The Trump administration fired two immigration judges this past weekend who had earlier dismissed deportation cases against two pro-Palestinian student activists. Judge Roopal Patel had ruled there were no grounds to deport Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was held in detention for 45 days, while Judge Nina Froes dismissed proceedings against Columbia University …
The Washington Times reported on April 12 that senior DOJ officials themselves attribute the department’s growing courtroom difficulties to three compounding factors: the sheer volume of litigation (particularly immigration cases), an unprecedented wave of adverse judicial rulings, and decimated staffing at U.S. Attorneys’ offices across the country. A senior official described the removal of experienced …
CNN reported on April 11 that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s public statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Salvadoran national whom the government wrongly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador — may lead a federal judge to dismiss human smuggling charges against Abrego Garcia on grounds of vindictive prosecution. Blanche publicly linked Abrego …
A Bloomberg Law report from April 10, 2026 highlights a troubling pattern of errors and inaccuracies by U.S. Justice Department lawyers in federal courts, raising concerns among judges about the DOJ’s credibility. In March alone, DOJ attorneys disclosed relying on incorrect information in an immigration case in Manhattan, made inaccurate statements in a Rhode Island …
On April 7, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led a coalition of 22 state attorneys general in filing a formal comment opposing a proposed DOJ rule (OAG199) that would require state bar disciplinary authorities to defer investigations into DOJ attorney misconduct to the department’s own internal review process — and would subject states that refuse …
The Trump administration has been engaged in a legal battle against several prominent law firms — Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey — after issuing executive orders targeting them for representing clients and causes the president opposes. When the firms fought back, federal district courts ruled against the administration, finding the executive …
The American Bar Association filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in April 2026, urging the court to affirm lower court rulings striking down Trump executive orders that imposed severe sanctions on four law firms — Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, and Susman Godfrey — for representing …
Democratic attorneys general have filed their 100th lawsuit against the Trump administration as part of a coordinated legal strategy, claiming wins in 55 of 67 cases that have reached court rulings so far. The suits span a wide range of issues including environmental regulations, immigration enforcement, withheld congressional funding, and tariffs, with the latest challenge …
The latest NY Times opinion by By Duncan Hosie, a legal scholar at the Stanford Constitutional Law Centerar, gues that courts alone cannot stop Trump’s attacks on constitutional norms because constitutional law depends on leaders respecting legal limits, and Trump instead treats the law as something to manipulate while using delay, uncertainty, and pressure to weaken …
A Washington Post investigation published March 19 found that federal inspectors general — the independent watchdogs legally mandated to investigate waste, fraud, and abuse across executive agencies — have lost approximately 16.6% of their workforce since January 2025, outpacing broader government downsizing. The administration carried out a mass firing of inspectors general in early 2025, …