‘Order unprecedented, issued in middle of night’: Judge’s dissent note as US Supreme Court blocks deportations

[ad_1] United States Supreme Court judge Samuel Alito, who was on the nine-judge bench which temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans detained in Texas, mentioned in his sharply-worded dissent note that the court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and “without sufficient explanation.”Also Read: Ann Coulter […]

Georgia district court provides interim relief: Blocks termination of legal status of 133 international students

[ad_1] In a significant ruling, the US district court (Northern District of Georgia) has granted temporary relief to 133 international students who faced sudden termination of their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) record. With their legal status terminated, had it not been for the district court’s intervention, the students would have had to […]

Meta boosts safety, blocks teens from Insta livestream

[ad_1] Meta Platforms Inc. is expanding protections for teen users of its Instagram, Facebook and Messenger apps, the latest attempt to quiet critics who say the social-networking company is harming the young.Teens under age 16 will no longer be able to host live videos without a parent’s permission or share images containing suspected nudity through […]

Supreme Court Ruling: Supreme Court blocks order to rehire thousands of Fed workers fired under Trump administration

[ad_1] The US Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration in blocking a lower court order that required the government to rehire over 16,000 probationary federal workers who were dismissed as part of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping efforts to shrink the federal workforce. The brief order halted a ruling by US district […]

Inter-American Foundation: Federal judge blocks Donald Trump’s attempt to dismantle Inter-American Foundation

[ad_1] File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: PTI) A US federal judge on Friday blocked US President Donald Trump’s move to dismantle the Latin America development agency, Inter-American Foundation (IAF), ruling that the administration likely overstepped its authority when it removed the agency’s leadership and froze its grants.US district judge Loren AliKhan, an […]

US judge blocks Trump administration’s attempt to deport Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk accused of supporting Hamas

[ad_1] The Trump administration’s attempt to deport a Tufts University PhD student accused of supporting Hamas has been blocked by a federal judge.Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national pursuing her doctorate at Tufts, was arrested by ICE officers in Boston on Tuesday. The viral incident showed her visibly shocked as agents confiscated her phone dressed in […]

US judge blocks ‘disturbing’ Trump’s executive orders against law firms

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump faced back-to-back legal blows by judges. After the CFPB, the judges temporarily blocked key parts of Trump’s executive orders targeting Jenner & Block and WilmerHale on Friday The legal firms challenged the Republican president’s actions in court, while Skadden Arps negotiated an agreement with the White […]

US judge blocks Trump administration’s effort to shut down consumer financial protection bureau

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump (File Image) A US federal judge on Friday halted the Trump administration‘s attempt to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, marking the latest legal setback in the White House’s swift push to reshape the federal government.Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a preliminary injunction to ensure the agency’s continuation until she […]

‘Nothing in record suggests danger’: US judge blocks Trump admin’s bid to deport Columbia University student

[ad_1] A US judge blocked the Trump government’s order to detain and deport a Columbia University student, as President Donald Trump escalated his crackdown on foreign students linked to pro-Palestinian demonstrations.At an emergency hearing held on Tuesday, Manhattan judge Naomi Buchwald issued a temporary restraining order halting the government’s efforts to locate and deport a […]