Updated: President Donald J. Trump plans to issue a revised executive order to replace his temporary travel ban, according to a Department of Justice brief filed on Thursday with the…
Updated: The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to reinstate President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries.
Members of a federal appeals court panel on Tuesday appeared skeptical while questioning a Justice Department lawyer about President Donald Trump’s power to enact a temporary travel ban on some…
A federal appeals court on Sunday refused to immediately reinstate President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States.
Unaccompanied minor immigrants are so vulnerable—and the immigration court process so complicated—that they cannot have a fair trial without court-appointed attorneys, the American Bar Association argued Thursday.
An ABA amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court says civil sanctions imposed by federal judges under their inherent powers to punish bad-faith litigation conduct should generally be tailored…
Federal agencies may classify species as threatened based on projected habitat loss due to climate change, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed an ambitious lawsuit seeking court-appointed counsel for minors who are in deportation proceedings.
Individuals with state-issued medical marijuana cards may have debilitating illnesses and be less likely to commit violent crimes, yet Congress reasonably concluded that they should not have access to guns…
Jaycee Dugard can’t sue federal parole officials who failed to report parole violations by the man who later kidnapped her and held her captive for 18 years in a shed…
Federal labor law bars companies from requiring employees to give up their right to band together to pursue workplace claims, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The U.S. Justice Department can’t spend money to prosecute people who are strictly complying with state medical marijuana laws, a federal appeals court has ruled.
A federal appeals court has reinstated a claim against the Venable law firm in a suit by investors who say the law firm’s client scammed them into paying $11.25 million…
A 1997 settlement regarding the treatment of immigrant children who are picked up at the border applies to children traveling with a parent, a federal appeals court has ruled.
A federal appeals court has ruled that using a former assistant’s password to access information from a previous employer is hacking that is banned by the Computer Fraud and Abuse…