Kaelan Deese

2 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

President Donald Trump’s first judicial nominees since returning to the White House are set to appear Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the administration moves quickly to install a new wave of conservative judges shaped by high-stakes legal battles in red states. Five of Trump’s 11 announced nominees will testify at the hearing, including four federal district court picks from Missouri and one 6th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee from Tennessee.

3 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

The FBI circulated an anti-Catholic intelligence memo to more than 1,000 employees nationwide during the Biden administration — a much broader internal reach than what former FBI Director Christopher Wray acknowledged in sworn congressional testimony, according to newly disclosed bureau records.

3 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s federal prison policy on transgender inmates, ruling that the restrictions against gender-affirming treatments likely violate the Administrative Procedure Act and raise serious constitutional concerns under the Eighth Amendment.

4 days ago | gazette.com | Kaelan Deese

Leonard Leo, the architect of President Donald Trump’s first-term legal legacy, is now at the center of a growing backlash from within Trump World — including from the president himself. The attacks from Trump and his allies on Leo and the Federalist Society reflect rifts between the populist Right and the conservative legal establishment. They also underscore the high stakes of selecting judicial nominees during Trump's final term in office.

4 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Kaelan Deese

The Trump administration must face a trial next month over allegations that it used immigration powers to retaliate against foreign student protesters in a case that could test the outer bounds of constitutional protections for noncitizens involved in anti-Israel activism.