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Judge Dennis Saylor IV (D. Mass.) issued a preliminary injunction on Friday blocking the Department of Education from compelling universities to turn over detailed admissions data. The scope of relief extends to 17 plaintiff states and their constituent institutions. (Memorandum and Order.) (Preliminary Injunction.) (Politico.) For background, see a previous Roundup.
The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit on Thursday challenging a lower court ordertemporarily blocking the federal government’s ban on Anthropic. (Notice of Appeal.) (Axios.) See a previous Roundup for background on the litigation.
President Trump threatened in an expletive-laden Truth Social post on Sunday to bomb Iran’s bridges and power plants if the country does not open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday. (NYT.) (Truth Social.)
President Trump released a budget proposal on Friday for fiscal year 2027 seeking $1.5 trillion in funding for the Defense Department. (WSJ.)
President Trump on Friday issued a memorandum directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to “provide each and every employee of DHS with the compensation and benefits” that they would have received if not for the department shutdown. (Memorandum.) (NYT.)
President Trump issued an executive order on Friday to “save college sports” that directs the industry’s governing bodies to create new regulations surrounding “pay-for-play schemes” and orders federal agencies to assess whether existing rules could make a university ineligible for federal funding. (Executive Order.) (WaPo.)
Katherine Pompilio and Benjamin Wittes created a database tracking the Trump administration’s non-compliance with court orders in habeas corpus immigration cases. (Lawfare.)
Chris Hardee argued that President Trump’s executive order “enlist[ing] the USPS to police absentee and mail-in voting is unconstitutional.” (Just Security.)
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.
Noem v. Doe: The government filed an application on February 26 requesting the Supreme Court stay pending appeal of a preliminary injunction issued by a district court preliminarily enjoining Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from terminating temporary protected status designation for Syria. The government asked the Court to construe the application as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment and grant the petition. On March 16, the Court consolidated the case with a challenge to the Department of Homeland Security’s termination of Temporary Protected Status designations for Haiti and granted certiorari before judgment of the consolidated cases while deferring action on the government’s request for a stay.
Trump v. Miot: The government filed an application on March 11 requesting the Supreme Court to stay a lower court order postponing then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s decision to terminate temporary protected status designation for Haiti. The government also asked the Court to treat the application as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment and grant the petition. On March 16, the Court consolidated the case with Noem v. Doe.