“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders,” Judge James Boasberg said in his order. On Wednesday, United States District Judge James Boasberg issued an opinion finding that the Trump administration likely acted in contempt of court when they refused to abide by one of his rulings relating to the deportation of Venezuelan...
District Judge James Boasberg issued a ruling today that basically finds the Trump administration in contempt for deportation flights that took place contrary to an order he issued last month. The judge also gives the Trump administration one week to correct its behavior and potentially avoid the contempt finding. US District Judge James Boasberg ruled...
Getty Images A US judge has said he could hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for “wilful disregard” of an order to halt the departure of deportation flights carrying more than 200 people to El Salvador last month. The administration had invoked a 227-year-old law meant to protect the US during wartime to...
Nomia Iqbal and Brandon Drenon BBC News Getty Images Protesters gather outside a federal court in Maryland on 15 April over the case of Kilmar Ábrego García A federal judge has given the Trump administration two weeks to submit evidence on how it is trying to return a Maryland man who officials have conceded was...
The resentencing hearing of Menendez brothers can move forward despite opposition from the county’s district attorney, a Los Angeles court has ruled. The brothers’ attorneys are attempting to have them resentenced to a lesser term, which could make them immediately eligible for freedom. Erik and Lyle were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly...
Welp, it looks, amazingly enough, like our long national nightmare is close to over. No, Maxine Waters didn’t retire. An actual judge in an actual courtroom actually ruled in favor of the Trump administration and said they were free to boot Hamas-loving Columbia University ‘student’ Mahmoud Khalil. He can be deported. The government had satisfactorily...
A US judge has ruled the government can deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate arrested last month by immigration officers. Mr Khalil, a permanent legal US resident, has not been charged with a crime. The government is seeking to remove him under a Cold War-era immigration law. He has been held at a Louisiana...
Coleen Rooney’s lawyers did not commit misconduct over her costs in the so-called Wagatha Christie row with Rebekah Vardy, a High Court judge has ruled. Mrs Vardy sued Mrs Rooney for libel in 2022 but lost. The pair are now locked in a further battle over how much Mrs Vardy should pay in legal costs....
The first stage of a High Court libel case has found that ex-footballer Joey Barton libelled former England striker Eni Aluko in online posts about her and her family. The broadcaster said she faced threats of violence and abuse on social media after Barton posted twice on social media site, X, in January 2024, which...
A US judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the Associated Press’s access to presidential events after the White House blocked the agency in a dispute over the term “Gulf of America”. District Judge Trevor McFadden on Tuesday said the administration’s restrictions on AP journalists is “contrary to the First Amendment” of the US...
A US judge has issued a scathing opinion against the Trump administration after immigration officials admitted to having mistakenly deported a man living in the US to a prison in El Salvador. The opinion issued by US District Judge Paula Xinis on Sunday reaffirms her earlier ruling that demands Kilmar Abrego Garcia be returned to...
We’re not backing down in the face of Trump’s threats. As Donald Trump is inaugurated a second time, independent media organizations are faced with urgent mandates: Tell the truth more loudly than ever before. Do that work even as our standard modes of distribution (such as social media platforms) are being manipulated and curtailed by...
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador. Kilmar Abergo Garcia, who was expelled last month along with hundreds of alleged gang members, must be returned to the US by no later than Monday, US District Judge Paula Xinis ordered....
“The court’s decision today should send a strong message to any and all anti-abortion politicians,” an attorney said. A federal court has ruled that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and district attorneys cannot take legal action against people who help pregnant Alabamians access abortion care in states where it remains legal. The court determined that...
A federal judge has permanently dismissed the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, weeks after the Trump administration instructed prosecutors to drop the corruption charges. The move led to the resignation of Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor who accused Adams of striking a deal with the Trump administration to dismiss his case in...