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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What to Know About the Court Cases Challenging Trump's Immigration Agenda

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Alan Feuer |Abbie VanSickle

The Trump administration is on course for a potential constitutional clash with the judiciary branch, which has issued several rulings countering executive orders. A number of major cases challenging President Trump's initial moves on immigration are making their way through the legal system. Mr. Trump has moved aggressively to detain and deport migrants, but a series of his moves have been challenged in court.
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Trump Plan to End Birthright Citizenship

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Abbie VanSickle

The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift a nationwide pause on the policy as lower court challenges continue. The Supreme Court on Thursday announced that it would hear arguments in a few weeks over President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. The brief order by the justices was unsigned and gave no reasoning, as is typical in such emergency cases.
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Trump Plan to End Birthright Citizenship

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Abbie VanSickle

7 hours agoSupreme Court to hear arguments on whether Trump can implement birthright citizenship banThe Supreme Court said it will hear oral arguments next month on whether the Trump administration can take steps to enforce its contentious proposal to end automatic birthright citizenship while litigation continues. NBC News' Danny Cevallos breaks down the implications of how this legal battle will play out.
At the Supreme Court, the Trump Agenda Is Always an ‘Emergency’

1 week ago | gvwire.com | Abbie VanSickle

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has in recent weeks asked the Supreme Court to allow it to end birthright citizenship, to freeze more than $1 billion in foreign aid and to permit the deportation of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador without due process. In each case, the administration told the justices the request was an emergency.
At the Supreme Court, the Trump Agenda Is Always an 'Emergency'

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Abbie VanSickle

A law clerk for the justice assigned to the case typically writes up a memo expressing a view on how the court should rule. This starts off memo traffic between the justices, emailed back and forth among the chambers. The votes are tallied, with the chief justice making sure each justice has voted and checking the count, especially since much of the work is done remotely and can happen at all hours. To grant a stay request, five justices must agree.
Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Mark Sherman |Abbie VanSickle |Lindsay Whitehurst

AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — 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...
La Corte Suprema falla a favor de reanudar las deportaciones de venezolanos, por ahora

2 weeks ago | infobae.com | Abbie VanSickle

Últimas NoticiasRusia invade UcraniaDeportesVenezuelaTecnologíaESPNQué Puedo VerEntretenimientoEEUU United States Politics and GovernmentDeportationLaw and LegislationDecisions and VerdictsCourts and the JudiciaryWar and Emergency Powers (US)Alien Enemies Act (1798)Boasberg, James ETrump, Donald JEl SalvadorVenezuelaUnited States La mayoría de los jueces concluyó que los migrantes venezolanos habían presentado sus apelaciones ante el tribunal equivocado, pero que tenían derecho a una...
La Corte Suprema falla a favor de reanudar las deportaciones de venezolanos, por ahora

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Abbie VanSickle

"Con cada vez más de nuestras sentencias más significativas teniendo lugar en las sombras de nuestro expediente de urgencia, la corte actual deja cada vez menos huella", escribió Jackson. "Pero no nos equivoquemos: estamos tan errados ahora como lo hemos estado en el pasado, con consecuencias igualmente devastadoras".
Suprema Corte derruba decisão que impedia Trump de deportar imigrantes venezuelanos para El Salvador

2 weeks ago | estadao.com.br | Abbie VanSickle

WASHINGTON - A Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos decidiu na noite desta segunda-feira, 7, que o governo de Donald Trump pode continuar, por enquanto, deportando migrantes venezuelanos com base em uma lei de guerra do século 18, anulando uma decisão de um tribunal inferior que havia suspendido temporariamente as deportações. A decisão foi tomada, segundo a Corte, porque o processo tinha vício de origem. Teria de ter sido apresentado na Justiça Federal do Texas, e não do Distrito De Colúmbia.
Supreme Court allows President Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Abbie VanSickle

Cristian Hernandez/Associated Press Mark Sherman Associated Press Apr 7, 2025 11:52 PM WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the United States. In a bitterly divided decision, the court said the administration must give Venezuelans who it claims are gang members “reasonable time” to go to court. But the conservative majority...