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Minnesota educators filed a complaint Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota seeking to block the Department of Homeland Security from carrying out immigration enforcement operations within 1,000 feet of school properties and school bus stops. The complaint contends that DHS rescinded its longstanding policy restricting immigration enforcement near schools in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. (Complaint.) (NYT.)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied California Republicans’ petition for an injunction pending appeal of a lower court order approving the state’s newly-drawn congressional maps. (Order.) (NYT.) The Solicitor General had submitted a brief in the case on behalf of the federal government in support of petitioners. For background on the case, see a prior Roundup.
The Attorneys General of New York and New Jersey sued the Department of Transportation on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for abruptly withholding billions of dollars in funding it had pledged to rehabilitate a major tunnel. The complaint alleges the Trump administration withheld the funds to punish the president’s political rivals in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. (Complaint.) (Reuters.)
The chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners told reporters Wednesday that the county filed a motion under seal in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia seeking the return of 2020 election ballots that the FBI seized last week. (WaPo.) (Politico.) For background on the FBI’s search of a Fulton County election facility, see a prior Roundup as well as a chat between Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer.
President Trump on Wednesday said that he ordered the withdrawal of 700 law enforcement officers from Minnesota who were enforcing federal immigration laws. (NYT.)
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is expected to issue a final rule on Thursday that will make it easier for the White House to terminate high-ranking career employees tasked with implementing executive branch policies. Office of Personnel Management officials said the rule is intended to target “conscientious objectors” who interfere with President Trump’s agenda. (WSJ.)
Bob Bauer called attention to “a Department of Justice action that may signal formal revision or reversal of the long-standing law enforcement policies favoring federal government restraint in election fraud investigations.” (Executive Functions.)
Pending Interim Order Applications Involving the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court
Blanche v. Perlmutter: The government filed an emergency application on October 27 requesting the Supreme Court to stay a district court interlocutory injunction that temporarily reinstated Shira Perlmutter to her role as Register of Copyrights while litigation over her removal continues. Chief Justice Roberts formally set a deadline of November 10 for a response to the application. Perlmutter submitted a response on November 10. Blanche submitted a reply on November 12. The Court deferred the application for stay on November 28 pending the Court’s decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook.
Trump v. Cook: The government filed an emergency application on September 18 requesting the Supreme Court to stay a preliminary injunction issued by a district court that blocked President Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Cook filed an opposition to the request on the same day. The Chief Justice formally set a deadline of September 25 for a response to the application. Cook filed a response on September 25. On October 1, the Court deferred action on the stay application pending oral argument in January 2026 and established a supplemental briefing schedule. Additional amicus briefs were filed on October 29. Both sides filed supplemental briefs on November 19 and the Court heard oral argument on Jan. 21, 2026.