Judges Worry Trump Could Tell U.S. Marshals to Stop Protecting Them
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Judges Worry Trump Could Tell U.S. Marshals to Stop Protecting Them

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On March 11, about 50 judges gathered in Washington for the biannual meeting of the Judicial Conference, which oversees the administration of the federal courts. It was the first time the conference met since President Trump retook the White House. In the midst…

Trump Grows Increasingly Combative in Showdowns With the Courts
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Trump Grows Increasingly Combative in Showdowns With the Courts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration’s compliance with court orders started with foot-dragging, moved to semantic gymnastics and has now arrived at the cusp of outright defiance. Large swaths of President Trump’s agenda have been tied up in court, challenged in scores of lawsuits. The administration…

Trump officials renew opposition to ruling on Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador
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Trump officials renew opposition to ruling on Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration on Sunday evening doubled down on its assertion that a federal judge cannot force it to bring back to the United States a Maryland man who was unlawfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador last month. In a…

Judge Says One DOGE Member Can Access Sensitive Treasury Dept. Data
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Judge Says One DOGE Member Can Access Sensitive Treasury Dept. Data

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A Manhattan federal judge ruled on Friday that one member of Elon Musk’s government efficiency program could have access to sensitive payment and data systems at the Treasury Department, as long as that person goes through appropriate training and files disclosures. The order…

Justice Department Lawyers Are Struggling to Defend Trump’s Policies in Court
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Justice Department Lawyers Are Struggling to Defend Trump’s Policies in Court

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to enact major elements of its agenda have led to a series of courtroom clashes between increasingly skeptical judges and the beleaguered lawyers responsible for defending the government’s positions, which some have come to see as indefensible. The…

Alina Habba Is Trump’s Pick for Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey
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Alina Habba Is Trump’s Pick for Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Monday said that he was appointing a spokeswoman and former personal lawyer as New Jersey’s interim U.S. attorney, continuing a pattern of placing his former legal representatives in top law enforcement positions. The appointee, Alina Habba, defended Mr. Trump in…

Opinion | Trump Won’t Win a War Against the Courts
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Opinion | Trump Won’t Win a War Against the Courts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump has wasted no time in his second term in declaring war on the nation’s federal judiciary, the country’s legal profession and the rule of law. He has provoked a constitutional crisis with his stunning frontal assault on the third branch of…

Mariah Carey Did Not Copy ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ From Earlier Hit, Judge Rules
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Mariah Carey Did Not Copy ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ From Earlier Hit, Judge Rules

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the perennial hit song by Mariah Carey that has become a holiday ear worm for the ages, was not stolen from other songwriters, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled this week. In addition to dismissing…

Trump’s Judicial Defiance Is New to the Autocrat Playbook, Experts Say
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Trump’s Judicial Defiance Is New to the Autocrat Playbook, Experts Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s intensifying conflict with the federal courts is unusually aggressive compared with similar disputes in other countries, according to scholars. Unlike leaders who subverted or restructured the courts, Mr. Trump is acting as if judges were already too weak to constrain his…

Threats Rise Against Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases, Fueling Safety Concerns
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Threats Rise Against Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases, Fueling Safety Concerns

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s angry call on Tuesday for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his administration on deportation flights has set off a string of near-instant social media taunts and threats, including images of judges being marched off in handcuffs. The…