The streak of courtroom wins against President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting disfavored law firms doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. A clue in the latest ruling Friday came right at the beginning, when U.S. District

Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. Let’s talk about power. We’re always doing that when we talk about the law, even when we don’t realize it. But in this week’s newsletter, I’d like to highlight how the

May 22, 2025, 5:11 PM EDT / Updated May 22, 2025, 5:45 PM EDTBy Jordan RubinThe Supreme Court backed President Donald Trump’s power to fire independent federal agency members over dissent from the court’s three Democratic appointees, who said the

Is yet another wrongful deportation case on its way to the Supreme Court? It could be, after a divided appellate panel on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to lift an order to “facilitate” a man’s return

The Supreme Court’s ruling Friday was significant for checking President Donald Trump’s attempt to use the Alien Enemies Act for deportations with little notice to the people targeted for removal. But the decision didn’t go as far

“Blatantly unconstitutional.” That’s what U.S. District Judge John Coughenour called President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship earlier this year.“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question

President Donald Trump’s administration is still working to exact his vengeance against at least one of the law firms he has targeted, even as several firms are fighting back in court — largely successfully so far.The latest

President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms have impacted the legal world in obvious ways: the firms named in the orders are undoubtedly affected, and the impact is clear, too, on the firms that have caved

Last week, a Donald Trump-appointed judge in Texas deemed the president’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act “unlawful.” Blocking further deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under that law, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. said the

Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. If you’re at least a casual news consumer, you’ve probably seen a rash of retrospectives on the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term. I contributed to the genre here.