courts
Republican Senate + Republican president = Extreme right-wing federal courts
July 19, 2019Flippant attitudes about control of the White House and progressive litmus tests quickly become capitulation to the extreme right when it comes to the federal court system.
Read more
Trump’s national emergency declaration not justified by the facts
February 15, 2019Trump has been so desperate to fund his signature campaign promise that he’s gone so far as to shut down the government over it for over a month, which caused federal employees to suffer and billions...
Read more
Judge orders government to turn around deportation plane
August 9, 2018A federal court has blocked the deportation of immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality.
Read more
DACA: Trump dealt another blow as court orders reinstatement
April 25, 2018The Trump administration must resume the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.
Read more
Corporations, courts, right wingers gang up on workers to kill overtime extension
December 1, 2016A federal judge in Texas has bowed to the wishes of corporate lobbying groups and has blocked a measure that would have increased by 12.5 million the number of workers eligible to receive overtime pay.
Read more