Abbie VanSickle

Washington, D.C., United States

Supreme Court Reporter at The New York Times

Supreme Court correspondent @nytimes. Alum: @MarshallProj, @UCBerkeleyIRP, @TB_Times. 2021 Pulitzer. Reach me at [email protected].

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U.S. charges Kilmar Abrego Garcia with transporting people who were in the country illegally

6 hours ago | post-gazette.com | Ben Finley |Abbie VanSickle |Adam Liptak |Michael Kunzelman

WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador became a political flashpoint in the Trump administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement, was being returned to the United States to face criminal charges related to what the Trump administration said was a massive human smuggling operation that brought immigrants into the country illegally.
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to Illinois Mail-In Ballot Law

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Abbie VanSickle

The justices added four cases to their docket for next term, including a lawsuit brought by a conservative group challenging an Illinois law that allows mail ballots to be counted after Election Day. The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would hear a case brought by a conservative congressman who had challenged an Illinois election law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted up to 14 days after an election.
Supreme Court allows Trump administration, for now, to end Biden-era migrant program

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Abbie VanSickle |Adam Liptak

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration, for now, to revoke a Biden-era humanitarian program intended to give temporary residency to more than 500,000 immigrants from countries facing war and political turmoil. The court’s order was unsigned and provided no reasoning, which is typical when the justices rule on emergency applications.
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration, for Now, to End Biden-Era Migrant Program

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Abbie VanSickle |Adam Liptak

The Trump administration had asked the court to allow it to end deportation protections for more than 500,000 people facing dire humanitarian crises in their home countries. The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration, for now, to revoke a Biden-era humanitarian program designed to give temporary residence to more than 500,000 immigrants from countries facing war and political turmoil.
Supreme Court, for Now, Shields DOGE From Turning Over Records

1 week ago | rsn.org | Abbie VanSickle

The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily shielded the Trump administration from a lower court order that had required Elon Musk’s government efficiency team to turn over internal documents to a group that sought them under open records laws. The order, issued by Chief Justice John G.
Supreme Court Lets Trump, for Now, Remove Agency Leaders

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Adam Liptak |Abbie VanSickle

An appeals court previously ruled that a key 1935 precedent, long in the cross hairs of the conservative legal movement, meant the officials could keep their jobs. The Supreme Court on Thursday let President Trump temporarily remove the leaders of two independent agencies, setting up a challenge to the legal principle that limits a president's power to fire such officials.
Divided Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Abbie VanSickle

A divided Supreme Court rejected a plan on Thursday to allow Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation's first religious charter school, which would teach a curriculum infused by Catholic doctrine. The court split 4 to 4 over the Oklahoma plan, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself from the case, and the decision provided no reasoning. The decision means that an earlier ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court will be allowed to stand.
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Shield DOGE From Releasing Records

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Abbie VanSickle

"It is the North Korea–ification of the Republican Party. There’s no question about it. It really is nothing more than an authoritarian cult."
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Shield DOGE From Releasing Records

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Abbie VanSickle

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to shield Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from being forced to turn over internal agency documents as part of a lawsuit by a watchdog group. In an emergency application to the justices, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to immediately block a lower court's ruling that required the agency to release the records, arguing that the judge had overstepped his authority.
Supreme Court Orders Maine House to Restore Voting Power to Censured Lawmaker, for Now

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Abbie VanSickle

State Representative Laurel Libby, a Republican, had been banned from voting over comments opposing transgender athletes in girls' sports. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Maine legislators to temporarily restore the voting power of a state lawmaker after she had been censured for a social media post that criticized transgender athletes' participation in girls' sports. The order was unsigned and did not provide the court's reasoning, as is typical in such emergency applications.