Activist Mahmoud Khalil wants ex-Justice Department official off panel of judges weighing his appeal

NEW YORK — Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student fighting deportation, have asked Judge Emil Bove to step aside from an appellate panel that could weigh in on his case because of Bove’s previous role as a top Justice Department official involved in investigating student protesters. Khalil’s lawyers this week asked … Read more

New York Times accuses Pentagon of flouting judge’s order blocking its press access policy

The New York Times told a federal judge Monday that the Pentagon has flouted the court’s ruling blocking it from enforcing its policy limiting journalists’ access to the Defense Department headquarters. The Times urged the court to compel the government to comply with the order to reinstate press credentials U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman did … Read more

Elon Musk demands judge’s recusal after latest flare-up over alleged bias

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elon Musk demanded on Wednesday that a Delaware judge recuse herself from Tesla lawsuits, arguing she recently demonstrated her bias against him when she liked an anti-Musk LinkedIn post.  Musk’s lawyers filed a motion for recusal in Delaware’s Court of Chancery, which included a screenshot of Judge … Read more

FEMA resumes disaster mitigation program following judge’s order on lawsuit brought by Democratic-led states

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered FEMA to make the funding available. FEMA will make $1 billion available for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which helps states, local governments, … Read more

Conservatives accuse Jack Smith of improper ties with judges in Trump cases after new document dump

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Conservative critics are accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of improperly coordinating with two federal judges after Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released documents Tuesday showing Smith’s team interacted with the pair during the Trump investigations. “Democrat DC U.S. district judges illegally worked in secret with Biden Special … Read more

Facing threats, judges who normally talk only through writings are speaking up

Ethical norms dictate that judges are supposed to speak only through their written opinions, avoiding airing personal views in public. But facing an unprecedented spike in threats of physical violence – as well as public criticism from high-ranking government officials, including President Donald Trump – federal judges are making their own unprecedented appeals to the … Read more

More federal judges warn of an increase in violent threats

WASHINGTON — A group of federal judges Thursday added to the chorus of concerns raised about the rise in violent threats against members of the judiciary at a time when President Donald Trump has ramped up his criticism of the courts. Four sitting judges spoke during an online forum hosted by a legal group called … Read more

Chief Justice Roberts says personal criticism of judges is dangerous and has ‘got to stop’

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts warned Tuesday that personal criticism of federal judges is dangerous and “it’s got to stop,” two days after President Donald Trump called a federal judge who ruled against the administration “wacky, nasty, crooked and totally out of control.” As he has done before, Roberts was careful … Read more