The court held that three environmental groups lacked standing to bring the lawsuit. The Department of Justice announced that the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a…
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Circuit Court Blocks Texas from Offering In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens
The court determined that the Supremacy Clause supersedes the state’s Dream Act. The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause overrides the…
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Circuit Court Upholds DHS Expansion of Expedited Deportations
A district court had placed a stay on the expansion, citing a violation of due process. A divided panel of the District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals…
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Supreme Court Vacates Lower Court Ruling Against Texas New Congressional Map
The lower court had found the redistricting effort unconstitutional. The Supreme Court majority reversed a district court’s judgment in Abbot v. League of United Latin American Citizens that…
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Appellate Court Rules White House Ballroom Construction May Continue
The circuit panel lifted the block on the project and sent the case back to the district court for review. The District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of…
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Supreme Court Upholds Law Officer’s Qualified Immunity
The majority found the officer did not use “gratuitous” force. The Supreme Court released a decision in Zorn v. Linton that reinforces qualified immunity and reversed a lower…
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D.C. Appeals Court Rules Magazine Capacity Ban Unconstitutional
Court reverses conviction in case challenging district firearm law The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that a united law banning firearm magazines capable of holding more…
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Appellate Court Rules President Can Suspend Refugee Resettlement in U.S.
The court ruled the administration can stop processing applications, but must continue to provide services to refugees already resettled in the country. A panel of the Ninth Circuit…
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Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Reviewing Asylum Decisions
Unanimous ruling says federal courts must defer to immigration judges unless evidence clearly contradicts their findings. The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled unanimously that federal…
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Justice Department Appeals Federal Judge’s Block of Third Country Deportations
The Supreme Court has previously given the deportation practice the green light. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked the Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to…
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