Lawfully present non-citizens in the United States likely have the same First Amendment rights as US citizens, a federal judge said Thursday, even in cases of speech some feel has a repugnant political message.

"The Executive Order broadly prohibits any speech-based services that benefit the Prosecutor, regardless of whether those beneficial services relate to an ICC investigation of the United States." The post 'Violates the First Amendment': Judge bars Trump admin from imposing sanctions on US human rights advocates who work for International Criminal Court first appeared on Law & Crime.

In her ruling, US District Judge Nancy Torresen called the executive order an unconstitutional infringement on free speech.

A federal judge who previously blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship spent more than an hour Friday grappling with whether his nationwide injunction could stand after the Supreme Court curbed the ability of judges to issue such broad rulings.

The Family Action Network Movement says the Trump administration is affirming a federal judge’s decision this month to keep in place Temporary Protected Status for Haitians nationwide until early next year.

Professor McConnell, thanks for joining me. Michael McConnell: It’s a pleasure. Leonhardt: So I want to start with what’s happening in the lower courts, although I promise we’ll get to the Supreme Court, and the extent to which these lower courts have ruled against the Trump administration is pretty remarkable.

The Department of Homeland Security has ripped a federal judge in Washington for releasing a transgender migrant from detention, saying the release was caused by the judge bowing to activist pressure.

This is a disgusting effort to distract from the real issue," said lawyers from Innovation Law Lab, which represented the asylum seeker.

Just days after the Supreme Court again made it clear that the separation of powers is sacrosanct, Indira Talwani, an Obama appointed federal judge

A federal judge permanently barred Trump's subordinates from taking action to prevent "a rightful Commissioner" of the FTC from serving out the rest of her term. The post 'Unlawful and without legal effect': Federal judge slams brakes on Trump firing of FTC commissioner,