Aysha Bagchi

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Aysha Bagchi

• "It will be interesting to see whether the district courts get the message that they need to be careful," said Michael McConnell, a Stanford law professor and former federal appeals judge. • In additon to deportaton-related cases, the Supreme Court also sided with Trump over his firing of 16,000 federal workers based on a technicality. WASHINGTON − Will the Supreme Court be the Trump administration's friend or foe as it faces a flurry of legal challenges to the president's earliest policies?

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Michael Collins |Eduardo Cuevas |Aysha Bagchi |Nick Penzenstadler

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to begin the process of releasing a Maryland man it mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Federal immigration agents arrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, on March 12 after pulling him over in an Ikea parking lot near his home in Beltsville, Maryland, about half an hour outside of Washington. Officials contend he is a member of the MS-13 criminal gang, although they have presented no evidence to back up that claim.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Maureen Groppe |Aysha Bagchi

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court blocked on Tuesday a judge's order for President Donald Trump's administration to rehire thousands of fired employees, acting in a dispute over his effort to slash the federal workforce and dismantle parts of the government.

2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Aysha Bagchi

When President Donald Trump issued his first executive order imperiling the business of a law firm, Perkins Coie LLP, which represented Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, the legal community was in shock. “I am sure that many in the profession are watching in horror at what Perkins Coie is going through,” said Judge Beryl Howell in a D.C. federal trial court March 12, six days after Trump issued his order and one day after the firm sued.

3 weeks ago | northjersey.com | Aysha Bagchi |Christopher Cann

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed the Justice Department to pursue the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. "After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again," Bondi said in a statement.