance of federal court order

    05/08/2025 7:25:35 AM PDT · by Jacquerie · 11 replies
    Florida Phoenix ^ | May 7th 2025 | Mitch Perry and Jackie Llanos
    The attorney general is asking an appellate court to lift the block on a new state immigration law. The law makes it a misdemeanor for adults who came to the U.S. illegally by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers to enter Florida. The governor and Uthmeier contend that the judge in the case has gone beyond her boundaries in calling on Florida law enforcement agencies to stop making immigration arrests. “She’s trying to exercise authority that she does not possess. Fine,” DeSantis said. “There’s parties to the case and she’s rendered a decision even though it’s a...
  • Judge orders Trump administration to admit roughly 12,000 refugees

    05/06/2025 9:35:32 AM PDT · by Strict9 · 65 replies
    AP ^ | 5-5-25 | Gene Johnson
    judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States under a court order partially blocking the president's efforts to suspend the nation's refugee admissions program. The order from U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead followed arguments from the Justice Department and refugee resettlement agencies over how to interpret a federal appeals court ruling that
  • SCOTUS order in DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL., v. GWYNNE A. WILCOX, ET AL [4/9/25]

    04/09/2025 1:40:44 PM PDT · by CFW · 37 replies
    Supreme Court ^ | 4/9/25 | Chief Justice John Roberts
    Overview: Gwynne Wilcox (a member of the National Labor Relations Board) sued President Donald Trump challenging her removal from the National Labor Relations Board as a violation of the National Labor Relations Act, claiming that Trump did not meet the standard required for Wilcox’s removal under federal law and that Wilcox was not given notice and a hearing to contest her removal. Judge Beryl Howell ruled in favor of Wilcox, holding she was unlawfully removed from office. The Trump administration appealed and the case is now being heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.Order: UPON CONSIDERATION...
  • Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order to return Salvadoran national to US

    04/07/2025 12:19:33 PM PDT · by bitt · 39 replies
    https://justthenews.com ^ | April 7, 2025 | Charlotte Hazard
    The Justice Department states that the judge who ruled Kilmar Abrego Garcia had to come back to the U.S. overstepped authority. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a lower court order to return a Maryland resident, who is also a Salvadoran national, mistakenly deported last month to El Salvador. The Justice Department is arguing before the high court that the judge who ruled the deportee, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, must be returned overstepped his authority. The administration also argued since Garcia was no longer in U.S. custody there was no way to get him back, according...
  • JUST IN: Obama Judge Orders FEMA to Disburse Millions of Dollars in Grants to Blue States, Says Trump in Violation of Court Order

    04/04/2025 7:23:45 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 20 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 04, 2025 | Staff
    US District Judge of the District Court for the District of Rhode Island, John McConnell, an Obama appointee, accused President Trump of violating his court order blocking his federal funding freeze. In January Judge McConnell temporarily blocked Trump’s freeze on federal funding in response to a request from 22 Democrat state attorneys general and DC. Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously put a temporary pause of agency grant, loan and other financial assistance programs. “The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and gave him a mandate to increase the impact of...
  • Judge orders government to return Maryland man deported in 'error' to El Salvador

    04/04/2025 1:15:18 PM PDT · by Kleon · 129 replies
    A federal judge in Maryland has granted a preliminary injunction and ordered the government to facilitate the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador in error, by Monday.
  • Chief Justice Roberts’ Secret Friendship with Trump Prosecutor Ally Norm Eisen Exposed

    04/03/2025 9:07:42 PM PDT · by bitt · 30 replies
    Is the Supreme Court Compromised by Deep State Cronyism? In a bombshell revelation that’s sending shockwaves through conservative circles, it turns out Chief Justice John Roberts has been rubbing elbows with none other than Norm Eisen—the radical leftist operative who’s spent years orchestrating lawfare campaigns against President Donald Trump and his allies. According to a report from Revolver News, Roberts didn’t just bump into Eisen at a D.C. cocktail party. No, these two are apparently such “good pals” that Roberts jetted off to the Czech Republic for a week-long sleepover at Eisen’s lavish 150-room palace. It’s straight from the mouth...
  • Justice Roberts’ secret friendship with Norm Eisen has been revealed…

    04/03/2025 8:19:33 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 14 replies
    Revolver ^ | April 3, 202 | Revolver News
    After you finish this blog, you’ll be asking the million-dollar question: Why is Chief Justice John Roberts hanging out with the Deep State’s #1 color revolution architect? Turns out the left’s favorite “Republican” has some very interesting buddies. According to Norm Eisen—the man who practically wrote the Deep State’s playbook on color revolutions, all things anti-Trump, and lawfare in the US—he and Chief Justice John Roberts are not only good pals, but they even spent a week together in the Czech Republic. According to Norm, the two BFFs were there working on “American rule of law” issues. Hmm… Norm was...
  • Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states

    04/03/2025 6:26:06 PM PDT · by truthkeeper · 27 replies
    Aol.com ^ | April 3, 2025 | Devna Bose
    A federal judge will temporarily block President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting billions in federal dollars that support COVID-19 initiatives and public health projects throughout the country. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy, appointed by Trump in 2019 but first nominated by former President Barack Obama, in Rhode Island said Thursday that she plans to grant the court order sought by 23 states and the District of Columbia.“They make a case, a strong case, for the fact that they will succeed on the merits, so I’m going to grant the temporary restraining order,” said McElroy, who plans to issue a written...
  • Federal judge temporarily pauses RFK Jr. effort to rescind billions of public health funds

    04/03/2025 2:54:15 PM PDT · by Libloather · 18 replies
    The Hill ^ | 4/03/25 | Nathaniel Weixel
    A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Thursday that stops the Trump administration from pulling back more than $11 billion in public health funding from state and local health departments. Judge Mary McElroy of the federal district court in Rhode Island granted a 14-day restraining order to a group of 23 states and the District of Columbia that filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this week. “The likelihood of success on the merits is extremely strong,” McElroy said at the conclusion of the brief hearing, noting that “the record is voluminous …...
  • ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Outside Boston Courtroom as City Defies Feds – Now Judge Slaps Agent with Contempt

    04/02/2025 9:25:07 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 65 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 02, 2025 | Staff
    A Boston judge has held a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in contempt for executing his duty to detain an illegal immigrant during an ongoing trial. On Thursday, March 27, 2025, ICE agents, ICE agent Brian Sullivan apprehended Wilson Martell-Lebron, a Dominican national illegally residing in the United States, as he exited the Boston Municipal Court. Martell-Lebron, a Dominican national residing illegally in the country using fake identity, was on his second trial for charges related to falsifying information on a driver’s license application. Despite the gravity of his alleged offenses, Boston’s lenient policies had allowed him to...
  • NYC Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case is dismissed

    04/02/2025 9:08:47 AM PDT · by SaxxonWoods · 25 replies
    NBC ^ | 4/2/2025 | Matt Lavietes and Chloe Atkins
    "A judge has ruled to permanently dismiss federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday. Federal prosecutors had stated that “continuing these proceedings would interfere with” the Mayor’s ability to govern, thereby threatening “federal immigration initiatives and policies.”
  • Judges block Trump orders targeting firms tied to Russia collusion hoax figures

    04/02/2025 7:16:37 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 42 replies
    Just the News ^ | 1 Apr, 2025 | Jerry Dunleavy
    President Trump has been issuing executive orders aimed at law firms that employed key figures in the Russiagate saga. Now, federal judges have blocked many of Trump's efforts, some calling it retribution for the lawfare waged against him by the previous administration. Multiple judges have blocked efforts by President Donald Trump to hold “Big Law” firms accountable for their connections to lawyers closely tied to the Russia collusion hoax. The executive orders make allegations against some of the most powerful law firms in the nation: the WilmerHale law firm for previously employing former Special Counsel Robert Mueller and two of...