Maurene Comey was illegally fired from DOJ, judge finds : NPR

In his ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman, a nominee of former President Barack Obama, wrote that the Department of Justice "invented a new and expansive theory of executive power" in dismissing Maurene Comey, and violated her constitutional right to due process. 

"To accept Defendants' argument would be to unsettle the very equilibrium established by this Nation's constitutional system," the judge wrote. 

The opinion adds to concerns of politically motivated dismissals at the DOJ. Several federal prosecutors and former FBI agents have sued the DOJ under the Trump administration over their dismissals, alleging that they were fired for political reasons tied to their work…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/26/g-s1-149960/judge-maurene-comey-illegal-dismissal

 

Raskin warns oil industry against Trump's Russian diesel deal - POLITICO

The Democrat who is in line for a key committee chair says any imports would violate the law -- though the White House says it's all legal…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/26/raskin-warns-oil-industry-trumps-russian-diesel-deal-01135380

Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals

After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals made with dozens of countries. An in-depth investigation reveals the ‘show of force’ costing American taxpayers millions…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/21/trump-deportation-deals 

Illegal deportations spike under Trump's ICE push - POLITICO

The Justice Department has acknowledged errors in many cases...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/14/trump-ice-illegal-deportations-courts 

An Off the Charts Bonkers Promise

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M9N_sBWGjY4

 

John Roberts blisters colleagues in scathing dissent as Trump's ballroom gets green light - Raw Story

Roberts cited 40 U.S.C. § 8106, which states that it is illegal to construct any "building or structure ... on any reservation, park, or public grounds of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia without express authority of Congress." 

 "The ballroom is a building or structure being erected on federal park grounds — President's Park — in the District of Columbia," Roberts continued. "Yet Congress has not passed any law resembling 'express authority' for the Executive's construction of it."…

 https://www.rawstory.com/john-roberts-2677800267/

MAGA MUSk is back trying to influence elections

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bq6wvh8aPqo

 

Trade court rules Trump’s replacement tariffs illegal - POLITICO

Trump’s February proclamation imposing the new tariffs “is invalid, and the tariffs imposed on Plaintiffs are unauthorized by law,” Judges Mark Barnett and Claire Kelly, both Obama appointees, wrote for the panel’s majority. Judge Timothy Stanceu, a George W. Bush appointee, dissented...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/07/trade-court-rules-trumps-replacement-tariffs-illegal-00910828

 

Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal, appeals court says | PBS News

WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president's plan to crack down on migration at the southern border of the U.S. 

A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and the president can't circumvent that…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-asylum-ban-at-the-border-is-illegal-appeals-court-says

L'Arc de Trump: Commission unveils plans for 250-foot arch - POLITICO

The law limits new commemorative works in the area to those with “preeminent historical and lasting significance to the United States.” New works require a recommendation from the Interior secretary or the General Services Administration, after consultation with the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission. But the final decision is up to Congress. The parameters are not quite as strict as the Reserve area, which includes the National Mall and nearby memorials dedicated to Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson and is considered a finished public project to maintain the balanced design and spatial harmony of the landscape. 

A group of Vietnam veterans, represented by the progressive watchdog organization Public Citizen, sued to block the arch construction, arguing that the Trump administration failed to follow those steps. Members of Congress, including Maine independent Sen. Angus King, who caucuses with Democrats, and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), filed a statement in the case arguing that construction of the arch without congressional permission would violate the law...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/10/trump-triumphal-arch-commission-plan-00867401 

Federal judge rules DHS illegally stripped immigration status from thousands who entered through CBP One : NPR

A federal judge in Boston Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration violated the law when it ended the immigration status of nearly 900,000 migrants who came to the U.S. through a Biden-era parole program called CBP One. 

The program allowed migrants waiting in Mexico to schedule an interview to report to a port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. After being vetted, they then were allowed into the country while waiting for their asylum claims to be heard in court...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5770189/federal-judge-rules-dhs-illegally-stripped-immigration-status-from-thousands-who-entered-through-cbp-one-app

 

Judges rule hundreds of immigrants “unlawfully detained” by ICE at North Lake

Michigan Public's analysis finds judges granted most habeas petitions since January 2025 — requiring the government to give immigrants bond hearings within days or release them…

https://www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2026-03-04/judges-rule-hundreds-of-immigrants-unlawfully-detained-at-ice-center-in-northern-michigan 

 

Supreme Court rules Trump's tariffs illegal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4PmR-bPMFk

 

Trump admin broke spending deal agreement to halt mass layoffs, judge says - POLITICO

"The government did what it was ordered not to do," she later added…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/government-mass-lawyoffs-hearing-00695923 

 

Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal - POLITICO

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb said that while Trump may be the commander in chief of the Guard, his power is constrained by federal laws that limit how those troops can be federalized and deployed, particularly in Washington, D.C., which is controlled by Congress...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/20/national-guard-washington-dc-00663137 

 

Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department - POLITICO

"This is an outright illegal effort to continue dismantling the Department of Education, and it is students and families who will suffer the consequences as key programs that help students learn to read or that strengthen ties between schools and families are spun off to agencies with little to no relevant expertise and are gravely weakened —or even completely broken — in the process," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said in a statement… 

 "This latest ploy by the Trump Administration to dismantle the Congressionally created U.S. Department of Education is not only unlawful — it's an insult to the tens of millions of students who rely on the agency to protect their access to a quality education," Gittleman said in a statement…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/18/trump-administration-sets-out-massive-education-department-restructuring-plan-00656464

 

White House says furloughed federal workers not entitled to back pay amid shutdown

Senator Patty Murray of Washington, a top Democrat on the Senate appropriations committee, called the latest reinterpretation "lawless". "They're plotting to try and rob furloughed federal workers of backpay at the end of this shutdown," said Murray during Senate floor remarks. "This flies in the face of the plain text of the law, which could not be more clear."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/government-shutdown-federal-workers-pay

 

Trump: ‘It’s no longer free speech.’ - POLITICO

The president doubled down on his claims that critical media coverage of him is 'illegal.'…



https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-no-longer-free-speech-00574219

 

Kristi Noem's Office Admits They've Been Breaking The Law For A LONG Time

In response to a complaint by an independent watchdog group, Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security has admitted that they've actually been breaking federal law for months. In fact, they were very clear on the date that they started breaking the law - April 9th of this year. The agency says that they have stopped keeping any records from their electronic devices, which is blatantly illegal, but they haven't indicated that they are going to stop breaking the law any time soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2PxpSna1o8

 

Federal judge guts major portion of Florida’s book ban, in a blow to DeSantis

A judge said a law allowing parents to challenge books over purportedly pornographic content was overbroad and unconstitutional…

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-book-ban-illegal-desantis-rcna225288