Trump asks US Supreme Court to lift ban on deportations under wartime law | Donald Trump News
US president appeals to Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ban on his use of an obscure wartime law.The Trump administration has asked the…
Supreme Court faces Guantanamo test again: Does president’s power have limits?
WASHINGTON — Two decades ago, the Bush administration said its “war on terror” prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay were off-limits to the federal courts, but the Supreme…
Israel’s parliament passes law to expand control over judge appointments | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israel’s government reshapes judiciary, triggering renewed protests and amplifying concerns over democratic erosion.The Israeli parliament has approved a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
Trump targets WilmerHale with executive order over hiring Robert Mueller, continuing punitive campaign against law firms
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting a law firm that hired former special xounsel Robert Mueller who led an investigation into…
DOJ is investigating LASD for possible 2nd Amendment violations
The federal Department of Justice says it has launched an investigation into whether the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department is violating people’s gun rights with excessive…
Column: Congress wants to impeach judges instead of doing its job
Some Republicans want U.S. District Judge James Boasberg removed from the bench for allegedly interfering with the president’s authority — under the Constitution and the…
What the removal of an O.C. couple says about mass deportations
Nelson and Gladys Gonzalez lived in the United States illegally for decades, working hard and raising a family while regularly checking in with Immigration Customs…
Column: Money will be tight. Americans will suffer. Will the top 10% step up?
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and more than doubled the federal estate tax…
Trump judge offers gun-toting YouTube dissent in California gun case
A Trump-appointed appellate court judge who disagreed with a decision by his colleagues to uphold California’s ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines responded in a highly…
The chief justice is to blame for the Supreme Court’s free fall
At his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John G. Roberts Jr. famously invoked America’s national pastime…
Column: The United States careens toward a constitutional crisis
Congress is cowed; that’s one supposedly coequal branch of government down. But federal courts are proving more resistant to Donald Trump’s trampling of laws and…
90-year-old U.S. labor relations law is suddenly in the crosshairs
Joe Biden was the first president to join a union picket line and support labor’s side in a number of major disputes. His appointments to…
Top House Democrats seek DOGE details, questioning if it operates ‘outside the bounds’ of U.S. law
WASHINGTON — Top Democrats on the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees have filed a lengthy Freedom of Information Act request questioning whether the Trump administration’s DOGE…
Contributor: California needs to think outside the blue box
Perhaps Gov. Gavin Newsom was channeling his inner Republican when he hosted conservative commentator Charlie Kirk for an 81-minute interview on the debut of his…
Alien Enemies Act: What is the 1798 law Trump invoked for deportations
President Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law…
Trump administration deports migrants despite judge’s order halting removal
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime…
Trump invokes 18th century law to declare invasion by gangs
Claiming the U.S. was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, President Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping wartime authority…
Alan Simpson, U.S. senator who bridged partisan gaps with wit, dies
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died. He was…
Can global institutions stop Israel’s breach of international law? | TV Shows
Redi Tlhabi talks with a former top UN official on whether international institutions could hold Israel to account.Despite a ceasefire signed in January, Israel has…
Fired federal workers can fight their dismissals, but there’s a catch
WASHINGTON — The more than 2 million federal employees have legal rights as civil servants that are supposed to protect them from being fired unfairly, including for…