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Judge Robert W. Gettleman (N.D. Ill.) on Thursday granted plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction ordering the Department of Homeland Security to provide access to the ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, to allow Catholic clergy to minister to detainees on Ash Wednesday. (Order.) (NYT.)
Judge Dennis Saylor IV (D. Mass.) on Friday granted in part plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction “restrain[ing] immigration-enforcement actions in the churches or other religious facilities of certain plaintiffs absent exigent circumstances.” (Memorandum and Order.) (Preliminary Injunction.)
Judge Cynthia Rufe (E.D. Penn.) on Monday granted the City of Philadelphia’s motion for a preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to reinstall “panels, displays, and video exhibits that referenced slavery and information about the individuals enslaved at [President George Washington’s] House.” (Opinion.) (Politico.)
Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster (D. Minn.) on Monday denied a request by Minnesota and the Twin Cities for expedited discovery in their challenge to Operation Metro Surge. (Order.)
The Knight First Amendment Institute and American Oversight petitioned the Eleventh Circuit for a writ of mandamus directing a Florida district court to stay proceedings pending appeal after President Trump and his co-defendants moved to permanently suppress, and in some instances destroy, Volume II of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report. (Petition for writ of mandamus.)
The Justice Department filed a complaint against Harvard University on Friday alleging that it failed to comply with a federal investigation related to racial discrimination in its admissions process. (Complaint.) (WSJ.)
The Department of Homeland Security announced on Friday its termination of Temporary Protected Status for Yemen. (DHS Statement.) (NYT.)
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Saturday after Democrats withheld support for a stopgap spending bill that did not include their proposals for immigration reform. (WaPo.) Justice Department lawyers said in a Saturday court filing that “there is no lawful basis” for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to continue enjoining a DHS policy requiring lawmakers to give advance notice before visiting ICE facilities now that the restricted funds have lapsed. (Notice.)
A U.S. strike on a boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea on Friday killed three people. (NYT.)
Lawyers representing families whose children are in ICE custody allege that the Trump administration is violating a 1997 settlement agreement requiring the government to provide basic care and education to children in custody and to transfer them out of immigration detention within about 20 days. (NYT.)
The Trump administration announced a new “Maritime Action Plan” to increase the number of ships built in U.S. shipyards. The plan would impose fees on foreign-built vessels that dock at U.S. ports and could raise an estimated $1.5 trillion. (NYT.)
Donald T. Kinsella was fired by the Trump administration less than five hours after being appointed U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York by the district court. (WaPo.)
Gail Slater, assistant attorney general for the antitrust division, resigned on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reports that her departure follows clashes with senior administration officials “who at times favored more lenient oversight of mergers.” (WSJ.)
Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith discussed the Trump administration’s efforts to prosecute six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse unlawful orders. (Executive Functions.)
Dan Epps examined why Solicitor General D. John Sauer brings only some of the Trump administration’s losses to the Supreme Court. (Divided Argument.)
Steve Vladeck argued that President Trump “has neither unilateral constitutional authority nor delegated statutory authority to set nationwide election rules.” (One First.)
Jeffrey Rosen argued that President Trump’s statement about nationalizing elections stands in contrast to the Founding Fathers’ desire to divide responsibility for elections between the state and federal governments “to avoid the dangers of both federal military dictatorship and state hyper-partisanship.” (The Atlantic.)
Cass Sunstein wrote that the Environmental Protection Agency’s rescission of the 2009 endangerment finding “appears highly likely to be struck down in court.” (Cass’s Substack.) See a previous Roundup for background.
Peyton Baker reported on the arraignment of former CNN anchor Don Lemon and four other codefendants who are being criminally charged in connection with a protest at the Cities Church in Minnesota on Jan. 18. (Lawfare.)
David French criticized a decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals holding that 8 U.S.C. § 1226 permits the detention of immigrants who overstay their visas without bond. (NYT.)
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.