Administrative Law

Trump administration wins only 36% of time before GOP-appointed judges in agency rule challenges, study finds

Going before judges appointed by GOP presidents hasn’t helped President Donald Trump much in agency matters, a new study has found.

Nov 3, 2020 4:34 PM CST

Afternoon Briefs: Judge orders sweep for undelivered ballots; Chamber of Commerce worries US is ignoring injunction

Judge orders postal sweep for undelivered ballots U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan of Washington, D.C., has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep 12 key postal districts for undelivered ballots and immediately send them out for delivery. Sullivan issued the order after the Postal Service disclosed that about 300,000 ballots…

Nov 3, 2020 3:45 PM CST

Census Bureau announces end to population count after Supreme Court action

The U.S. Census Bureau ended its 2020 count Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed an end to data collection.

Oct 16, 2020 9:49 AM CDT

Barrett won’t give her opinion on ‘contentious matter’ of climate change

Are climate change and global warming happening? U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett said she wouldn't comment on the "contentious matter" at her confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Oct 14, 2020 5:37 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: DOJ admits sticky note mistake; DA’s wife-hiring plot conviction mostly overturned

Scanned sticky notes on Michael Flynn documents altered dates, DOJ admits The Department of Justice has acknowledged that FBI agents’ sticky notes weren’t removed from documents before they were scanned and provided as exculpatory evidence to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. The notes contained estimated dates for events described…

Oct 8, 2020 4:39 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: SCOTUS moves quickly in census case; judge stops policing commission work

Supreme Court expedites case on census count The U.S. Supreme Court is moving quickly in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to exclude from the census count immigrants who are in the country illegally. The court on Wednesday ordered submission of a brief by Oct. 7, which would allow…

Oct 1, 2020 4:42 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: State files 100th lawsuit challenging Trump policies; 2 more firms reverse pay cuts

California files 100th suit against Trump administration California and 21 other states have filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration rule that curtails the scope of environmental reviews conducted to assess the impact of actions by federal agencies. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said it is the 100th suit filed…

Aug 31, 2020 4:45 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: BigLaw firm eases pay cuts; virtual law firm expands into US

Katten Muchin partly restores pay Katten Muchin Rosenman has trimmed pay cuts announced in April. The firm had cut pay by up to 20% for lawyers and business professionals who make more than $100,000. Now the law firm is trimming the pay cuts by half. (Law360) UK-based virtual law firm…

Aug 6, 2020 4:56 PM CDT

In ‘defiant stance’ after Supreme Court ruling, US will reject new DACA applications

The Trump administration is limiting the program that deferred deportation for some younger immigrants as it reviews a loss in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jul 29, 2020 10:50 AM CDT

Does DACA decision let Trump refuse to enforce US laws? Law prof who talked to White House thinks so

President Donald Trump is taking an expansive view of presidential power that apparently relies on the views of a Bush administration lawyer who wrote the memo used to justify waterboarding.

Jul 22, 2020 12:08 PM CDT

US drops plan to revoke visas of foreign students taking all online classes after Harvard and MIT sue

The Trump administration has dropped plans to revoke visas of foreign college students who are taking all online courses this fall, a federal judge announced on Tuesday.

Jul 14, 2020 4:35 PM CDT

Supreme Court upholds exemption allowing employers to skip contraceptive coverage

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Trump administration rules that allow employers to nix contraceptive coverage for employees based on religious or conscience objections.

Jul 8, 2020 9:33 AM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: 9th Circuit blocks asylum restriction; report finds sanctioned judges remain in the job

9th Circuit blocks rule restricting asylum claims The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco has upheld a block on a Trump administration rule that denies asylum to many immigrants at the southern border. The rule requires immigrants to have applied for asylum in a country that they…

Jul 6, 2020 4:37 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Prosecutor resigns over Nazi social media post; judge blocks asylum restriction

Prosecutor resigns over shared Facebook post A Texas prosecutor resigned Monday after she shared a Facebook post that appeared to compare protesters with Nazis. Assistant District Attorney Kaylynn Williford of Harris County, Texas, had shared a photo with a caption that partly read, “Nazis tore down statues. Banned free speech.…

Jul 1, 2020 4:40 PM CDT

‘Disturbingly inappropriate’ emails bring suspension for former judge and lawyer

An administrative law judge and government lawyer have been suspended from law practice for participating in an email chain with a group of lawyers calling themselves the “Forum of Hate.”

Jul 1, 2020 1:21 PM CDT