News on Judges/Courts 

April 19th - April 25th, 2025

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Saturday/Sunday - April 19th - 20th

• US Supreme Court hits pause on deportations of Venezuelan migrants

• Supreme Court temporarily halts deportations of Venezuelan migrants under wartime law

• Alito’s dissent in deportation case says court rushed to block Trump with middle-of-the night order

• LGBTQ book controversy in Maryland schools spills over to US Supreme Court

• A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

• Seattle officers who attended Jan. 6 rally ask US Supreme Court to keep their identities anonymous

• US lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students

• Man who fatally shot 23 at El Paso Walmart set to plead guilty to murder nearly 6 years on

• 15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

 

Monday - April 21st

• US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Obamacare’s preventive care coverage mandate

• US Supreme Court won’t revive a Minnesota ban on gun-carry permits for young adults

• US Supreme Court rebuffs CSX bid to revive antitrust suit against Norfolk Southern

• US Supreme Court grapples with Obamacare preventive care case

• Supreme Court appears likely to uphold ACA’s preventive care coverage mandate

• ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Revocation of Visas for Students at US Universities, Including RISD

• Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from deporting Venezuelans

• Judge skeptical Trump's Venezuela deportation notices comply with Supreme Court ruling

• Venezuelan migrants were set for deportation without judicial review, lawyers tell US Supreme Court

• Alito criticizes US Supreme Court's decision to 'hastily' block deportations

• US judge confirms Red Tree's offer as starting bid in Citgo parent's auction

• Trump passport policy targeting transgender people likely unconstitutional, judge rules

• Judge temporarily blocks NYC mayor from allowing ICE agents on Rikers Island jail

• Gunman in racist attack at a Texas Walmart pleads guilty and families confront him in court

• Tesla settles wrongful death lawsuit claiming sudden acceleration in Ohio crash

• Former US Senator Bob Menendez's wife, Nadine Menendez, convicted at bribery trial

• Harvard University sues to block Trump from slashing billions in research funding

 

Tuesday - April 22nd

• Divided Supreme Court finds some deadline flexibility for immigrants who agree to leave US

• Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

• US Supreme Court leans toward parents who object to elementary school LGBT storybooks

• Supreme Court leans toward parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

• Judge extends ban on deportations from Colorado stemming from Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act

• Judge extends ban on deportations from Colorado stemming from Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act

• Federal judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America

• US judge blocks Trump's shutdown of government-funded news broadcasts

• Judge castigates Trump administration for ‘bad faith’ in Abrego Garcia’s deportation case

• Judges extend Venezuela deportation blocks, question Trump's use of wartime law

• 'Doomsday mum' Lori Vallow Daybell convicted of conspiring to kill her estranged husband in 2019

• What to know about Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial

• Wife of former US senator Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme

• Harvard University sues Trump over threats to cut US$2.2 billion in funding

• Three more prosecutors resign in aftermath of dismissal of case against NYC mayor

• Jury finds NY Times not liable in Sarah Palin defamation case

• Minnesota attorney general files preemptive lawsuit against Trump on transgender sports ban

• Tennessee lawmakers adjourn after passing bans on DEI initiatives

• Environmental lawyers get ready to pounce on Trump’s energy deregulation moves

 

Wednesday - April 23rd

• US Supreme Court poised to revive challenge to California emissions standards

• Jury finds New York Times did not libel ex-Alaska governor Sarah Palin

• Judges temporarily prevent North Carolina officials from contacting voters in close election

• Federal judge for the Abrego Garcia case had a contentious Senate confirmation

• Judge rules federal government owes nearly $28 million to North Dakota for pipeline protests

• Head of NAACP disinvited from speaking to Texas state bar over suit against Trump administration

• Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo rape retrial opens with added allegations from a former model

• July Fourth parade mass shooting survivors remember victims as gunman skips sentencing hearing

• Lilly sues four compounders over copies of weight-loss drugs

• New Jersey sues RealPage, says collusion with landlords drives up rents

• Law firms targeted by Trump ask judges to permanently bar executive orders against them

 

Thursday - April 24th

• How courts might stop Donald Trump’s attack on civil society

• The Supreme Court’s ‘Selective Proceduralism’ Would Suffocate the Constitution

• Judge rules the Trump administration violated a 2019 settlement in deporting a man to El Salvador

• Federal judge temporarily halts order for details on any efforts to return Abrego Garcia to US

• US judge orders return of second migrant deported to El Salvador

• Judge partly blocks Trump order that claimed greater control over US elections

• Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities that limit immigration cooperation

• Judges blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs

• Judge halts parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement

• Judge pauses parts of Trump's sweeping executive order on voting

• Civil rights groups sue to restore jobs at Homeland Security oversight offices that were gutted

• Rulings coming fast and furious in lawsuits over Trump’s policies on immigration, elections and DEI

• US judges block Trump's ability to withhold school funds over DEI

• US soldier Korbein Schultz jailed for selling defence secrets to China

• Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial opens with added allegations from ex-model

• Harvey Weinstein motives are disputed as sex crimes retrial begins

• In unintended filing, federal attorneys poke holes in Trump administration’s effort to end NYC toll

• American Bar Association sues US Justice Department, claiming retaliation over grants

• Shooter in 2022 Chicago-area parade massacre sentenced to life in prison

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Friday - April 25th

• US charges Milwaukee judge with obstructing immigration arrest in Trump crackdown

• 19 states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools

• Major cases involving Trump before the US Supreme Court

• US judge skeptical about Trump defense of Education Department layoffs

• US judge blocks Trump from ending union bargaining for many federal workers

• US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded

• Who is Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan?

• Trump administration sues upstate New York city over “sanctuary” policies

• Some see Trump weaponizing government in targeting of judge and Democratic fundraising site

• Ex-US Rep. George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft

• Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal death penalty charge in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

• Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees

• Venezuelans' lawyers urge judge to order Trump to facilitate return from El Salvador

• Ozempic copies restricted after US judge denies injunction

• US prosecutors to seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealth executive's murder

• Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty as prosecutors seek death penalty

• Ex-Taliban commander pleads guilty to taking US journalist hostage