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Judge: 'Probable Cause' to Hold Administration in Contempt

'The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders,' Boasberg says

(Newser) - A federal judge who has vowed to "get to the bottom" of why planes carrying deportees to El Salvador failed to turn around despite his order says there is probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt. "The Government's actions on that day demonstrate a willful...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Deportations Resume
Divided SCOTUS Says
Deportations Can Resume
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Apr 7, 2025 6:32 PM CDT

Divided SCOTUS Says Deportations Can Resume

But migrants must get a chance to challenge deportation under 18th century wartime law

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has lifted a court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under an 18th century wartime law. In a bitterly divided 5-4 decision Monday, the court said the migrants still must get a chance to challenge their deportation before they are taken out of the...

Judge Orders Administration to Preserve Signal Texts

Watchdog group said it feared messages about the Yemen strikes would be automatically deleted

(Newser) - The Trump administration is not to delete the messages exchanged in a Signal text group—which inadvertently included a journalist—leading up to the military strikes in Yemen, a federal judge ordered Thursday. American Oversight, which advocates for government transparency, had said in a filing seeking their preservation that "...

'Attack Plans' Versus 'War Plans'


Legal Angle
Emerges
in Signal
Controversy
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Mar 27, 2025 11:39 AM CDT

Legal Angle Emerges in Signal Controversy

And Trump nemesis Boasberg has been assigned the case

(Newser) - The White House is digging in on the Signal breach controversy, insisting that the information discussed in a text group wasn't as sensitive as critics allege. For proof, press chief Karoline Leavitt noted that a new Atlantic headline refers to "attack plans" instead of "war plans" and...

Judge: Nazis Got Better Treatment Than Venezuelans

Judges appear divided on push to lift order on deportation of alleged gang members

(Newser) - A panel of appeals court judges appeared divided Monday on a Trump administration push to lift an order blocking deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law—a case that has become a flashpoint amid escalating tension with the federal courts. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett...

Judge Who Ordered Halt to Flights Gives DOJ a Deadline

Judge James Boasberg wants more info by Tuesday

(Newser) - Relations certainly aren't warming between the Trump administration and US District Judge James Boasberg, who last Saturday ordered planes carrying deportees to El Salvador to be turned around and brought back to the US. The aircraft instead landed as scheduled , and on Thursday, Boasberg "edged closer" to holding...

House GOP Moving to Impeach Judge Who Halted Trump Order

Republicans introduce impeachment article against James Boasberg, who tried to stop deportations

(Newser) - On Tuesday, President Trump called for the impeachment of James Boasberg, the chief judge at DC's District Court who recently ruled against the Trump administration's deportation orders— drawing a rare rebuke from Supreme Court Justice John Roberts. House Republicans are now moving toward impeachment anyway, with Trump supporters...

Stephen Miller, Team Trump Relish This Judicial Fight
Stephen Miller, Team Trump
Relish This Judicial Fight
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Mar 18, 2025 6:45 AM CDT

Stephen Miller, Team Trump Relish This Judicial Fight

Aide calls Democratic critic of deportations 'an absolute moron'

(Newser) - The White House is aggressively pushing back against challenges to its deportation of immigrants over the weekend. A Justice Department lawyer, for example, clashed with a federal judge in court on Monday, maintaining that the move was a matter of national security because the deportees were alleged gang members. And...

Trump Lawyer, Judge Have Tense Clash Over Deportations

Administration tries to get federal judge removed from case

(Newser) - A Trump administration lawyer repeatedly refused to answer questions in detail in court late Monday about the deportation of immigrants over the weekend, and some of the answers he did give left the judge incredulous. In a Washington courtroom, US District Judge James Boasberg asked the Justice Department lawyer why...

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