The proposal would send military lawyers to work at the Justice Department in an effort to reduce the capacity of the immigration system to process a backlog.
The decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling from March, but was overshadowed by a Supreme Court order that allowed the Trump administration to pursue deportations anyway.
The decision is a big blow to President Trump’s trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.
The code of conduct for federal judges does not appear to apply to Mr. Bove, who has yet to be sworn in. But his continued presence at the department has raised eyebrows.
As the outspoken Hong Kong publisher awaits a verdict, his trial has become a test of China’s resolve to crush dissent, and of whether President Trump can free him.
Judge Hannah C. Dugan was arrested in April and accused of impeding immigration agents who were seeking an undocumented man. A federal judge rejected her claims of immunity.
President Trump, during his campaign for a second term, was accused of fraudulently inflating his net worth in order to get better rates on bank loans.
The judge used the ruling to take President Trump and some of his top aides to task for having repeatedly attacked other judges who have dared to rule against the White House.
In a blunt ruling, the federal judge wrote that he would not thwart Republican lawmakers’ bid to pull Medicaid funds from organizations that perform abortions.
A lawsuit, brought by a group that operates 18 family planning clinics in Maine, was filed after Republicans moved to cut off the flow of Medicaid dollars to major abortion providers through legislation this summer.
The court’s order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court.
Officials check the files of applicants at a passport facility in Herat, Afghanistan, in 2024. Individuals from Afghanistan are among those who won a visa lottery, but their visas were denied outright or remained in processing.
Judge Frank Caprio of Providence Municipal Court in Rhode Island in 2017. His courtroom, he said. was a place “where people and cases are met with kindness and compassion.”
Media attention has brought the Menendez brothers to the cusp of early release from prison. Criminal justice reform proponents hope other prisoners benefit.
With President Trump on their side, U.S. technology companies now have more leverage in Brazil, where they seek to influence new rules policing their platforms.