Chris Geidner
Trump's Revised Travel Ban Is In Effect
Advocates preparing to deal with fallout from the ban are gathering at major airports across the country. Hawaii, which has sued the Trump administration, is already back in court to limit the reach of the ban.
Chris Geidner
Trump’s Finally Getting To Implement His Travel Ban — And It Could Happen Today
Although no officials in the US are publicly describing the administration's plans for implementing the travel and refugee bans, news organizations reported Wednesday night that a State Department cable has detailed the new policies — which could go into effect as soon as Thursday.
Chris Geidner
The Ruling In A Church Playground Case Suggests Splits Within The Supreme Court On Religion
A clear decision today — but with signs of underlying disagreements on the scope of the court's decision and what it could mean for the future.
Chris Geidner
Nobody On The Supreme Court Is Retiring (At Least For Now)
Despite speculation that Justice Anthony Kennedy would announce his retirement on Monday, that didn’t happen.
Chris Geidner
Supreme Court Partially Allows Trump's Ban Against Travel From Six Muslim-Majority Countries And Refugees
The justices agreed to hear the federal government's appeal of the challenges to the executive order. A quick turnaround that will allow the travel and refugee ban to be enforced against those without a connection to people or groups in the US.
Chris Geidner
Supreme Court Decides Cases Affecting Immigrants And Landowners’ Rights
In total, the Supreme Court issued 11 decisions this week — leaving 6 remaining cases that were argued and have not yet been decided. Several other key questions, including what the justices are going to do with Trump’s travel ban, are still up in the air.
Chris Geidner
Sessions Backs LGBT Pride Month Event Where Employees Plan To Honor Transgender Student
"[W]e will protect and defend and celebrate that," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said regarding a planned LGBT Pride Month Program at the Justice Department.
Chris Geidner
"Making A Murderer" Nephew Should Be Released Or Retried, Rules Federal Appeals Court
Brendan Dassey could soon be free under today's ruling.
Chris Geidner
What's Happening With The Travel Ban At The Supreme Court?
Spoiler alert: We don't really know.
Chris Geidner
At DOJ Pride Event, LGBT Employees Plan To Honor Lawyers, Student Behind Pro-Transgender Lawsuits
DOJ Pride — the Justice Department's group for LGBT employees and allies — plans to give its community service award to Gavin Grimm, the transgender student challenging his high school's bathroom policy, and its award for contributions to the environment for LGBT employees to department lawyers behind pro-transgender litigation.
Chris Geidner
Hawaii Judge Narrows Injunction Against Trump's Travel Ban In Wake Of Appeals Court Ruling
The travel and refugee bans remain on hold, but the Trump administration will now be allowed to begin the "internal review procedures" called for in the executive order.
Chris Geidner
Supreme Court Strikes Down State Ban On Registered Sex Offender Social Media Use
In a pair of First Amendment rulings on Monday, the justices struck down North Carolina’s internet-related law and a federal law barring trademarks that “disparage” people or groups.
Chris Geidner
Get Ready To Start Hearing About The Travel Ban Again
The special counsel appointment and the drama surrounding it have taken over the news recently. But with the Supreme Court likely to decide as early as this week what it’s going to do with Trump’s travel and refugee ban executive order, expect the ban to be back in the headlines — and in the president’s tweets.
Chris Geidner
Trump Loves Old School, Tough-On-Crime Policies. So Criminal Justice Liberals Are Going Local.
What do you do when your progressive vision loses its spotlight from the White House?
Chris Geidner
Ninth Circuit Keeps Trump's Travel Ban On Hold — As Supreme Court Deadline Looms
"Whatever deference we accord to the President’s immigration and national security policy judgments does not preclude us from reviewing the policy at all."
Chris Geidner
Supreme Court Strikes Down Citizenship Law That Treats Mothers And Fathers Differently
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for the Supreme Court that the different treatment of unwed mothers and unwed fathers in the immigration law citizenship context "is stunningly anachronistic."
Chris Geidner
Feds Succeed In Delaying Lawsuit Where Key Travel Ban Memo Is At Issue
A federal judge in Michigan put a lawsuit challenging the travel ban on hold on Friday. The plaintiffs in the case are seeking the "Giuliani memo" — the memo Rudolph Giuliani has said he and others wrote during Donald Trump's presidential campaign about how "legally" to implement what became the travel ban.
Chris Geidner
A Federal Government Contractor Has Been Charged With Leaking To The Intercept
The Department of Justice alleges that Reality Leigh Winner, 25, removed classified material from a government facility and mailed it to an online news outlet.
Steven Perlberg
Trump's Monday Morning Tweets Cause A Travel Ban Crisis
George Conway — a conservative lawyer (and Kellyanne Conway's husband) — tweeted that Trump's tweets "won't help" get five votes from the Supreme Court.
Chris Geidner
Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court To Allow Enforcement Of Travel Ban While Court Considers Appeal
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to resolve the question of whether President Trump's executive order is allowed — and also whether the federal government can enforce the order until the justices resolve the case. UPDATE: The Supreme Court directed parties to file their response to the federal government's requests by June 12.
Chris Geidner
