Trump lost in federal court again on Tuesday when the first circuit court of appeals declined his administration’s request to lift a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge that bars Trump from freezing spending at federal agencies.
US district judge Carl Nichols will hear arguments on Wednesday after a request from USAid employee groups to keep blocking the Trump administration’s move to put thousands of staffers on leave, Associated Press reports.
US supreme court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, without directly mentioning the new administration, advocated on Tuesday evening for US courts to move cautiously to maintain a system of checks and balances with the executive.
A judge has ordered Louisiana State University to fully reinstate a professor who was removed from his teaching duties last month after he used vulgar language to criticise Gov Jeff Landry and President Donald Trump during a lecture, Associated Press reports.
Trump and Elon Musk’s cost-cutting “department” have hit USAid particularly hard as they look to shrink the size of the federal government, accusing its work of being wasteful and out of line with Trump’s agenda.
