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Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín (N.D. Cal.) on Tuesday enjoined the Trump administration from canceling certain services or funds for legal representation of unaccompanied minors. (Order.)
Judge Anthony Trenga (E.D. Va.) in a written order—following a bench ruling enjoining the Trump administration from firing certain intelligence workers in DEI positions who had been placed on leave—clarified that the order only applies to the plaintiffs, and not to all workers in the agencies in similar positions. See yesterday’s Roundup for the bench ruling. (Order.)
Judge Michael Farbiarz (D. NJ.) on Tuesday rejected the government’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction in the case of Mahmoud Khalil. The case will continue in New Jersey District Court. (Order.)
Judge James Bredar (D. MD.) on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction extending his order last month barring the Trump administration from firing probationary employees at many federal agencies. The order last month applied to 18 agencies; this order adds the Office of Personnel Management and the Defense Department. Judge Bredar in the Tuesday preliminary injunction narrowed the scope of the initial order to cover only employees who live or work in the 19 plaintiff states and the District of Columbia, which is also a plaintiff. See the temporary restraining order issued last month in a prior Roundup. (Order.) (Josh Gerstein, X.)
Judge Beryl Howell (D.D.C.) on Tuesday denied a request for an order enjoining the Trump administration’s transfer of property from the U.S. Institute of Peace to the General Services Administration. (Order.)
A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday dismissed for lack of jurisdiction the Trump administration’s appeal of a district court’s temporary restraining order preventing DOGE from, among other things, accessing certain Social Security Administration systems and sensitive data. See news of the district court’s order in a prior Roundup. (Dismissal.)
Plaintiffs in the Alien Enemies Act deportation case filed a response in the Supreme Court to the government’s application to vacate the district court’s temporary restraining orders. (Reply.)
President Trump announced on Tuesday that he reached a deal with another law firm—Willkie Farr & Gallagher. (Donald Trump, Truth Social.)
Acting D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is reportedly “pursuing an inquiry” into whether President Biden “was competent to pardon his family members and others during his final days in office.” According to The Times, Martin sent informal letters—not subpoenas—to members of Biden’s family and former staffers questioning the pardons. (NYT.)
James Pearce crafted a set of questions the Senate should ask Martin in a potential nomination hearing, in light of what Pearce described as Martin’s unserious and aggressive behavior in his first two months on the job. (Lawfare.)
Lorianne Updike Schulzke argued that Myers v. United States, which serves as an important precedent for arguments in favor of the president’s broad removal power, has been misinterpreted. That misinterpretation, she contended, is based on an inflated understanding of Madison’s role in crafting the Constitution. (The Volokh Conspiracy.)
Cass Sunstein provided some helpful notes on what special government employees are and what they can do. (Cass’s Substack.)
Emergency Order Applications Involving the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court
Trump v. J.G.G.: Government filed application on March 28 to vacate district court injunctions and issue administrative stay; response to application filed April 1.
Department of Education v. California: Government filed application on March 26 to vacate district court injunction and issue administrative stay; response to application filed March 28; government’s reply filed March 31.
Office of Personnel Management v. American Federation of Government Employees: Government filed application on March 24 to stay district court injunction and issue administrative stay; Court requested response by 12:00 p.m. on April 3.
Trump v. Washington: Government filed application on March 13 to stay district court injunction; Court requested response by 4:00 p.m. on April 4.
Trump v. New Jersey: Government filed application on March 13 to stay district court injunction; Court requested response by 4:00 p.m. on April 4.
Trump v. CASA: Government filed application on March 13 to stay district court injunction; Court requested response by 4:00 p.m. on April 4.
Rana v. Engleman: Petitioner filed application on February 28 for stay of extradition pending litigation for writ of habeas corpus; application denied by Supreme Court on March 6; application refiled and submitted to the Court on March 7; application distributed for conference of April 4.