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US Supreme Court to hear case on Trump's move to end birthright citizenship
The US Supreme Court will weigh Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship, a move critics call unconstitutional and a threat to long-standing legal principles
SC to hear arguments on Trump's birthright citizenship order in May
The Supreme Court on Thursday kept on hold President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship but agreed to hear arguments on the issue in May. Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the US illegally has been halted nationwide by three district courts around the country. Appeals courts have declined to disturb those rulings. The Republican administration had sought to narrow those orders to allow for the policy to take effect in parts or most of the country while court challenges play out. That is expected to be the focus of the high court arguments. Birthright citizenship automatically makes anyone born in the United States an American citizen, including children born to mothers in the country illegally. The right was enshrined soon after the Civil War in the Constitution's 14th Amendment. Trump and his supporters have argued that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen, which he called a
Google broke law by dominating online ad tech market, rules US judge
US court rules Google broke antitrust laws in ad tech market, paving way for possible breakup of its ad business. DOJ pushes for sale of key units like Google Ad Manager
Chief Justice lets Trump fire 2 officials; Fed Chair Powell's job at risk?
US Chief Justice John Roberts allows Trump to remove two agency heads as the Supreme Court takes up a case that could ultimately affect the job security of Fed Chair Jerome Powell
US SC asks Trump govt to bring back man wrongly deported to El Salvador
This comes after US President Donald Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a judge's order directing his administration to return Abrego Garcia
US Supreme Court puts hold on reinstatement of fired federal employees
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government. The justices acted in the administration's emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in California ordering that 16,000 probationary employees be reinstated while a lawsuit plays out because their firings didn't follow federal law. The effect of the high court's order will keep employees in six federal agencies on paid administrative leave for now. A second lawsuit, filed in Maryland, also resulted in an order blocking the firings at those same six agencies, plus roughly a dozen more. But that order only applies in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that sued the administration. The Justice Department is separately appealing the Maryland order.
US Supreme Court allows Trump admin to deport Venezuelans under wartime law
The 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court states that Venezuelan migrants must be given an opportunity to challenge their deportation before being removed from the US
US denies Tahawwur Rana's plea seeking stay on his extradition to India
Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles
Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin SC seat, cementing liberal majority
The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court defeated a challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday, cementing a liberal majority for at least three more years. Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge who led legal fights to protect union power and abortion rights and to oppose voter ID, defeated Republican-backed Brad Schimel in a race that broke records for spending, was on pace to be the highest-turnout Wisconsin Supreme Court election ever and became a proxy fight for the nation's political battles. Trump, Musk and other Republicans lined up behind Schimel, a former state attorney general. Democrats including former President Barack Obama and billionaire megadonor George Soros backed Crawford. The first major election in the country since November was seen as a litmus test of how voters feel about Trump's first months back in office and the role played by Musk, whose Department of Government Efficiency has torn through federal ..
Musk hands out $2 million to voters ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court polls
Elon Musk announced the prize last week ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court claiming it was 'important for the future of civilisation'
US judge declines to block Musk's $1 mn checks to voters before polls
A Wisconsin judge on Saturday declined to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over USD 1 million checks to two voters in the state at a planned rally days before the closely contested Supreme Court election. The state attorney general, who argues that the offer violates the law, immediately appealed after the judge refused to hear the request for an emergency injunction to block the payments. The ruling is the latest twist in Musk's deep involvement in the race, which has set a record for spending in a judicial election and has become a litmus test for the opening months of Donald Trump's presidency. Trump and Musk are backing Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel in the race, while Democrats are behind Dane County Judge Susan Crawford. Musk plans a rally Sunday where he intends to give a pair of Wisconsin voters USD 1 million each for signing an online petition against activist judges. He is also offering USD 100 to anyone who signs it; he previously gave USD 1 million to a Green
Trump administration seeks SC halt on rehiring 16,000 federal workers
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings across several agencies. In an emergency appeal filed on Monday, the Republican administration argued the ruling should be put on hold because the judge didn't have the authority to order some 16,000 probationary employees be hired back. The order came from US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, who found the firings didn't follow federal law and required immediate offers of reinstatement be sent. The agencies include the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defence, Energy, the Interior and the Treasury.
US SC to hear Tahawwur Rana's renewed plea to block extradition to India
US Supreme Court justices will hear next month Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana's renewed application, submitted to Chief Justice John Roberts, seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles and submitted an "Emergency Application For Stay Pending Litigation of Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus on February 27, 2025 with Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit. Earlier this month, Kagan had denied the application. Rana had then renewed his "Emergency Application for Stay Pending Litigation of Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus previously addressed to Justice Kagan, and requested that the renewed application be directed to Chief Justice Roberts. An order on the Supreme Court website noted that Rana's renewed application has been distributed for Conference of 4/4/2025 and application has been referred to the Court. New ..
Tahawwur Rana urges US chief justice to stop his extradition to India
The application has been distributed to the Supreme Court judges for a conference scheduled for April 4, 2025, according to the details published on the US Supreme Court website
US Chief Justice John Roberts rejects Trump's call to impeach judge
In an extraordinary display of conflict between the executive and judiciary branches, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching federal judges shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of a judge who ruled against his deportation plans. For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision, Roberts said in a rare statement. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose. In a Tuesday morning social media post, Trump described US District Judge James E. Boasberg as an unelected troublemaker and agitator." Boasberg recently issued an order blocking deportation flights under wartime authorities from an 18th century law that Trump invoked to carry out his plans. HE DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING! I WON FOR MANY REASONS, IN AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE, BUT FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY, Trump
Trump admin asks SC to partly allow birthright citizenship restrictions
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out. In emergency applications filed at the high court on Thursday, the administration asked the justices to narrow court orders entered by district judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington that blocked the order President Donald Trump signed shortly after beginning his second term. Three federal appeals courts have rejected the administration's pleas. The order would deny citizenship to those born after February 19 whose parents are in the country illegally. It also forbids US agencies from issuing any document or accepting any state document recognising citizenship for such children.
US Supreme Court rejects Tahawwur Rana's plea to halt extradition to India
Tahawwur Rana had claimed that extradition to India could expose him to torture due to his identity as a Pakistani-origin Muslim; his extradition received approval from US President Donald Trump
US Supreme Court won't let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups
Pursuing what he has called an 'America First' agenda, Trump ordered a 90-day pause on all foreign aid on his first day back in office on January 20
Wisconsin SC candidates spar over Musk, Soros donations in high-stakes race
The Republican-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court race who has received the support of Elon Musk said Wednesday that it's more concerning that his Democratic-supported opponent is benefiting from donations by liberal philanthropist George Soros. I don't think these two things compare, Brad Schimel told reporters. I don't think they equate at all. The race for ideological control of the battleground state's highest court is nonpartisan in name only, with Republicans lining up behind Schimel and Democrats backing Susan Crawford. The election on April 1 will determine whether liberals maintain their 4-3 majority on the court with major cases dealing with abortion, union rights, election law and congressional redistricting already under consideration by the court or expected to be argued before it soon. It could be the most significant US election since November, as it will serve as an early litmus test for Republicans and Democrats after President Donald Trump won every swin
US Supreme Court refuses to let Trump fire whistleblower agency head
In a splintered decision, the US Supreme court declined to rule directly on Trump's bid to lift a trial judge's order that is keeping Hampton Dellinger in his job at the Office of Special Counsel
