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BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally will remain blocked as an order from one judge went into effect Friday and another seemed inclined to follow suit.
Mark Joseph Stern: Under federal law, Trump cannot remove Powell over a policy disagreement. Federal law expressly allows for the removal of the Fed’s board members only for “cause”—something like abuse of office or malfeasance. That means Trump can’t just sack Powell because Trump wants to slash rates and Powell wants to keep them steady.
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SCOTUS allowed President Trump’s federal workforce cuts to proceed temporarily, pausing a lower court block while legal challenges continue.
The courts continue to be the only bulwark against an overreaching executive, writes Nancy Gertner, a former U.S. District Court judge. After the high court’s ruling on nationwide injunctions, it looked like Trump had won another victory,
The ruling’s scope is limited to two American activists, but it represents a striking, if tentative, blow to the president’s efforts to penalize and isolate the world’s highest criminal court.
The decision to impose a travel ban on the justices comes after Brazilian police raided Bolsonaro's home earlier Friday and Brazil's Supreme Court ordered him to wear an electronic ankle tag because of concerns he poses a flight risk.
Brazil's Supreme Court issued search warrants and restraining orders against former President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday, banning him from contacting foreign officials over allegations he courted the interference of U.
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Still pending before the Supreme Court this week is an appeal from Trump's lawyers that seeks the firing of three Democratic appointees to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.