Tag Archives: John Sauer

Trump To SCOTUS: Allow South Sudan Deportations

Axios reports: The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to overturn a federal judge’s order that blocks the government from sending undocumented immigrants to countries they’re not citizens of. The move comes after U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy determined last week that the administration “unquestionably” violated his ruling by swiftly deporting a group of immigrants to South Sudan. All …

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Trump Admin Petitions Supreme Court To Revoke Humanitarian Status For Over 500,000 Migrants

Courthouse News reports: President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to slash legal pathways for over half-a-million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who are temporarily in the U.S. for humanitarian needs. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked the Biden-era special parole program in March, but a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from making any changes …

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Solicitor General Pick Won’t Rule Out Defying Courts

Politico reports: President Donald Trump’s nominee to be solicitor general told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that presidents might rightfully defy court orders in “extreme cases.” “Generally, if there’s a direct court order that binds a federal or state official, they should follow it,” D. John Sauer said at his confirmation hearing, in response to questioning by Sen. Dick Durbin …

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Nominated For Solicitor General: Lawyer Who Argued That Trump Can Order Assassination Of Political Rivals

Bloomberg Law reports: President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to nominate John Sauer, his personal lawyer who argued his immunity case at the Supreme Court last term, to be US Solicitor General. Sauer is a former federal prosecutor who served as Missouri’s Solicitor General from 2017 to 2023. In that role, he tried to intervene on behalf of Missouri and five …

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