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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court swept away another obstacle to one of President Trump's most aggressively pursued policies - mass deportation - again showing its willingness to back his hardline approach to immigration. The justices, though, have signaled some reservations with how he is carrying it out. Here's what to know: |
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- Since Trump took office the court has been called upon to intervene on an emergency basis in seven legal fights over his crackdown on immigration.
- Legal experts say Trump has been more aggressive than any in modern U.S. history to quickly remove non-citizens from the country. That dynamic has forced the Supreme Court to police the contours of the administration's actions, if less so the legality of Trump's underlying policies.
- The justices twice - on April 7 and on May 16 - have placed limits on the administration's attempt to implement Trump's invocation of a 1798 law called the Alien Enemies Act, which historically has been employed only in wartime, to swiftly deport Venezuelan migrants whom it has accused of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang. Lawyers and family members of some of the migrants have disputed the gang membership allegation.
- Andrew Chung has more on Trump's key immigration wins at SCOTUS here.
- Birthright citizenship is also still on the Supreme Court's docket and the justices are expected to issue their ruling in the case by the end of this month. Here's what to know about those oral arguments. Several other major cases are still yet to be decided. Find out more about them here.
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- Disgraced former plaintiffs attorney Tom Girardi is due to be sentenced today in U.S. court in Los Angeles after a jury found him guilty of wire fraud for an alleged scheme to steal millions of dollars in settlement funds from clients. Prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton to impose a 14-year prison term.
- U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston will hold a status conference in lawsuits by a group of Democratic-led states and scientific researchers represented by the ACLU who sued to secure reinstatement of NIH grants that funded research on topics like LGBTQ+ health, COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy canceled by the Trump administration as part of an "ideological purge."
- The heirs of writer Ehud Yonay, who wrote the magazine article that inspired the original "Top Gun" film, will ask the 9th Circuit to revive their copyright lawsuit against Paramount Pictures over its blockbuster sequel "Top Gun: Maverick." A Los Angeles judge dismissed the case last year after finding that the sequel was not similar enough to the article to support the heirs' claims.
- U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan will hold a hearing in a lawsuit brought by Democratic state AGs seeking to stop the Trump administration from cutting off more than $1.1 billion in funding meant to help address the long-term effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on elementary and high school students.
- Closing arguments are expected to begin in disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's retrial on rape and sexual assault charges, capping off more than a month of testimony in Manhattan state court.
- U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria will hold a motion hearing in a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of 12 children of active duty servicemembers challenging the Department of Defense school system's ban of race- and gender-related books.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes. |
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That's the new pass rate for California's troubled February bar exam, nearly double the historical average of 35%. The pass rate was 56% until 230 exam takers earned passing scores under a new round of grading changes aimed at mitigating the fallout from the technical and logistical issues that plagued the exam. Read more. |
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- A federal judge in Seattle ruled that President Trump likely broke the law by stripping 50,000 TSA officers of the ability to unionize and bargain over their working conditions, blocking the Department of Homeland Security from canceling a union contract. Read the order here.
- The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide if GEO Group can quickly appeal a judge's ruling denying government immunity to the private prison operator in a class action claiming immigrant detainees were forced to work and paid $1 a day. Read more.
- The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to pause a second ruling that found the president has exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs. The administration argues that the decision jeopardizes trade negotiations with other nations.
- The D.C. AG office has secured its first settlement in a lawsuit accusing landlords and technology company RealPage of conspiring to inflate rental prices.
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From AI chatbots to social media, CODISCOVR chair Nicole Gill looks at how data review and production are entering new territory. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
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