NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! DHS General Counsel James Percival says Americans deserve to know which federal judges are repeatedly blocking the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, accusing a small group of district judges of acting in “open defiance” of the Supreme Court and engaging in “naked political activism.” Percival has begun posting … Read more
The Justice Department is proposing a new rule to empower federal immigration judges to hold attorneys, their clients and witnesses in contempt if they violate court orders, in a move that departs from historical practice and which legal experts warn could be unconstitutional. The regulatory proposal by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, an office of … Read more
Jonathan Turley: Left demonizes Supreme Court to ‘gut the court’ Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley claims organized protests outside Supreme Court justices’ homes are part of a political movement to ‘gut the court’ and influence judicial decisions. He criticizes the rhetoric aimed at demonizing judges, citing incidents like the attempted assassination of Justice Kavanaugh and … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican is planning to curb so-called “rogue” judges, and he is using one of President Donald Trump’s greatest foils in the judicial branch as the launching point. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is planning to introduce the Blocking Overt Attempts at Shopping By … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A redrawn Tennessee congressional map expected to give Republicans a 9-0 advantage in congressional seats will remain in place for the state’s Aug. 6 primary, handing President Donald Trump and his allies another victory as they work to preserve the GOP’s House majority ahead of the midterm … Read more
A federal judicial panel has allowed Tennessee to use a new congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis, providing another legal victory for Republicans who hope to gain an additional seat in this year’s midterm elections. A three-judge panel on Thursday declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the new districts, paving … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York State is drawing mockery after the chief judge of its highest court appointed “Sex and the City” actress Cynthia Nixon to a commission that screens and recommends candidates for the state’s top judicial posts. Nixon, who played attorney Miranda Hobbes on the 2000s hit series, … Read more
On Friday, a group of retired judges will step off a tour bus in a ritzy Michigan suburb after three days of barnstorming through corn fields, cities and coal towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They carry with them a message. In courthouses and public squares, they have marked the nation’s 250th anniversary with a dire … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A national security group is urging Congress to investigate a prominent environmental-law nonprofit over past partnerships and programming ties with Chinese government-linked organizations, according to a report sent to lawmakers on Tuesday by State Armor, a national security organization. The Environmental Law Institute, or ELI, has trained … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Obama-appointed federal judge on Tuesday struck down key parts of President Donald Trump’s election integrity executive order, prompting a stark warning from White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller about the judiciary’s course. U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper ruled that major sections of Trump’s … Read more