US EditionDOJ seeks Supreme Court intervention in immigration judge free speech battle
The Justice Department wants the Supreme Court to resolve if federal courts or civil-service agencies should handle First Amendment disputes involving immigration judges.
- The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to intervene in a legal battle over a policy barring immigration judges from expressing personal views publicly.
- The case could have wider consequences for federal workers' ability to challenge workplace policies in federal court.
- The Supreme Court put a lower court ruling in favor of the judges on hold while it considers the government's request.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to settle dispute over immigration judges
Updated on Dec. 5 at 2:40 p.m. For the 32nd time since late January, the Trump administration on Friday came to the Supreme Court seeking emergency relief. In a 26-page filing, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to block a ruling by a federal appeals court that sent a dispute over a policy governing speaking engagements by immigration judges back to a federal trial court for fact-finding. Federal law, Sauer argued, makes cle…
Justice Department urges Supreme Court to block free speech suit from immigration judges
The Trump administration on Friday urged the Supreme Court to step into a years-old legal battle over a policy that bars immigration judges from expressing their personal views in public, a case that could have wider consequences for federal workers.
DOJ asks Supreme Court to intervene in immigration judge gag order case
The administration rushed to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to set aside a lower appeals court ruling that gave anti-Trump litigants a new avenue to challenge the president's personnel moves.
DOJ seeks Supreme Court intervention in immigration judge free speech battle
The Trump administration brought an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on Friday in a case concerning immigration judges’ free speech rights that poses wide implications for federal employees. The application does not yet ask for a ruling on the free speech issue. Instead, the administration wants the justices to spurn a lower court for allowing…
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