#Legal Ruling

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• 🇺🇸 Federal judge rules DHS illegally stripped immigration status from thousands who entered through CBP One App — 01/04/2026 [USA]

  Tuesday's ruling reinstates the immigration status of those who came via CBP One and whose status was terminated.

  Related: #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 Supreme Court strikes Colorado ban on conversion therapy — 31/03/2026 [USA]

  The Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado's law banning conversion therapy "regulates speech based on viewpoint."

  Related: #Free Speech
• 🇬🇧 Pentagon restrictions on press violate First Amendment, judge rules — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The Department of Defense had required reporters to agree to certain rules on what information they could gather in order to maintain access to the Pentagon.

  Related: #Press Freedom
• 🇬🇧 Greyhound racing ban legal challenge rejected — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Opponents consider options after failing to thwart new law banning greyhound racing in Wales.

  Related: #Animal Welfare
• 🇺🇸 U.S. judge rules against Pentagon restrictions on press coverage — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  The policy required media organizations to pledge not to gather information unless Defense officials formally authorized its release. A U.S. judge said the rules are at odds with the First Amendment.

  Related: #Press Freedom
• 🇺🇸 Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company.

  Related: #Corporate Acquisition
• 🇬🇧 US judge blocks Pentagon’s restrictions on press after New York Times lawsuit — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Lawsuit alleged changes gave DoD free rein to punish reporters and outlets over coverage it did not like</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking...

  Related: #Media Freedom, #Government Transparency
• 🇺🇸 US judge blocks restrictive Pentagon press access policy — 20/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Media Freedom
• 🇺🇸 Judge blocks restrictive Pentagon press access policy — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge blocked the Department of Defense press access policy in a lawsuit by the New York Times.

  Related: #Press Freedom, #Government Transparency
• 🇺🇸 Judge Tosses Out Pete Hegseth’s Press Restrictions That Led To Exodus Of Journalists From Pentagon — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  The Pentagon’s new restrictions on press access violate the First and Fifth Amendment, a federal judge ruled on Friday, delivering a victory to media outlets that left the complex after they refused t...

  Related: #Press Freedom
• 🇺🇸 US appeals court tosses FTC order against Intuit over TurboTax advertising — 20/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Advertising Regulation
• 🇬🇧 RFK Jr overstepped in declaring gender-affirming treatments unsafe, judge rules — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Judge rules that Trump’s health secretary did not go through proper procedures when issuing declaration</p><p>Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary, overstepped his power when he declared that ...

  Related: #Healthcare Policy
• 🇺🇸 Judge: RFK Jr. overreached in push to restrict gender-affirming for minors — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overreached in his push to restrict gender-affirming care for minors, according to ...

  Related: #Healthcare Policy
• 🇺🇸 Judge Rules That R.F.K. Jr. Overstepped on Transgender Care — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  The ruling provides temporary relief for 21 states seeking to stop the Trump administration from ending federal funding to hospitals that provide gender-transition care.

  Related: #Transgender Rights
• 🇺🇸 Judge orders Voice of America to rehire employees, resume news operations — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  A judicial appointee of former President Ronald Reagan on Tuesday ordered Voice of America (VOA) to rehire its employees and resume international broadcasting. The ruling from District Judge Royce C. ...

  Related: #Media Operations
• 🇬🇧 US judge orders Trump administration to reopen Voice of America — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Some 85% of VOA staff were laid off by Trump who accused the international broadcaster of bias.

  Related: #Media Freedom
• 🇬🇧 Australia’s high court orders ankle bracelets be removed and curfews end for 43 former immigration detainees — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Labor’s preventative detention regime suffers blow as court finds tough laws for NZYQ group are unconstitutional</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cva...

  Related: #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump's attempt to shutter Voice of America ruled illegal — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration's attempt to shut down the U.S. Agency for Global Media and boot Voice of America off the air was illegal, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  Related: #Media Freedom
• 🇺🇸 Judge Orders Voice Of America Employees Returned To Work, Reversing Trump Administration Effort To Dismantle Government-Run Broadcaster — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Voice of America may soon be up and running again. A federal judge ordered that more than 1,000 employees working for government-run broadcasting entities, including VOA, be returned to work, reversin...

  Related: #Media Policy
• 🇺🇸 Australian court rules against LCM-funded litigation claim — 17/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Litigation Funding
• 🇺🇸 US judge upends Kennedy’s overhaul of childhood vaccine policies — 17/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Vaccine Policy
• 🇺🇸 Judge blocks parts of RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda, including revised schedule — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  A judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration's effor...

  Related: #Vaccine Policy
• 🇺🇸 A Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Also, Trump raises the possibility of the U.S. “taking Cuba.” Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

  Related: #Public Health
• 🇺🇸 Judge blocks RFK Jr. from scaling back childhood vaccine recommendations — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely viol...

  Related: #Public Health
• 🇺🇸 Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.'s changes to childhood vaccine schedule — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent overhaul of the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule.

  Related: #Public Health, #Vaccines
• 🇺🇸 Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Ruling on a lawsuit brought by several prominent medical organizations, a district court said the federal government did not base its decisions on science in limiting Covid shots and changing the chil...

  Related: #Public Health
• 🇺🇸 Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.&apos;s efforts to reshape childhood vaccine policy — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Judge Brian Murphy sided with the American Academy of Pediatrics and blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s effort to reshape U.S. vaccine policy.

  Related: #Public Health
• 🇺🇸 Appeals court allows Trump to swiftly deport migrants to third countries — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Trump administration may keep swiftly deporting migrants to countries where they have no ties as a legal challenge unfolds. The 2-1 vote on the U.S. Cour...

  Related: #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 Appeals court allows DHS to continue 'third-country' deportations — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal appeals court issued a ruling Monday allowing Homeland Security to continue deporting illegal immigrants to countries other than their homes when the need arises, putting on indefinite hold ...

  Related: #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 Judge Rules Lawmaker Must Be Allowed to Join Kennedy Center Board Meeting — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  A judge ordered that Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat, be given access to planning documents and have the chance to oppose changes to the center at a board meeting next week.

  Related: #Governance, #Public Access