The en banc Fifth Circuit ruled 10 to 7 that indefinite detention of noncitizens who entered the United States without inspection does not violate the Due Process Clause

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The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricts judicial review of certain border barrier waiver decisions exclusively to direct Supreme Court appeals

Federal District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued a preliminary injunction enjoining border wall construction in Big Bend National Park

The Ninth Circuit held that the unauthorized deployment of state National Guard personnel to execute federal law violated the Tenth Amendment

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the State of California seeking to prevent the state from counting certain ballots alleged to have been cast by noncitizens

The Democratic lawsuit challenged executive actions under Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act and the Tenth Amendment

The Department of Justice filed an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to stay Judge Kathleen Cardone's preliminary injunction in Big Bend National Park

United States District Judge Martinez-Olguin enjoined the Department of Homeland Security from conducting field operations under the Unlawful Voter Initiative across nine states

Mahmoud Khalil petitioned the Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit ruling denying habeas relief regarding the revocation of Mahmoud Khalil's visa

Federal law prohibiting noncitizens from voting does not grant the Department of Justice authority to dictate which ballots states count

The Department of Justice charged 28 noncitizens in California with illegally registering to vote

The federal government asserted legal authorization to build the proposed Washington, D.C. triumphal arch under a 1913 congressional statute that created the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission

The Department of Homeland Security internally launched the Unlawful Voter Initiative on August 31, 2026

Plaintiffs challenging the proposed Washington, D.C., triumphal arch alleged that the project violated 40 U.S.C. Section 8106

The Ninth Circuit held that presidential determinations of exigency under 10 U.S.C. Section 12406 are subject to judicial review

The Supreme Court in Trump v. United States addressed whether a president could face criminal charges for official presidential conduct

The United States Constitution establishes legislative oversight and judicial review as institutional checks against executive branch misconduct

In McDonnell v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled an official act requires a pending matter and a formal decision or action

Under McDonnell v. United States, an official act does not require a final decision and can include preliminary administrative actions

Applying federal criminal bribery statutes to political negotiations risks creating constitutional vagueness and due process violations

Footnote three in Trump v. United States addressed the admissibility of public record evidence in a bribery prosecution of a former president