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September 7, 2020

Judge bars Census Bureau from ending count

A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Census Bureau must hold off on winding down operations, at least until a hearing later this month.

September 5, 2020

Judge rules DeVos plan to give more coronavirus relief to private schools is illegal

A Washington D.C. federal judge Friday tossed out Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's policy that would have funneled millions of more coronavirus relief dollars to private schools in a ruling that will have a nationwide impact.

September 5, 2020

Migrant children at border should be in HHS shelters, not hotels, judge rules

Migrant children detained at the U.S.-Mexico border should be placed in shelters operated by the Department of Health and Human Services shelters rather than in hotels, a federal judge ruled Friday.

September 5, 2020

Detroit police face temporary ban on batons, other anti-protest gear: judge

A federal judge in Detroit has ordered the city's police to stop using batons, shields, gas, chokeholds, rubber bullets, or sound cannons against peaceful protesters for the next two weeks, according to reports.

September 3, 2020

Smith & von Spakovsky: Court wrong to block Justice Department from dropping charges against Michael Flynn

The decision this week by the full U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overriding a three-judge panel’s ruling that would have allowed criminal charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to be dismissed was flawed, but not unexpected.

September 2, 2020

Federal appeals court finds NSA phone metadata program illegal

A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that a National Security Agency program that collected the metadata from billions of phone calls made by Americans was illegal and possibly unconstitutional despite upholding the conviction of four Somali immigrants charged in a terror-fundraising case in which the information was used.

September 1, 2020

Trump wins motion to delay turning over tax docs after lawyer calls subpoena 'arbitrary fishing expedition'

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday granted a motion by President Trump's lawyers to temporarily put off enforcement of a grand jury subpoena by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance for a trove of documents related to the president's businesses that the DA is seeking in a criminal probe. 

September 1, 2020

After McGahn ruling, Dems aim to resurrect 'inherent contempt' procedure to compel witness testimony

A group of House Democrats called for the chamber to resurrect its rarely used "inherent contempt" power on Monday after a federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit by the House Judiciary Committee to enforce a subpoena against former White House Counsel Don McGahn.

September 1, 2020

House warns Trump may ‘run out the clock’ on tax return subpoena if appeals court doesn't quickly decide case

In a brief filed Monday, lawyers for the House Oversight Committee argued that if the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals doesn't decide the case on its subpoena of President Trump's tax records quickly, the president will have successfully "run out the clock" on its subpoena that was first issued last year.

August 31, 2020

Andy McCarthy suggests Flynn would rather have case dismissed than take pardon from Trump

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn would likely prefer that the Justice Department successfully dismiss the case against him than rely on a pardon from President Trump, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Monday.