(This post has been updated and expanded.) The Trump Administration notified a federal judge in Maryland on Friday afternoon that it is appealing his order blocking enforcement of revised restrictions on immigration from Mideast nations.  The appeal, the notice said, will go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. At issue is… Read More

If Justice Department lawyers follow through on President Trump’s vow to vigorously defend his power to limit immigration from Mideast nations, they could be doing so in more than one appeal in federal courts.  Early Thursday morning, a judge in Maryland became the second jurist within a matter of hours to rule against the President,… Read More

Relying heavily upon President Trump’s own words, a federal judge in Honolulu ruled Wednesday afternoon that the revised presidential order against immigration from the Mideast appears to be explicitly aimed at Muslims because of hostility to their religion, and is likely to be ruled unconstitutional. Based primarily upon that interpretation, U.S. District Judge Derrick K…. Read More

A local school board in Virginia urged a federal appeals court on Tuesday to give the Trump Administration until June 1 to sort out its position on the civil rights of transgender students.  A high-profile case on those rights should not be rushed, but instead should be put on a schedule that would allow a… Read More

Making the first defense in court of President Trump’s revised executive order limiting immigration from Mideast nations, the Administration’s lawyers argued on Monday that they have met all of the legal objections to the policy and so should be allowed to put it into full effect nationwide after midnight Wednesday. In filings in federal courts… Read More

UPDATE: Judge Robart responded quickly to the state’s plea, ordering the Trump Administration to file its views by Tuesday afternoon.  He said he had not decided whether to hold a hearing, but none would be held in any event before Wednesday. ————– The state of Washington, already successful in blocking President Trump’s immigration limits, imposed… Read More

The federal judge in Seattle who last month blocked enforcement nationwide of President Trump’s first order to limit immigration from Mideast nations refused on Friday — at least for now — to decide whether to block the revised version of those restrictions. In a three-page order that contained implied criticism of lawyers on both sides… Read More

A sweeping challenge by two refugee rights groups to President Trump’s orders limiting immigration of people from Mideast nations suddenly accelerated in a federal court in Maryland on Friday afternoon. With a hearing now set for next Wednesday morning in Greenbelt, MD, the case of International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump emerged as one of… Read More

With the Trump Administration arguing in court that it should be allowed to start enforcing its new immigrations restrictions seven days from now, the effort by objecting states to block the presidential action quickened on Thursday. The states of Washington and Minnesota, joined by new allies – New York State and Oregon, asked a federal… Read More

Lawyers for a 17-year-old high school senior at the center of a high-profile case on the legal rights of transgender students asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to move quickly to hold a new  hearing and reach a new decision in his case.   They sought a ruling before he graduates from school on… Read More