In early Feb, D.H.S. entered a consent decree with Florida, signing away a big part of its parole authority for 15 years. Of six people in the FL AGs office originally on that case, four are now senior officials at DOJ. One is General Counsel at DHS. It was a striking settlement but not a one-off.

#BREAKING Federal prosecutors in Chicago drop charges against Catherine Sharp and Joselyn Walsh, two of the so-called "Broadview Six" ICE protesters who were indicted for conspiracy.

NEW: The government appears to have violated a federal judge's order in Colorado and deported someone whose habeas case was pending. Senior Judge Brooke Jackson appreciates the "candor" about the "one-off mistake." Ordering the government to return the man "serves nobody's interests."

My latest: The DOJ has hired 42 new immigration judges, many with backgrounds in immigration enforcement, as President Donald Trump’s administration moves to reshape the immigration court system by restocking its ranks with people it ​dubs "deportation judges." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

NEW: GBH and WBUR have long insisted that there’s room for two public media giants in Boston. In an era without federal funding, could that come to an end? “It would make a lot of sense to merge,” GBH CEO Susan Goldberg told me. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/12/b...

Seventeen Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on ​Wednesday seeking to block President Donald Trump's administration from requiring universities to collect data to prove ‌they are no longer considering race as an admissions factor @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/3Nd75iw

New: The chief judge of the 9th Corcuit said it will reexamine how it manages the court's "enormous" immigration docket after several Trump-appointed judges "disrupted" its policymaking process with a ruling declaring its practice ​of pausing deportations unlawful. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

JUST IN: Judge William Young (Reagan) in fine fettle as he mostly denies DOJ's motion to stay remedy for 'breathtaking misconduct' in deportation drive v. pro-Palestinian activists. Young mocks DOJ for undercutting Trump's unitary executive claims. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

New: The 1st Circuit has administratively stayed Judge Murphy's ruling invalidating the Trump's administration's third countries deportation policy and will decide whether to issue a stay pending appeal "promptly." fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc... Prior: www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...

New: Federal judicial policymakers today outlined plans to accelerate the development of a new, more secure electronic case management system, saying a major hack of the system last year ​made clear the need to upgrade the aging system. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit in Boston seeking to stop President ​Trump's administration from next week ending legal protections that allow nearly 1,100 Somalis to live and ‌work in the United States, after he derided them as "garbage." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Exxon is seeking to abandon its corporate registration in New Jersey and reincorporate ‌in Texas where its headquarters is located, in a move that could help bolster its defenses against activist shareholders and climate advocates. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

"Once everything had been ‌signed ⁠off last night, there were lots of photos, lots of celebrating, and then a spontaneous outcry of ‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi’." www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

A federal judge has blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from implementing a fast-track process to dispose ​of the vast majority of appeals by people seeking review of adverse decisions by immigration judges @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/3MSi3d9

New: Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit in Boston seeking to stop President ​Trump's administration from next week ending legal protections that allow nearly 1,100 Somalis to live and ‌work in the United States, after he derided them as "garbage." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Judge says Kari Lake’s tenure atop USAGM was improper, voids actions as ‘acting CEO’

From overnight: A divided federal appeals court has refused to let the Trump administration revoke legal protections that allow more than 350,000 Haitians to live and ​work in the U.S. and avoid being returned to their gang-violence-stricken country. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

There is already a similar Trump/TPS stay request pending at SCOTUS (Syria) and looks like there might soon be another (Haiti)

New: A federal judge who had ordered Trump's administration ​to facilitate the return of a college student it deported to Honduras said the "sad truth" is ‌that her decision not to board a plane it arranged back to the United States meant her case must be dismissed. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Spouse who is an immigration lawyer just got the world’s greatest USPS forever stamps for his mail

From overnight: A divided federal appeals court has refused to let the Trump administration revoke legal protections that allow more than 350,000 Haitians to live and ​work in the U.S. and avoid being returned to their gang-violence-stricken country. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

A federal judge has sided with 15 Republican-led states and ​a national home builders group in finding that minimum energy standards for federally-funded housing set by Democratic former President Joe ‌Biden's administration were unlawful @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/3NiaWe5

"Glad to see you all for my first act as Chief Judge. I'm glad they gave me such a light, inconsequential item to start off with, right?" - Chief Judge James Boasberg with the wisecrack at a March 2023 hearing on a Trump-related grand jury matter. 😆 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A California medical technology company and one of its former executives have agreed to resolve criminal ​charges that they concealed reports of complications and deaths involving cancer patients who traveled to Antigua to be treated with its blood ‌filtration device reut.rs/4dcfNb4

New: A federal judge who had ordered Trump's administration ​to facilitate the return of a college student it deported to Honduras said the "sad truth" is ‌that her decision not to board a plane it arranged back to the United States meant her case must be dismissed. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Kennedy: "I was stunned when Noem answered categorically that the president approved every single bit of it. Later that day, I got a call from President Trump. He was mad as a mamma wasp ... she was dead as fried chicken."

My latest: Blood filter start-up, ex-executive face US charges for concealing deaths - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: A Trump-appointed judge in Texas has sided with 15 Republican-led states and a national home builders group ​in finding that minimum energy standards for federally-funded housing that were set by the Biden administration are ‌unlawful. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

SCOOP: A prosecutor who helped build the Georgia election interference case against Trump is running to unseat the appeals court judge whose ruling helped bring the case to an end. Will Wooten will challenge Trent Brown, who wrote the opinion disqualifying Fani Willis. Me for @ajc.com (link in 🧵👇)

JUST IN: Fed judges presiding over trans sports fight between Trump admin and Maine won't recuse due to connection to a family member of a court staffer. Consulted the Judicial Conference conduct committee and got a letter saying it wasn't required. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: VOS plaintiffs in Trump tariffs case, repped by Neal Katyal, grumpy about being leapfrogged by Atmus. Now seeking a conference before Eaton or some other judge ASAP to get in on devising refund process. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New: President Donald Trump has the authority to indefinitely suspend admissions of foreign citizens seeking to enter the United States ​under the U.S. refugee resettlement program, the 9th Circuit ruled. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Never a dull moment when the defendant takes the stand. www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/04/a...

Yup--I just listened to the hearing, and the Judge took the parties by surprise by indicating he'd issue such a judgment. USG counsel asked for some time to brief the merits and the judge responded: "There are no merits." [3]

JUST IN: AG Pam Bondi purports to 'ratify' Kash Patel's firing, 5 months ago, of FBI agents who kneeled at 2020 #BLM protest. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

One more week until the Covering the Courts webinar, where legal affairs journalists and judges will provide tips about reporting on the law, the judiciary and the court system. It's free! Register at tinyurl.com/covering-cou.... Speakers include @mjsdc.bsky.social, @nateraymond.bsky.social and me.

New: A DOJ lawyer today told a Boston judge that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has such broad authority over vaccine policy that he could even ​scrap recommendations for measles shots in favor of people deliberately exposing themselves to the virus. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

"Is it your position that is totally ​unreviewable?" Murphy asked. "If the secretary said instead of getting a shot to prevent measles I think you should get a shot that gives you measles, is that unreviewable?" "Yes," Belfer replied.

The Massachusetts Department of Correction has been fighting me for months, trying to withhold data about its collaboration with ICE. Yesterday, I won that fight, and obtained records showing that the state has transferred more than 2,000 people into ICE custody since 2009. A quick thread:

New: A DOJ lawyer today told a Boston judge that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has such broad authority over vaccine policy that he could even ​scrap recommendations for measles shots in favor of people deliberately exposing themselves to the virus. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Judge Brooke Jackson of Colorado said he'll hear evidence next week that the Department of Homeland Security is violating his preliminary injunction by improperly detaining people, then obtaining a warrant prior to transporting them. He agrees the tactic could be "a blueprint" for evading his order.

NEW: The Colo. Supreme Court has ordered Children's Hospital Colorado to explain why it shouldn't direct the hospital to continue providing gender-affirming care to trans children. A Denver judge previously rejected an injunction to avoid federal retaliation: www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/03/03/c...

'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad. "The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New: A federal judge in Boston has delayed the trial ​of an Iranian-born engineer accused of conspiring to illegally procure technology for the manufacturer of the ‌navigation system used in Iran's military drones, citing the outbreak of armed conflict with Iran. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

New: A surge of immigration‑related lawsuits and prosecutions tied to Trump’s mass deportation agenda contributed to a 6% increase in new federal criminal and civil ‌cases in fiscal 2025, according to new data from the federal judiciary. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

JUST IN: To stem the tide of violated orders, Judge Michael E. Farbiarz in NJ is now requiring ICE and the US attny's office to each submit declarations in every habeas case acknowledging no-transfer orders. Warns that any violations start "closer to the last resort of possible criminal contempt."

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

Is this the first time a Federal Circuit judge has cited Google AI results? It's the first I've seen it; curious what others have seen.

"We are asked whether the Washington Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has statutory authority to subpoena records from a religious corporation concerning sexual abuse. We hold that it does." www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...

New: A majority of the contributors to the judiciary's reference manual on scientific evidence have accused court officials of letting partisan politics shape its latest edition ​by yielding to demands by GOP state attorneys general to cut a climate ‌change chapter. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...