Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) praised U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday for issuing a potential criminal contempt ruling against the Trump administration over deportation orders. Speaking on CNN, Raskin called Boasberg a “great judicial hero” for confronting what he described as defiance of federal law.
Workers at the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) broadcast networks filed a motion requesting a restraining order against the news outlets being shut down. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth granted the request and further ordered that “the defendants and their agents take no steps and impose no obligations relating to closing out the plaintiff's grant.”
Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced a bill intended to limit the ability of federal district court judges to issue orders against the executive branch.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to transfer two transgender, biological male inmates to women's facilities.
Despite pushback from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, the White House is standing by President Donald Trump’s demand to impeach federal judge James Boasberg, who attempted to block recent deportation flights of foreign prison gang members.
On March 10, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman issued an order halting the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University, pending a hearing scheduled for March 12.
