Executive Branch

9 in 10 Americans think government branches should be equal, ABA poll finds

Most Americans believe in the U.S. Constitution’s balance of powers, but a significant percentage of Americans want one branch of government to have more power than the others, according to the seventh ABA Survey of Civic Literacy.

Apr 29, 2025 11:17 AM CDT

Skadden improperly limited lawyer access to email distribution lists, group claims in NLRB filing

A workers’ rights group alleges that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom improperly interfered with protected employee discussions about the law firm's deal with President Donald Trump when it restricted email distribution lists.

Apr 28, 2025 1:19 PM CDT

After US prosecutors mistakenly file confidential memo, is their challenge to congestion pricing doomed?

Federal prosecutors have been kicked off a challenge to congestion pricing in New York City after they mistakenly filed a confidential memo saying the government is “very unlikely” to be successful.

Apr 28, 2025 9:51 AM CDT

‘It’s Time for You to Leave’: More immigration lawyers get notices to self-deport

Immigration lawyers outside Massachusetts are also receiving notices to self-deport, despite their U.S. citizenship.

Apr 25, 2025 9:32 AM CDT

ABA responds to DOJ cuts to grants supporting domestic violence, sexual assault survivors

For nearly 30 years, the ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence has received federal funding to train and offer technical assistance to lawyers who support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. That changed abruptly on April 10.

Apr 24, 2025 12:54 PM CDT

‘Is this a throwback to the McCarthy era?’ Judges consider injunction bids by firms targeted in Trump orders

Two federal judges sharply questioned a government lawyer Wednesday as they considered bids by Perkins Coie and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr to permanently enjoin executive orders that target them and their clients.

Apr 24, 2025 10:57 AM CDT

Supreme Court will consider whether Black landlord can sue over mail said to be intentionally withheld

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a Texas landlord can sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly withholding mail from herself and her tenants because she is Black.

Apr 22, 2025 10:44 AM CDT

Judge in AP case says new White House press policy appears fair

A federal judge in D.C. declined on Friday to grant a motion from the Associated Press, which argued that the White House has disobeyed his order last week forcing the administration to stop banning the news organization’s journalists from attending presidential events because of its decision to continue using the name Gulf of Mexico in its news coverage.

Apr 18, 2025 1:49 PM CDT

Former DOJ lawyer faces disbarment for entanglement in ‘one of the largest kleptocracy schemes in history’

A lawyer who worked for the U.S. Department of Justice is facing disbarment after pleading guilty for his role in an illegal foreign influence scheme that allegedly stemmed from his friendship and legal work for hip-hop artist Prakazrel “Pras” Michel.

Apr 17, 2025 3:07 PM CDT

Law students sue EEOC over investigative letters sent to 20 BigLaw firms

Three law students have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to order the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to withdraw investigative letters sent to 20 BigLaw firms and to return and delete information that it gathered from them.

Apr 17, 2025 9:43 AM CDT

Judge finds probable cause to hold US in contempt; is Trump administration ‘at the cusp of outright defiance’?

A federal judge who banned the Trump administration from removing Venezuelan immigrants from the United States ruled Wednesday that there is probable cause to find the government in criminal contempt for willfully disobeying his directive.

Apr 16, 2025 3:53 PM CDT

Resignations multiply at BigLaw firms that made deals with Trump

Associate Rachel Cohen may have been the first lawyer to resign from a law firm because she disagreed with its response to President Donald Trump’s punitive executive orders, but she isn’t the last.

Apr 16, 2025 12:04 PM CDT

Executive orders against firms threaten rule of law, Susman Godfrey says in suit against Trump administration

Updated: Susman Godfrey has alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday that President Donald Trump’s campaign of executive orders targeting the law firm and other well-known firms is an unconstitutional threat to the rule of law.

Apr 14, 2025 12:39 PM CDT

Who is Paula Xinis, the judge ordering Trump to return a mistakenly deported immigrant?

Here’s what to know about U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis before the case of a mistakenly deported immigrant thrust her into the national spotlight, and what might come next.

Apr 14, 2025 11:40 AM CDT

Trump announces deals with 5 more law firms for a combined $600 million

President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he had reached agreements with five more law firms pledging to provide a combined $600 million in legal services for causes he supports, the latest deals firms have struck with him in apparent bids to avoid punishment.

Apr 11, 2025 2:35 PM CDT