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Trump claims he can bring deported man back from El Salvador, but won't

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran who has lived in the US for more than ten years, was mistakenly sent to El Salvador last month despite having court protection against deportation

Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century law

The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Centre until further order of this court. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. The high court acted in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union contending that immigration authorities appeared to be moving to restart removals under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Two federal judges refused to step in and the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has yet to act. The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday unsuccessfully asked two federal judges to order the Trump administration not to deport any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law, contending that immigration authorities appeared to be moving to restart removals despite the US Supreme Court's restrictions on how

US Supreme Court to hear case on Trump's move to end birthright citizenship

The US Supreme Court will weigh Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, a move critics call unconstitutional and a threat to long-standing legal principles

SC to hear arguments on Trump's birthright citizenship order in May

The Supreme Court on Thursday kept on hold President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship but agreed to hear arguments on the issue in May. Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the US illegally has been halted nationwide by three district courts around the country. Appeals courts have declined to disturb those rulings. The Republican administration had sought to narrow those orders to allow for the policy to take effect in parts or most of the country while court challenges play out. That is expected to be the focus of the high court arguments. Birthright citizenship automatically makes anyone born in the United States an American citizen, including children born to mothers in the country illegally. The right was enshrined soon after the Civil War in the Constitution's 14th Amendment. Trump and his supporters have argued that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen, which he called a

Google broke law by dominating online ad tech market, rules US judge

US court rules Google broke antitrust laws in ad tech market, paving way for possible breakup of its ad business. DOJ pushes for sale of key units like Google Ad Manager

Chief Justice lets Trump fire 2 officials; Fed Chair Powell's job at risk?

US Chief Justice John Roberts allows Trump to remove two agency heads as the Supreme Court takes up a case that could ultimately affect the job security of Fed Chair Jerome Powell

US SC asks Trump govt to bring back man wrongly deported to El Salvador

This comes after US President Donald Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a judge's order directing his administration to return Abrego Garcia

US Supreme Court puts hold on reinstatement of fired federal employees

The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government. The justices acted in the administration's emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in California ordering that 16,000 probationary employees be reinstated while a lawsuit plays out because their firings didn't follow federal law. The effect of the high court's order will keep employees in six federal agencies on paid administrative leave for now. A second lawsuit, filed in Maryland, also resulted in an order blocking the firings at those same six agencies, plus roughly a dozen more. But that order only applies in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that sued the administration. The Justice Department is separately appealing the Maryland order.

US Supreme Court allows Trump admin to deport Venezuelans under wartime law

The 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court states that Venezuelan migrants must be given an opportunity to challenge their deportation before being removed from the US

US denies Tahawwur Rana's plea seeking stay on his extradition to India

Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles

Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin SC seat, cementing liberal majority

The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court defeated a challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday, cementing a liberal majority for at least three more years. Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge who led legal fights to protect union power and abortion rights and to oppose voter ID, defeated Republican-backed Brad Schimel in a race that broke records for spending, was on pace to be the highest-turnout Wisconsin Supreme Court election ever and became a proxy fight for the nation's political battles. Trump, Musk and other Republicans lined up behind Schimel, a former state attorney general. Democrats including former President Barack Obama and billionaire megadonor George Soros backed Crawford. The first major election in the country since November was seen as a litmus test of how voters feel about Trump's first months back in office and the role played by Musk, whose Department of Government Efficiency has torn through federal ..

Musk hands out $2 million to voters ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court polls

Elon Musk announced the prize last week ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court claiming it was 'important for the future of civilisation'

US judge declines to block Musk's $1 mn checks to voters before polls

A Wisconsin judge on Saturday declined to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over USD 1 million checks to two voters in the state at a planned rally days before the closely contested Supreme Court election. The state attorney general, who argues that the offer violates the law, immediately appealed after the judge refused to hear the request for an emergency injunction to block the payments. The ruling is the latest twist in Musk's deep involvement in the race, which has set a record for spending in a judicial election and has become a litmus test for the opening months of Donald Trump's presidency. Trump and Musk are backing Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel in the race, while Democrats are behind Dane County Judge Susan Crawford. Musk plans a rally Sunday where he intends to give a pair of Wisconsin voters USD 1 million each for signing an online petition against activist judges. He is also offering USD 100 to anyone who signs it; he previously gave USD 1 million to a Green

Trump administration seeks SC halt on rehiring 16,000 federal workers

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings across several agencies. In an emergency appeal filed on Monday, the Republican administration argued the ruling should be put on hold because the judge didn't have the authority to order some 16,000 probationary employees be hired back. The order came from US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, who found the firings didn't follow federal law and required immediate offers of reinstatement be sent. The agencies include the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defence, Energy, the Interior and the Treasury.

US SC to hear Tahawwur Rana's renewed plea to block extradition to India

US Supreme Court justices will hear next month Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana's renewed application, submitted to Chief Justice John Roberts, seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles and submitted an "Emergency Application For Stay Pending Litigation of Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus on February 27, 2025 with Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit. Earlier this month, Kagan had denied the application. Rana had then renewed his "Emergency Application for Stay Pending Litigation of Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus previously addressed to Justice Kagan, and requested that the renewed application be directed to Chief Justice Roberts. An order on the Supreme Court website noted that Rana's renewed application has been distributed for Conference of 4/4/2025 and application has been referred to the Court. New ..

Tahawwur Rana urges US chief justice to stop his extradition to India

The application has been distributed to the Supreme Court judges for a conference scheduled for April 4, 2025, according to the details published on the US Supreme Court website

US Chief Justice John Roberts rejects Trump's call to impeach judge

In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching federal judges shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of a judge who ruled against his deportation plans. For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision, Roberts said in a rare statement. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose. In a Tuesday morning social media post, Trump described US District Judge James E. Boasberg as an unelected troublemaker and agitator." Boasberg recently issued an order blocking deportation flights under wartime authorities from an 18th century law that Trump invoked to carry out his plans. HE DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING! I WON FOR MANY REASONS, IN AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE, BUT FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY, Trump

Trump admin asks SC to partly allow birthright citizenship restrictions

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out. In emergency applications filed at the high court on Thursday, the administration asked the justices to narrow court orders entered by district judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington that blocked the order President Donald Trump signed shortly after beginning his second term. Three federal appeals courts have rejected the administration's pleas. The order would deny citizenship to those born after February 19 whose parents are in the country illegally. It also forbids US agencies from issuing any document or accepting any state document recognising citizenship for such children.

US Supreme Court rejects Tahawwur Rana's plea to halt extradition to India

Tahawwur Rana had claimed that extradition to India could expose him to torture due to his identity as a Pakistani-origin Muslim; his extradition received approval from US President Donald Trump

US Supreme Court won't let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups

Pursuing what he has called an 'America First' agenda, Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid on his first day back in office on January 20