President Donald Trump has lost again at another appeals court over the mass detention policy he's pushed out over the past year. MS NOW producer Kyle Cheney reported that the 9th Circuit rejected U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) detention policy. It's the fifth straight loss at an appellate court. Cheney remarked that the district is the crucial one that covers California, Arizona, Nevada and Washington. Politico reported Thursday that the decision is "the most significant rejection yet." Lower courts will now be bound by the ruling in states where there are thousands of detainees. The ruling came down 2-1, and the court decided that he misconstrued immigration laws from decades ago that set the rules for the modern deportation system. “The government’s change in policy has resulted in detained aliens filing thousands of habeas petitions in federal courts across the country, seeking bond hearings and possible release from detention,” wrote Trump appointee Judge Daniel Bress in the majority decision. “The implication of the government’s position is that Congress in 1996 made a major change to the immigration laws by subjecting millions of unadmitted aliens present in the United States to mandatory detention, but that this change then went unnoticed and unheeded, with the Executive Branch for the next three decades … We accordingly do not think that Congress in 1996 made such a large-scale change to our established system of immigration detention in the way that the government now contends.”Anyone who has been in the U.S. for years and has established families can now only be detained after a bond hearing, which requires convincing an immigration judge that they can live safely in their own communities while the process unfolds. Of the five courts that have ruled this way so far, Politico cited, are the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit, the New York-based 2nd Circuit, the Colorado-based 10th Circuit and the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit, explained the report. Only two courts, the 5th and the 8th Circuit, have ruled in Trump's favor. There are court battles in four other circuits forthcoming. Meanwhile, there have been a whopping 460 federal judges who have ruled against the administration on more than 10,000 cases involving the detention policies. This compares with 54 judges who have supported the ruling in about 1,100 cases, calculated Politico. Trump's mandatory detention policy has faced unprecedented judicial resistance across the federal court system. Federal judges have overwhelmingly rejected the administration's interpretation of 1996 immigration law, with 460 judges ruling against the policy in more than 10,000 cases compared to only 54 judges supporting it in about 1,100 cases. The 9th Circuit ruling is particularly significant because it covers California, Arizona, Nevada, and Washington—regions with substantial immigrant populations. The decision marks Trump's fifth consecutive loss at the appellate level. Only two circuits, the 5th and 8th, have sided with the administration. Legal experts argue Trump misread congressional intent, claiming Congress never intended to mandate detention for all undocumented immigrants regardless of ties to U.S. communities, creating a constitutional conflict between executive power and due process rights.
The Trump administration suffered two losses in one day, with a Trump appointee delivering one of the blows, per a legal reporter.According to Politico senior legal affairs correspondent Kyle Cheney, the Trump administration's "unprecedented mass detention policy" aimed at immigrants suffered its fifth straight appellate court loss hours before a Trump appointee handed it a sixth. "The dam has broken," Cheney wrote in a post on X reviewing the losses so far. "Six federal appeals courts in a row have now shot down ICE's mass detention policy, along with a 469-54 split against the administration among district judges."The latest loss came from the California-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled 2-1 against the Trump administration's mass detention policy carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Trump-appointed Judge Daniel Bress wrote the opinion in "the most significant rejection yet of the Trump administration's unprecedented mass detention policy," as Cheney described the ruling in his reporting for Politico.According to Cheney, Bress found that the Trump administration had misconstrued a 1996 immigration law to justify its mass detention policy. The Trump administration's interpretation "has resulted in detained aliens filing thousands of habeas petitions in federal courts across the country, seeking bond hearings and possible release from detention," Bress wrote.The other setback came from the Illinois-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which also ruled 2-1 and found that the Trump administration "defied logic" to justify mass detention. Biden appointee Judge Joshua Kolar noted the volume of prior judicial writing in his opinion, stating, "We add but a few more drops of ink to the gallons already spilled."
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) revealed the strain of leading Republicans under President Donald Trump's relentless pressure to eliminate the filibuster and pass an election overhaul bill. During a Wednesday Capitol interview with Politico, Thune disputed Trump's simultaneous claim that he "has the votes" to kill the filibuster, stating he lacks sufficient support for such action. “He thinks I can wave the magic wand,” Thune told the outlet, “I wish it were that easy.”The Senate leader attributed the challenge partly to Trump's primary involvement shaping the conference's current makeup. Thune also noted the significant loss of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who previously served as a trusted intermediary capable of speaking candidly to the president. Politico addressed Trump's comments, specifically when he questioned whether Thune was “the man for the job” of leading Senate Republicans. "[If Trump could find somebody else to do this job," Thune said, "It might be a big relief.”Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
President Donald Trump expressed fury at the Supreme Court on Wednesday via Truth Social."Does anybody have any idea how much Money and Prestige the United States Supreme Court has cost our Nation with their negative Rulings on Birthright Citizenship and TARIFFS? The answer, TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS! President," Trump accused the justices. His criticism comes as his attorneys seek to overturn an $83.3 million defamation judgment in favor of E. Jean Carroll, a columnist who accused the president of sexual assault in the 1990s. The Supreme Court has been blocking key Trump policies. In February, it ruled 6-3 and reiterated presidents cannot impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Then, in June, it ruled 6-3, blocking his executive order ending birthright citizenship.The Supreme Court determined the policy change violated the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to those born on U.S. soil regardless of parental immigration status.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
Trump met with the Saudi defense minister and with PM Netanyahu earlier this week. The Israeli prime minister counseled Trump on three options for the war.
Anthony Fauci’s diary details a June 2020 phone call in which President Donald Trump berated the infectious disease expert over comments he made about COVID-19 vaccine immunity before White House officials later sought to smooth things over. The account is included in a more than 1,000-page collection of Fauci’s writings released Saturday by Sen. Rand […]
