Trump Lawfare

The Supreme Court is barring judges from ruling on deportations until the appeals process has run its full course. The ruling allows the Trump administration to deport illegal aliens without a hearing.

Supreme Court Bars Judges From Pausing Deportations While Appeals Are Decided
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The Supreme Court stripped immigration judges of the ability to pause certain deportation proceedings on Tuesday, declining to block a deal slammed as “egregious collusion” between the Justice Department and the state of Texas.

The unsigned order on Tuesday halts the practice known as “administrative closure,” which allows judges to pause deportation cases. The practice affects thousands of cases a year, and has been granted 360,000 times since 1990, according to statistics by the Executive Office for Immigration Review.

The procedure clears a judge’s dockets while other circumstances surrounding the migrant are resolved, including appeals of criminal cases or if they are seeking humanitarian protections or other legal status. It can also give some people relief in difficult circumstances, such as those who were the victims of certain crimes or children who were abused or abandoned.

Data has previously shown that most immigrants whose cases return to court after administrative closure are ultimately allowed to stay in the U.S.

Judge rebukes DOJ over new charges against ex-FBI officials– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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A federal judge refused on Tuesday to approve a new criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigations, sharply criticizing prosecutors for filing it without first securing judicial approval.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui challenged prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s Washington office over their overnight effort to expand the case against Nikki Floris, the former head of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, and Bradley Benavides, the task force’s former section chief.

Judge continues to block Trump admin. from cutting down trees at D.C. golf course, confirms she’s still “not the Lorax”– www.cbsnews.com
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A federal judge on Monday barred the Trump administration from removing trees from East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., in a colorful ruling that follows a weekslong controversy over President Trump’s plans to overhaul the publicly owned course.

“The Court earlier stated, ‘I am not the Lorax. I do not speak for the trees,'” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes wrote. “The Court still does not speak for the trees. It speaks only for the rule of law.”

In a 70-page preliminary injunction ruling, Reyes prohibited the government from “removing or damaging” any trees on the golf course while a lawsuit challenging the renovation plan works its way through the court system. The judge also required 10 days’ notice before the government makes “any irreparable modification” to the course.

The judge had previously blocked tree removal through Monday.

In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump called the ruling “unconstitutional” and said his administration would seek appeal. He added that the government would move forward with closing the course on Nov. 15.

“To have to give advanced notices to a judge who has no expertise in Golf, Architecture, Landscaping, Construction, or anything else having to do with building such a World Class Project, is not fair, appropriate, or Constitutional,” the president wrote, arguing the project is “totally ‘as of right.'”

Mr. Trump has sought to overhaul the golf course — which sits beside the Potomac River — for months, pitching a “World Class Championship Golf Course” fit to host high-profile professional tournaments instead of the current “dysfunctional” course. The D.C. Preservation League sued over the planned changes to the course, arguing the government violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to analyze the project’s impacts.

BREAKING: DOJ Comes Up Empty as Grand Jury Refuses to Indict January 6 Star Witness Cassidy Hutchinson– wltreport.com
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The Justice Department just hit a major wall in its effort to indict Cassidy Hutchinson.

A federal grand jury in Washington reportedly refused to return an indictment against the former White House aide, whose testimony became one of the most explosive moments of the House January 6 committee’s televised hearings.

The rejection is especially striking because grand juries hear the prosecution’s evidence without a defense team in the room, and the government only needs to establish probable cause rather than prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

But even that lower threshold was reportedly not met.

Man accused of beheading Marine figure on Iwo Jima monument granted bond– www.foxnews.com
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The man accused of using a sledgehammer to behead a Marine figure on an Iwo Jima monument near Quantico, Virginia, was granted bond Monday morning.

Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, was granted bond in Prince William County Circuit Court. His next court date is expected to be scheduled soon.

Maldonado Soriano, a Mexican illegal alien and former Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, is charged with felony destruction of property, trespass with intent to damage property and felony injury to a monument.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-7 to continue to allow the Federal government to detain illegal aliens without a hearing. The ruling makes it easier to deport illegal aliens, whose deportations are often delayed by lengthy hearing-delay tactics from progressive activist “lawyers.”

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Trump Administration’s Authority to Detain Illegal Immigrants Without Bond Hearings › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump’s administration a significant immigration enforcement victory Friday, ruling that illegal immigrants detained within the United States have no constitutional right to a bond hearing, regardless of how long they have lived in the country.

In a 10-7 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld the administration’s detention policy, reversing an earlier panel ruling and limiting legal challenges that had allowed detained migrants to seek release.

The decision affects immigration cases in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, strengthening the administration’s authority to detain illegal immigrants while deportation proceedings are underway.

Writing for the majority, Trump-appointed Judge Cory Wilson determined that migrants who entered the country illegally remain legally classified as seeking admission and are not constitutionally entitled to bond hearings.

Wilson also noted that the individuals challenging their detention could end their confinement “at any moment by agreeing to leave the country.”

Appeals court resists DOJ’s bid to immediately segregate 20k California ballots – thehill.com
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A federal appeals court appeared unlikely to immediately agree to the Trump administration’s bid to segregate 20,000 California ballots it says are likely noncitizen voters, expressing skepticism at a rare Sunday hearing that a trial judge needs to move quicker. “I don’t see how we have jurisdiction,” said U.S. Circuit Judge Mark Bennett.  The Justice Department (DOJ) sued…

Another Biden-appointed District Judge has halted key parts of the DHS’ non-citizen voter investigation in what appears to be a partisan protection of the Democratic Party. The court called the investigation into non-citizen voting an “unlawful voter initiative.” The ruling cannot be reversed before the election unless SCOTUS intervenes.

Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Key Trump Noncitizen-Voter Operations Before Midterms– wltreport.com
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A Biden-appointed federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt key parts of its noncitizen-voter investigation in nine states — just days before the November 3 midterms.

The preliminary injunction targets election-related field operations and interviews when federal agents know, suspect or reasonably should suspect that a person is a U.S. citizen. It does not declare every investigation of unlawful noncitizen voting illegal.

That distinction matters. So does the timing.

Homeland Security reiterated its position Thursday after a new voter-fraud charge was announced in New York:

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued the order Wednesday in California Nurses Association v. Mullin. The covered states are California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin.

The court’s order says DHS launched its “Unlawful Voter Initiative” in August and later directed a surge of field investigations across those nine states. The judge found that plaintiffs were likely to succeed on a Voting Rights Act claim involving intimidation of citizens engaged in voter assistance and mobilization.

A challenge to President Trump firing a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member was dismissed by the Supreme Court. Gwynne Wilcox, a progressive, was fired by President Trump. She sued to get her job back.

Supreme Court Hands Trump Major Win In Biden Appointee Firing Case– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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President Donald Trump scored another significant legal victory Monday after the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to his decision to fire a Biden-appointed federal labor official, leaving intact a ruling that reinforces the president’s authority over executive branch agencies.

The justices rejected an appeal from Gwynne Wilcox, a former member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), who argued that Trump violated federal law when he removed her from her position shortly after returning to the White House in January 2025.

The decision effectively ends Wilcox’s legal effort to regain her position and represents another victory for the Trump administration in its ongoing battle over presidential authority.

Wilcox, a Democrat appointed by former President Joe Biden, was dismissed just one week into Trump’s second term. Her removal immediately triggered a legal fight over whether presidents can fire officials serving on federal agencies traditionally considered independent of the White House.

Fifth Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s $9 Billion Telecom Fund– legalinsurrection.com
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The FCC has spent nearly three decades using a private nonprofit to collect and distribute billions in telecommunications subsidies. On Thursday, a federal appeals court found a rather basic problem with that arrangement: Congress never authorized the agency to create the company.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled unanimously in Consumers’ Research v. FCC that Congress never authorized the FCC to establish the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), which has managed the Universal Service Fund since the late 1990s. The three-judge panel vacated the contribution rate for the fourth quarter of 2025 and sent the matter back to the agency

Judge Edith Brown Clement didn’t have to look far to find the problem. The FCC created a corporation to carry out federal responsibilities without Congress’s permission.

Her opinion states:

“Because Congress never specifically authorized the FCC to establish USAC, we hold that the agency violated the Government Corporation Control Act (“GCCA”) by creating the corporation.”

Judge Threatens Trump with Sanctions in $10 Billion Lawsuit Over BBC’s Doctored Speech– slaynews.com
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A federal magistrate judge has threatened President Donald Trump with sanctions over his availability for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC.

Trump sued the foreign broadcaster after the BBC produced a documentary that deceptively spliced together his remarks made nearly an hour apart to make it seem as though his Jan. 6 speech was a call for violence.

The edited video also omitted Trump’s call for peaceful protest.

The dispute follows the BBC’s request to compel Trump’s testimony before discovery closes December 18.

The broadcaster says his attorneys reported that presidential duties left him unavailable during that period.

Trump’s legal team responded by accusing the BBC of maliciously doctoring his speech to influence the 2024 election.

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A Biden-appointed judge dealt the Trump administration another legal blow Thursday, tossing its lawsuit seeking to upend New York City’s sanctuary policies after ruling that the Justice Department’s arguments amounted to a “backdoor around the Tenth Amendment.”

The Trump administration sued New York City in July 2025, alleging that its sanctuary laws unlawfully hinder federal immigration enforcement by restricting local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal authorities.

The New York City case is one of more than two dozen lawsuits the Trump administration has filed against state and local jurisdictions over sanctuary and related policies restricting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

But U.S. District Judge Ramón E. Reyes Jr. ruled the federal government lacked standing to challenge New York City’s restrictions on honoring ICE detainers and rejected the Justice Department’s claims that the city’s sanctuary policies are preempted by federal law.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Birth Tourism Task Force Revokes Hundreds of Chinese Nationals’ Visas– www.dailysignal.com
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force has revoked more than 700 visas held by Chinese nationals since its launched in August.

“The Chinese birth tourism industry should not be allowed to profit from the privileges of American citizenship while undermining the integrity of our immigration laws,” a State Department spokesperson told the Daily Signal. “President Trump and Secretary Rubio are putting American interests first, strengthening enforcement, and making clear that the United States will not tolerate the deliberate exploitation of its visa process.”

The State Department established a task force to identify instances of birth tourism, revoke visas of those who engage in or facilitate it, and dismantle the networks that profit from it.

The task force’s largest crackdown has been on Chinese nationals accused of exploiting the immigration system to obtain U.S. citizenship for their children, according to the spokesperson.

“We will not allow foreign nationals or commercial networks from any country to abuse our visa process for financial gain,” the spokesperson said.

Former CIA Director John Brennan will not be able to go forward with his lawsuit against the Trump administration. The lawsuit hoped to force the administration to “preserve records” for his potential defense against potential criminal charges. A Federal Judge threw out the “speculative” lawsuit.

Federal Judge Throws Out John Brennan’s ‘Speculative’ Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A federal judge on Thursday threw out former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawsuit, which sought to compel the Trump administration to preserve records for his defense against potential criminal charges, ruling that he lacked standing.

The Department of Justice is investigating claims that Brennan and other national security officials conspired to undermine President Donald Trump.

The suit, filed in July 2026, sought to compel the Justice Department to retain investigative records so Brennan could prove any indictment against him was the result of vindictive or selective prosecution by the Trump administration.

Judge Jia Cobb, a Clinton-appointed judge, described Brennan’s allegations of political targeting as “deeply concerning,” but determined the claimed injury was “speculative” and not yet imminent, as no indictment has been filed.

‘I Want Him Here!’ Judge Hauls Trump Official Into Courtroom As Hearing Spirals– crooksandliars.com
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A “livid” federal judge summoned one of President Donald Trump’s top park officials into her hearing after testimony that he ordered the weekend cutting of hundreds of golf course trees.

U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes called the emergency hearing Monday, held by videoconference, after preservationists and golfers asked her to stop tree cutting at East Potomac Golf Course, court records show.

Kevin Griess, superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks, testified that Frank Lands, the Park Service’s deputy director for operations, told crews to start cutting Saturday, MeidasTouch Network’s Scott MacFarlane reported.

The plaintiffs argue in court papers that the work clears the way for President Donald Trump’s planned overhaul of the course.

“Misstatements are a federal felony,” Reyes told Griess as he was sworn in, according to Inner City Press.

“Who notified them to start on Saturday?” the judge cut in as Griess began answering the same question from a plaintiffs’ lawyer.

“Deputy Director Frank [Lands],” Griess answered.

“Get Mr. [Lands] here,” Reyes replied.

Far-left Philly DA Larry Krasner says accused anti-white cop killer Eric Lewis was acquitted of previous murder charges due to police misconduct during investigation | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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Krasner said that Lewis had been out of custody “because a balanced, good, and fair judge did what he had to do.”

A scheduled press conference in which Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner was set to talk about the criminal history of a suspect charged with killing one officer and injuring another in a shooting was canceled and Krasner instead released a video. Krasner said the judge in a prior case “did what he had to do” because of misconduct in the case, leading to the suspect being acquitted.

Per Fox News’ CB Cotton, the press conference had been scheduled to take place at 11 am, and in its place, a news release was issued. Krasner had been set to talk about Eric Lewis, who has been charged in the weekend ambush shooting of two police officers. Lewis, a city employee, has been charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with an ambush shooting that took place over the weekend. Officer Shane Seiber was killed in the shooting. Lewis allegedly told authorities that he shot the two cops because they were white.

The press release stated that Krasner’s office was “aware of several reports of 911 calls and other potential complaints of violence (including domestic violence) involving this defendant.” Krasner said Lewis had been charged in 2019 with murder, aggravated assault, and other offenses in relation to a “road rage” double shooting.

Krasner said in a video alongside the press release that Lewis had been out of custody “because a balanced, good, and fair judge did what he had to do. Because two absolutely excellent prosecutors did everything humanly possible with a case and an investigation that was so deeply flawed, it was not just full of errors and mistakes—very serious ones, but some of the conduct involving one police officer and one detective is arguably criminal.”

The progressive pit bull special prosecutor Jack Smith was spying on far more than the GOP leadership, including President Trump; he was also spying on over half a million Americans.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley claimed, “This update shows that Jack Smith and the Biden Justice Department collected incredibly invasive donor data — and voter data — beyond what could conceivably be necessary for Smith or his team to fulfill the Special Counsel’s mandate. The new findings further corroborate that Smith and his partisan team aimed to map out the entire Republican Party apparatus.”

Jack Smith Nabbed 639K GOPers’ Personal Data In Arctic Frost– thefederalist.com
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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith seized the personal information of at least 639,000 Republican voters, donors, and supporters as part of his Arctic Frost lawfare against Donald Trump, according to newly reviewed federal whistleblower disclosures.

“This update shows that Jack Smith and the Biden Justice Department collected incredibly invasive donor data — and voter data — beyond what could conceivably be necessary for Smith or his team to fulfill the Special Counsel’s mandate. The new findings further corroborate that Smith and his partisan team aimed to map out the entire Republican Party apparatus,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

Grassley revealed the bombshell discovery in a memo sent to his Senate Judiciary colleagues on Wednesday. In addition to recapping some of his staff’s findings on Smith’s intrusive inquiry thus far, the Iowa Republican noted that newly reviewed subpoenas issued by Smith’s team show how the special counsel’s lawfare was more expansive than originally thought.

According to Grassley, Smith’s team and the Biden Justice Department “obtained spreadsheets containing Republican campaign donors, supporters, and detailed personal voter information in various formats, totaling over 639,000 individuals, at minimum.” “Out of those,” the chairman wrote, “over 148,000 rows are identified in the spreadsheets as donors.”

The type of data Smith and Co. acquired as a result of these spreadsheets was vast. Not only did they purportedly obtain these Republicans’ names, addresses, and dates of birth, but also their email addresses, occupations and employers, congressional and state legislative districts, and whether they’re officially registered as Republicans. Information on how much these Republicans donated, their credit card information (“including last four digits of credit card numbers”), and “donor analysis data (such as one-time versus recurring donations and the amount of the donation)” was also acquired.

An effort by progressive California to unmask ICE agents in an effort to help their street fighters locate and terrorize (or worse) ICE agents has been struck down by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

From summary of the ruling, “In sum, if a state law directly regulates the governmental conduct of the United States without congressional authorization, it is void irrespective of whether the regulated activities are essential to federal functions or operations, and irrespective of the degree to which the state law interferes with such functions or operations.”

9th Circuit Court Smacks Down CA Law Unmasking ICE Agents– thefederalist.com
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A federal appellate court shot down a California law on Wednesday that sought to require ICE agents to show identification while conducting immigration operations in the state.

In its unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Section 10 of the state’s No Vigilantes Act violates the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which specifies that federal law supersedes state law. The panel was comprised of Judge Jacqueline Nguyen, an Obama appointee, and Judges Mark Bennett and Daniel Collins, both Trump appointees.

According to The Hill, the Justice Department sued the Golden State last year after Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the No Vigilantes Act, “which demands that plainclothes law enforcement officers operating in California ‘shall visibly display identification.’” In conjunction with California’s No Secret Police Act — “which banned federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks while carrying out operations in the state” — “the law took effect on Jan. 1 and required officers to show identification while performing their duties.”

The 9th Circuit previously granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to block the contested statute while the court considered the merits of the issue.

In affirming that blockade, Bennett and his colleagues concluded that the Trump administration is “certain to succeed” on the merits of its supremacy clause argument because Section 10 of the No Vigilantes Act “attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions, and Congress has not authorized such regulation.” The Supremacy Clause, the Trump appointee noted, explicitly bars states “from directly regulating federal operations even when regulating state operations in the same manner.”

Federal Judge Sides with CNN, Politico, MS NOW in Battle Against White House– www.westernjournal.com
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A federal judge on Tuesday extended an order that keeps CNN, Politico, and MS NOW inside the White House complex while they fight a ban that President Donald Trump imposed last month.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a preliminary injunction late Tuesday. It blocks the administration from yanking the three outlets’ “hard passes” until the lawsuit is decided.

A “hard pass” allows reporters access to White House press areas unaccompanied.

Democrat Judge Melts Down in Court, ‘Screams at Full Voice’ at Trump Lawyers– slaynews.com
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A Democrat-aligned activist federal judge suffered a disturbing in-court meltdown and lashed out at Justice Department attorneys Monday during an emergency hearing over tree removal at a Washington, D.C., golf course President Donald Trump wants to transform into a championship-caliber facility.

Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes said government lawyers had “lost credibility” with the court during the nearly four-hour virtual proceeding.

According to reports, the activist judge screamed aggressively at Trump administration lawyers.

One courtroom journalist said he’d never heard a judge “scream at full voice at a lawyer before.”

The hearing concerned approximately 430 trees removed by the National Park Service over the weekend.

Reyes ordered a temporary halt to further tree removal, including routine maintenance, and demanded sworn testimony from National Park Service officials about who authorized the work and when.