POLITICS

‘Brilliant Friend’: Federal Judge Already Facing Recusal Request in Immigration Lawsuit Has Strong Ties to Lawyer Involved in the Case

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Araceli Martinez-Olguin faces recusal calls in case where her former employer is the lead plaintiff and her friend is their attorney L: Araceli Martinez-Olguin (Senate Judiciary Committee) R: (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) An immigration activist suing the Trump administration to restore funding for a $769 million immigration contract has described the judge presiding over the lawsuit

Harvard Law Publishes Fond Reminiscence From Student Facing Criminal Charges for Assaulting Jewish Classmate

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‘As I look to the future, I do so with a full heart and a clear mind,’ Ibrahim Bharmal writes in blog post featured on HLS website Ibrahim Bharmal (Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia) Harvard Law School published a blog post from one of the students facing criminal charges for assaulting an

Judge in Abrego Garcia case tells DOJ she has “no tolerance for gamesmanship”

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Greenbelt, Maryland — A federal judge on Tuesday admonished the Department of Justice for not complying with her order to facilitate the release of a Maryland man who the Trump administration admitted had been mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador, and ordered expedited discovery in the case.  “We have to give process to

Meta CEO Zuckerberg pushes back against FTC claims on Day 2 of trial

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sparred Tuesday with a Federal Trade Commission attorney over the meaning of emails the Facebook founder wrote about why he wanted to acquire Instagram, as a historic antitrust trial alleging Meta illegally monopolized the social media market went into its second day. Zuckerberg returned to the witness stand on Tuesday to