#Judicial oversight

Articles (10)

• 🇬🇧 It's easy to miss – but lower courts are doing their job in restraining Trump | David Kirp — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>At a time when the bad news feels endless, we should celebrate the gutsiness of a judiciary quietly standing up for democracy</p><p>Cast your mind back to the American south in the late 1950s, when...

  Related: #Political accountability
• 🇺🇸 DOJ drops defense of Trump orders targeting law firms — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday deserted its defense of President Trump’s executive orders targeting several of the nation’s top law firms, court filings show.  The Trump administration aban...

  Related: #Government legal strategy, #Executive power challenges
• 🇺🇸 Judge again blocks Noem restrictions on lawmakers' ICE facility visits — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge again struck down a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy seeking to block lawmakers from making unannounced visits to immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Court Judg...

  Related: #Congressional authority, #Immigration policy
• 🇺🇸 Federal Judge Accuses Trump Administration of Repeatedly Disobeying Orders — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  The federal judge identified 210 orders issued in 143 cases in Minnesota in which he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had not complied with court orders.

  Related: #Immigration enforcement, #Executive compliance
• 🇺🇸 Trump-appointed judge finds DHS in contempt over detainee transfer — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge appointed by President Trump held the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in civil contempt for violating the court’s order when they transported a detainee to a Texas facility in Ja...

  Related: #Immigration enforcement, #Government accountability
• 🇬🇧 DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court — 21/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’</p><p>Department of Justice prosecutors across the US have suffered a string of...

  Related: #Legal accountability, #Civil liberties
• 🇺🇸 Judge who held DOJ lawyer in contempt blasts handling of immigration cases — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge who took the extraordinary step of holding a government lawyer in contempt of court earlier this week blasted the Justice Department for its handling of immigration cases on Friday.

  Related: #Immigration justice, #Government accountability, #Human rights
• 🇺🇸 Martial law gambit made convict of South Korea’s Yoon, once a lawman — 19/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Political accountability, #Civil liberties versus national security, #Executive power, #Korean Peninsula security
• 🇬🇧 Former South Korean president handed life sentence after declaring martial law in 2024 — 19/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  A South Korean court has sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison after he imposed martial law in the country in 2024.

  Related: #Political accountability, #Constitutional law, #Emergency powers, #Governance integrity
• 🇺🇸 Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Displays About Slavery at Washington’s House — 16/02/2026 [USA]

  The judge said the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths after the administration took down displays about slavery at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia.

  Related: #Historical preservation, #Government censorship, #Freedom of expression