#Judiciary

2025-12-31

Thompson cited statements by Republican President #Trump & #DHS Secy #KristiNoem portraying #immigrants as criminals & a drain on #US society.

"These statements reflect a stereotyping of the immigrants protected under the #TPS program as criminal invaders & perpetuate the discriminatory belief that certain immigrant populations will replace the white population," wrote Thompson….

#law #immigration #racism #WhiteSupremacy #GreatReplacementTheory #judiciary

2025-12-31

US judge blocks #Trump move to end protected status for thousands from #Honduras, #Nepal & #Nicaragua after opponents argued the terminations were motivated by racial hostility.

The admin's decisions to end #TPS for some 89,000 immigrants failed to adequately consider conditions in the 3 countries that would prevent them from returning, San Francisco-based District Judge Trina Thompson wrote.

#law #immigration #racism #WhiteSupremacy #judiciary
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2025-12-31

#House #Judiciary Committee on Dec 31, 2025 released the full #deposition #transcript of former #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith, offering the most detailed public account yet of Smith’s rationale for prosecuting #DonaldTrump #Jan6 #insurrection and rebutting #Republican #GOP #maga claims that the investigations were politically motivated. #law #legal #government #democracy #legalresearch #Congress #constitution #violence #indictments #grandjury judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-

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2025-12-26

Germany's judiciary is sounding the alarm, accusing state governments of inadvertently facilitating organized crime through chronic underfunding and a myopic fo... news.osna.fm/?p=28521 |

2025-12-24

The March presidential memorandum singled out Zaid & 14 other individuals who the White House asserted were unsuitable to retain their #security clearances because it was “no longer in the national interest.” The list included targets of Trump’s fury from both the political & legal spheres, including former Deputy Attorney General #LisaMonaco, #NYAG #LetitiaJames, President Joe #Biden & members of his family.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics #Trump

2025-12-24

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington granted Zaid’s request for a preliminary injunction, after he sued the #Trump admin in May over the revocation of his #security clearance. Zaid’s request called it an act of “improper political #retribution” that jeopardized his ability to continue representing clients in sensitive national security cases.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics

2025-12-24

The decision marked yet another legal setback for the admin Tuesday, after #SCOTUS declined to allow #Trump to deploy #NationalGuard troops in the #Chicago area, capping a first year in office in which Trump’s efforts to impose a sweeping agenda & pursue #retribution against political adversaries have been repeatedly slowed by the #courts.

#law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #RevengePolitics

2025-12-24

Judge blocks #Trump effort to strip #security clearance from #attorney who represented #whistleblowers

A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin from enforcing a March presidential memo to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington atty #MarkZaid, ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him.

#law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #RevengePolitics
apnews.com/article/trump-whist

2025-12-24

“Defendants’ wanton abuse of their role in #federal grant administration is particularly troublesome given the fact that they have been entrusted with a most solemn duty: safeguarding our nation & its citizens,” McElroy wrote. “While the intricacies of administrative #law & the terms & conditions on federal grants may seem abstract to some, the #funding at issue here supports vital #counterterrorism & law enforcement programs.”

#judiciary #RevengePolitics #FEMA #disaster #immigration #Trump

2025-12-24

“Neither a law degree nor a degree in mathematics is required to deduce that no plausible, rational formula could produce this result,” McElroy added.

The #Trump appointed judge then ordered DHS to restore the previously announced #funding allocations to the plaintiff #states.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics #FEMA #disaster #immigration

2025-12-24

In her 48-page ruling, McElroy found that the #federal government was weighing #states’ police on federal #immigration enforcement on whether to reduce federal #funding for the #HomelandSecurity Grant Program & others.

“What else could defendants’ decisions to cut funding to specific counterterrorism programming by conspicuous round numbered amounts — including by slashing off the millions-place digits of awarded sums — be if not arbitrary & capricious?” McElroy wrote.

#law #judiciary #Trump

2025-12-24

Federal judge says #Trump admin must restore #disaster money to #Democratic #states

A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin’s attempt to reallocate federal #HomelandSecurity #funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal #immigration enforcement.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics
apnews.com/article/immigration

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2025-12-24

Judges who ruled against Republican President Donald Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives

nbcnews.com/politics/politics-

More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.

The U.S. Marshals Service, the group that protects judges, suspects some of the pizza deliveries could be tied to foreign actors, three sources told NBC News.Benny Douet for NBC News
2025-12-22

The pause is effective immediately & will give the #Interior Dept, which oversees offshore #wind, time to work with the #Defense Dept & other agencies to assess the possible ways to mitigate any security risks posed by the projects [come up with some bullshit excuses], the admin said.

#Trump #law #judiciary #WindEnergy #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels

2025-12-22

In case anyone still bothers counting the times #Trump has ignored court rulings, the #judiciary & flat out breaks the #law, here’s another to add to the list —

On Dec 8th, a federal judge threw out the Trump EO blocking #WindEnergy projects, yet today, Dec 22nd, the Trump admin said it is pausing leases for 5 large-scale offshore #wind projects under construction in the East Coast due to unspecified [aka bullshit] “national security” risks identified by the Pentagon.

apnews.com/article/trump-offsh

2025-12-19

So freaking predictable

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#DOJ says not all #EpsteinFiles will be released by deadline

Top #Democrats on #House #Oversight & #Judiciary cmtes threaten legal action

Reps #RobertGarcia of California & #JamieRaskin of Maryland said in a joint statement that #Trump & the DOJ “are now violating federal #law.”

They released the statement after a DOJ official said the department would only release a partial tranche of files related to #Epstein by a legally mandated deadline.

#rape #CoverUp

2025-12-19

Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge #HannahDugan with obstruction, a felony, & concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor, in April. The jury acquitted her on the concealment count, but she still faces up to 5 years in #prison on the #obstruction count.

The jury returned the verdicts after deliberating for 6 hours. No sentencing date had been set as of late Thursday.

#Trump #law #immigration #SafeSpaces #Court #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CivilRights

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