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Immigration – Birthright citizenship – Executive order
Where a U.S. District Court judge issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of Executive Order No. 14160, the injunction must be vacated insofar as it extends to the president but should otherwise be upheld.
Immigration – Birthright citizenship – Executive order
Where a U.S. District Court judge preliminarily enjoined the enforcement and implementation of Executive Order No. 14160, the preliminary injunctions must be vacated in part, as they may apply only to agency officials rather than the agencies themselves, but should otherwise be affirmed, as the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that the children that the EO describes a[...]
1st Circuit rules Trump administration can’t end birthright citizenship
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Oct. 3 that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright citizenship order.
Judge blocks birthright citizenship restrictions in third ruling since SCOTUS decision
A federal judge in Boston on July 25 blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, issuing the third court ruling blocking the birthright order nationwide since a key Supreme Court decision in June.
SCOTUS strikes blow against nationwide injunctions
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to limit federal courts’ authority to issue universal injunctions, impacting challenges to executive orders, including President Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
