Supreme Court Sides with Trump in Dispute over Immigration Judges' Speech Restrictions
The justices sent the case back without ruling on whether the policy’s speech limits violate the First Amendment.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with President Donald Trump's administration in a dispute involving a free-speech challenge by federal immigration judges to a government policy restricting what they can publicly say about immigration.
- The National Association of Immigration Judges sued in 2020 to block a speech policy introduced under Trump that requires prior approval for 'official' remarks by roughly 750 immigration judges overseeing immigration courts.
- A Virginia-based federal judge dismissed the challenge in 2023 under the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act, but the 4th Circuit last year ordered fact-finding on whether Trump's firing of agency heads compromised their independence, prompting the administration's Supreme Court appeal.
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Supreme Court sides with Trump in dispute over immigration judges' speech restrictions
The Supreme Court is siding with President Donald Trump's administration in a lawsuit over speech restrictions for immigration judges that touched on the rights of federal workers.
Trump wins fight at Supreme Court over immigration judges and their speeches * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff
(Official White House photo by Daniel Torok) President Donald Trump has won big at the U.S. Supreme Court in a dispute over the speeches of immigration judges. The decision didn’t address the merits of the case, but instead reversed a lower court decision that went against a requirement immigration judges obtain official approval before giving speeches in their official capacities. According to a report at Just the News it was the 4th U.S. Circu…
Supreme Court Backs Trump in Judges Speech Case
The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Tuesday with President Donald Trump's administration in a dispute involving a free-speech challenge by federal immigration judges to a U.S. government policy restricting what they can publicly say about immigration.
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