Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
Sam Dorman is a Washington correspondent covering courts and politics for The Epoch Times. You can follow him on X at @EpochofDorman.
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Former CIA Chief Brennan Alleges Judge Shopping, Misconduct by Justice Department
John Brennan is seeking to avoid having Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed Trump’s classified documents case, oversee a grand jury proceeding.
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More Than a Dozen Heritage Foundation Staff Join Mike Pence’s Think Tank
The former vice president announced that more than a dozen legal and policy staffers were joining his organization.
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Boasberg Orders Federal Government to Facilitate Hearings, Possibly Return Deportees
Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
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US Expands Sanctions Targeting Family Network of Venezuela’s Maduro
The new sanctions target relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s wife and immediate family members of a Panamanian businessman.
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Justice Department Appeals Judge’s Block on Harvard Funding Freeze
In September, a judge reversed the Trump administration’s funding freeze, arguing that it was attempting to violate the First Amendment.
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Appeals Court Probes Whether Judge Boasberg Exceeded His Authority
Boasberg attempted to investigate executive branch officials’ state of mind when they decided how to respond to one of his orders.
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Appeals Court Rejects Judge’s Attempt to Block Planned Parenthood Defunding
Planned Parenthood had alleged Congress wrongly targeted the organization.
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Appeals Court Halts Boasberg’s Contempt Proceedings Over Deportations
The Justice Department accused U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of pursuing a fishing expedition.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From ICE Custody After Judge’s Order
The judge said the administration lacked a lawful order to effectuate a third-country removal for Abrego Garcia.
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Supreme Court Seems Divided on Role of IQ in Weighing Death Sentences
The justices reviewed whether an appeals court had erred in the way it analyzed potential intellectual disability by a convicted murderer.
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Former CIA Chief Brennan Alleges Judge Shopping, Misconduct by Justice Department
John Brennan is seeking to avoid having Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed Trump’s classified documents case, oversee a grand jury proceeding.
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More Than a Dozen Heritage Foundation Staff Join Mike Pence’s Think Tank
The former vice president announced that more than a dozen legal and policy staffers were joining his organization.
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Boasberg Orders Federal Government to Facilitate Hearings, Possibly Return Deportees
Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
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US Expands Sanctions Targeting Family Network of Venezuela’s Maduro
The new sanctions target relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s wife and immediate family members of a Panamanian businessman.
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Justice Department Appeals Judge’s Block on Harvard Funding Freeze
In September, a judge reversed the Trump administration’s funding freeze, arguing that it was attempting to violate the First Amendment.
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Appeals Court Probes Whether Judge Boasberg Exceeded His Authority
Boasberg attempted to investigate executive branch officials’ state of mind when they decided how to respond to one of his orders.
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Appeals Court Rejects Judge’s Attempt to Block Planned Parenthood Defunding
Planned Parenthood had alleged Congress wrongly targeted the organization.
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Appeals Court Halts Boasberg’s Contempt Proceedings Over Deportations
The Justice Department accused U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of pursuing a fishing expedition.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released From ICE Custody After Judge’s Order
The judge said the administration lacked a lawful order to effectuate a third-country removal for Abrego Garcia.
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Supreme Court Seems Divided on Role of IQ in Weighing Death Sentences
The justices reviewed whether an appeals court had erred in the way it analyzed potential intellectual disability by a convicted murderer.
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