U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Rule Changes

Issued the ruling

The Supreme Court on September 29 let the Trump administration keep deporting immigrants to third countries while it reviews the case, an order three liberal justices dissented from. The court will hear arguments in December on whether the policy is lawful, whether lower courts had authority to block it, and whether it violates the Constitution's due process clause.

Updated Sep 30

Rule Changes

Upheld the injunction on July 26, 2026

For more than a century, states have run their own voter rolls and decided who gets a mail ballot. In March, President Trump ordered the federal government to build one national list and told the Postal Service to mail ballots only to people on it.

Updated Aug 25

Rule Changes

Will hear the government’s appeal

Harvard won. A federal judge said the government unlawfully cut off Harvard's research money—then ordered the taps turned back on. Now the Trump administration is appealing, keeping a cloud over a sprawling research portfolio that runs from medical breakthroughs to national-security science.

Updated May 15