Collecting and Recording - Attacks on the Judiciary and Responses
Pardons, Pardons - Frivolous and Corrupt
Feb 13 2026 - Cases List
Pardons
Trump Pardoned Him But Couldn’t Say Why. Turns Out His Company Holds $4.7 Billion In Trump Crypto.
Trump Pardons Klecko, Jamal Lewis and Other Former N.F.L. Players
The players included Super Bowl champions and a Hall of Famer who had been charged for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/politics/trump-nfl-pardons-klecko-jamal-lewis.html
Felon Trump Issues Pardons for Five Disgraced NFL Players
https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-donald-trump-issues-pardons-for-five-disgraced-nfl-players/
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
www.npr.org/2026/02/11/nx-s1-5711294/trump-jan-6-pardons-child-sex-abuse
Critics Fume At Right’s Silence On Trump Pardon Recipient Being Convicted of Sexually Abusing Children: ‘Just Crickets’
Ghislaine Maxwell Refuses to Testify Unless Trump Grants Clemency, Lawyer Says
DOJ
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/politics/doj-prosecutors-recruiting-trump.html
Prosecutor Who Quit in Protest Signs On to Defend Trump Target
Trump's retribution campaign hits a losing streak
www.axios.com/2026/02/11/trump-justice-department-grand-jury-political-enemies
Trump Admin Fires U.S. Attorney Within Hours Of His Appointment
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-admin-fires-u-s-attorney-within-hours-of-his-appointment/
Every Single Grand Juror Rejected Trump DOJ’s Case for Indicting Dem Lawmakers: Report
Grand Jury Declines To Indict Democrats Who Made 'Illegal Orders' Video: NYT
Bush Judge Humiliates Pentagon Pete Over Plot Against War Hero
www.thedailybeast.com/bush-judge-humiliates-pentagon-pete-over-plot-against-war-hero/
Oh, Now the Bondi DOJ Has ‘Pending Investigations’ of Epstein Conspirators?
It sure is odd how "pending investigations" suddenly show up when the Attorney General is called to testify, and then disappear again.
Immigration
US Immigration Court Blocks Deportation Of Tufts Graduate Student From Turkey, Her Attorneys Say
An immigration court has blocked the deportation of a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by immigration officials near her Massachusetts home last year.
Immigration courts fast-track hearings for Somali asylum claims
www.npr.org/2026/02/09/nx-s1-5707217/somali-asylum-cases-rescheduled
Immigrants Who Say Their Detention Is Illegal Have Filed More Than 18,000 Cases. It’s a Historic High.
The administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more cases, known as habeas petitions, filed in federal court in the last year than under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump
Tracking Habeas Cases
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
https://projects.propublica.org/habeas-tracker/
The MAGA court decision that just supercharged ICE
America’s Trumpiest court just gave Trump a dangerous new weapon.
www.vox.com/politics/478637/fifth-circuit-ice-detention-edith-jones-buenrostro-mendez-bondi
Appeals Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for 60,000 More Migrants
The court pointed to recent rulings by the Supreme Court as precedent to allow the protections for migrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua to expire.
Trump’s Plan for an American Gulag Just Got a Major Boost in Court
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/02/trump-plan-texas-gulag-supreme-court-analysis.html
Judge Strikes Down California’s Ban on Masks for Federal Agents
But the state can require federal agents to display identification, the judge said. The Trump administration had asked the court to block both laws.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/judge-rejects-california-mask-ban-ice.html
Judge Shoots Down Wiener’s ICE Mask Ban, and Gavin Newsom and Wiener Are Blaming Each Other For it
Federal judge orders return of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act
Judge dismisses California deportation case for Mexican father of 3 US Marines
www.sfgate.com/news/article/judge-dismisses-california-deportation-case-for-21350640.php
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules ICE Violated Constitutional Rights of Minnesota Detainees — Drops Hammer in Strict Order
Man Shot By ICE Has All Charges Dropped As Officers Face Federal Probe
Kristi Noem painted the Venezuelan man as an attempted murderer, but new evidence is "materially inconsistent" with the allegations.
Judge Orders US To Retrieve Student Deported To Honduras Within 2 Weeks
Babson College freshman Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras while traveling for Thanksgiving in November.
How ICE defies judges’ orders to release detainees, step by step
A POLITICO review of hundreds of cases brought by ICE detainees shows a pattern of noncompliance that has frustrated judges across the country.
Judge Orders ICE to Provide Medical Care in Largest Immigration Jail in California
Agents Who Shot Marimar Martinez Caught On Video Saying 'Do Something, B**tch'
ICE conducted 37 investigations into officer misconduct in last year
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/g-s1-109841/immigration-enforcement-investigations-misconduct
'Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms
The seeming stalemate sets up a clash between the Trump administration and Democrats ahead of a Friday night deadline
Dem Senator Hammers ICE Chief Over ‘Secret Memo’ Allowing Feds to Enter Homes Without a Judicial Warrant
Judges’ Fury Explodes at Trump Team’s ICE Tactics
www.thedailybeast.com/judges-fury-explodes-at-trump-teams-ice-tactics/
Judges may have found a way to bypass 5th Circuit ruling upholding Trump’s mass detention policy
Two Texas judges, who are bound by the circuit’s ruling, outlined a legal rationale allowing them to continue granting immigrants’ release.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02/10/texas-immigration-detention-rulings-00774124
Court rebukes Trump administration for denying immigration detainees access to lawyers
It’s the latest and perhaps most pointed rebuke yet from Minnesota federal judges.
ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota
Petitions demanding people get the chance to be released from ICE custody have overwhelmed courts throughout the US.
www.wired.com/story/ice-crashing-us-court-system-minnesota/
Guard Troops Fully Withdraw From Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles
President Trump initially deployed the troops in those cities to support law enforcement efforts to tamp down protests against immigration raids and protecting buildings.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/national-guard-chicago-portland-los-angeles.html
Electoral politics
Fulton County argues FBI seizure of 2020 ballots shows ‘callous disregard’ for constitutional rights
A Trump-appointed judge set a Tuesday deadline to disclose justification for the raid.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02/08/fulton-county-fbi-seizure-2020-ballots-constitution-00770938
Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks His Admin From Michigan Voter Rolls: ‘Unconstitutional Burden on the Right to Vote’
Nebraska Plans To Hand Over Sensitive Data On Every Registered Voter In State To DOJ
“Once the data is released, that bell cannot be unrung,” lawyers for Common Cause wrote in a brief seeking an injunction.
Virginia court allows Democrats' redistricting vote in their plan to counter to Trump
Everything else
Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states
www.npr.org/2026/02/13/nx-s1-5713305/federal-funding-democratic-states-lawsuit
Legality of Trump’s $400M in private funding for White House ballroom at issue
A federal judge weighing whether the project may proceed has focused on whether the administration can use private donations to bypass congressional approval.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/09/trump-ballroom-judge-ruling/
Bonta sues to block Trump funding threat over student ‘forced outing’ law
The Trump administration contends that a state law on parental notification of a child's gender identity violates federal law.
Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges
The “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence” — updated for the first time in 15 years — eliminates some 90 pages about climate science and comes just as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.
www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure
Judge Sets Date For Trial In Trump’s Lawsuit Against The BBC
Judge Jeanine Taps Pardoned Ex-Husband to Represent Her in Personal Injury Suit
Free speech lawsuits mount after Charlie Kirk assassination
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/nx-s1-5667213/free-speech-lawsuits-since-kirk-killing
Newly released court records reveal misconduct inquiry into federal judge
www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5699462/judges-accountability-abuse-clerks-judge-mark-wolf
Federal judge acknowledges 'abusive workplace' in court order
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/nx-s1-5709042/judges-accountability
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