Kaelan Deese

Virginia

Supreme Court Reporter at Washington Examiner

Supreme Court for @dcexaminer | former fellow @thehill | U of Oklahoma alum | send tips to [email protected]

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Dhillon tells conservative lawyers to take more civil rights cases

3 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

The leader of the Department of Justice‘s Civil Rights Division issued a rallying cry this week for conservative lawyers to rethink their roles, not just within government but across the broader legal landscape, to defend people’s civil rights.
Trump considering suspending habeas corpus for illegal immigration crackdown

6 days ago | denvergazette.com | Kaelan Deese

The Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus in its intensifying fight against illegal immigration, White House Deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said Friday.
Trump urges Supreme Court to end Biden’s mass parole for thousands of migrants

6 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to end a Biden administration-era immigration program shielding over 500,000 migrants from deportation, calling it an unlawful overreach that strains U.S. immigration courts. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked the controversial parole program in March, arguing it incentivized illegal migration and failed to create a meaningful path to lawful status.
FBI investigating Letitia James over alleged mortgage fraud: Reports

6 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

Multiple reports on Thursday said the FBI launched an investigation into alleged mortgage fraud claims against New York Attorney General Letitia James, who rose to national prominence through her legal battles with President Donald Trump. Citing law enforcement sources, the reports said the FBI’s Albany office is handling the investigation, which stems from allegations that James falsified records to secure favorable home loans on properties she purchased in Virginia and Brooklyn in 2023.
DC chemistry group replaces race-excluding scholarship after lawsuit

6 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

The American Chemical Society has agreed to replace its racially exclusive ACS Scholars Program following a legal challenge that accused the country’s largest chemistry network of violating federal civil rights laws by excluding white and Asian applicants. The Washington Examiner first reported in March that the nonprofit organization Do No Harm filed a lawsuit on behalf of a high-achieving high school senior, identified as “Member A,” who was barred from applying solely because of her race.
Bondi faces calls from Republicans to reject Biden era ‘mail-order’ abortion pill rules

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is calling on the Trump administration to reverse its defense of Biden-era abortion pill policies, urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to rethink the Justice Department’s current position in a high-stakes lawsuit over the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of mifepristone, the nation’s most commonly used abortion drug.
A new team guides Trump 2.0 as he begins to fill judicial vacancies

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

President Donald Trump is entering his second term facing a starkly different judicial landscape after transforming the federal judiciary in his first term — but with no less ambition to leave his mark. On Thursday, Trump announced the first judicial nominee of his second term: Whitney Hermandorfer, a top lawyer in the Tennessee attorney general’s office, who Trump tapped for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
Trump DOJ must defend legal basis for deporting Mahmoud Khalil: Judge

1 week ago | gazette.com | Kaelan Deese

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to provide a full account of the legal basis for its attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student whose case has become a political flashpoint over free speech and immigration enforcement.
Supreme Court lets Trump's transgender military ban take effect

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration in allowing the Department of Defense to enforce its ban on most transgender military service members while litigation continues. In a brief order, the justices granted the administration’s emergency request to stay a lower court injunction that had blocked President Donald Trump’s policy, which bars individuals with gender dysphoria or those who have undergone gender transition medical procedures from serving in the armed forces.
Trump judge questions 24-hour removal notice for Venezuelan deportations

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

A federal judge on Monday grilled the Justice Department over whether the Trump administration‘s one-day notice for Venezuelan detainees is enough time for them to challenge their rapid removal under the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines, a Trump-appointed judge in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was weighing the case of a Venezuelan man accused by the Trump administration of having ties to the Tren de Aragua gang on Monday.

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