A federal judge halted construction on Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project, saying no statute "comes close" to granting the president the authority he claims to have to build it. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that and more in The Gavel, their newsletter covering the courts and legal issues. Read More: https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-gavel/5809906-supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship/ #whitehouse #whitehouseballroom #ballroomconstruction #courts #judge #thegavel
A Nashville-based filtration company has emerged as the singular leader for more than 330,000 importers owed refunds of Trump’s tariffs. Unfortunately for the company, it would rather be hidden in the crowd. “Plaintiff respectfully submits that these are legitimate issues that should not be addressed by one company alone,” Atmus Filtration wrote in recent court filings. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that and more in The Gavel, their newsletter covering the courts and legal issues. Read More: https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-gavel/5799162-john-roberts-supreme-court/ #tariffrefunds #tariffs #thegavel
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to let it renew its defense of President Trump’s executive orders targeting several of the nation’s top law firms — a stunning reversal just a day after the government deserted the appeals. In a court filing Tuesday, DOJ asked to withdraw its motion to dismiss appeals of four rulings by federal judges that rebuffed the orders aimed at law firms Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block and Susman Godfrey. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that and more in The Gavel, their newsletter covering the courts and legal issues. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/5765442-trump-iran-legal-constraints/…
More ethics news landed Tuesday, this time from the Supreme Court. Starting in March, the justices will use new software to help identify when they should recuse from a case. It’s the justices’ latest effort to align themselves with lower federal judges, who have been required to use an automated conflict-screening system for the past two decades. The Supreme Court is not bound by lower judges’ code of conduct. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that and more in The Gavel, their newsletter covering the courts and legal issues. Read More: https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-gavel/5742502-gorsuch-warns-trump-tariffs/
President Trump’s mandatory detention policy for apprehended migrants has claimed its biggest legal victory yet. Is it a turning point? Only time will tell, but the ever-growing swarm of more than 1,000 cases has now entered a new chapter — one that could prompt the Supreme Court to get involved. The Trump administration’s policy keeps unadmitted migrants who are arrested during enforcement operations locked up without bond, regardless of how long they’ve lived in the U.S. It leaves no discretion. It upends how past administrations have interpreted federal immigration law for roughly three decades. It has also created a tsunami in the courts. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that in The Gavel, their newsletter…
