Chronological coverage of every Litigation Logic post tagged ACLU.
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May 29, 2026Legal Filing
ACLU Files Class Action Challenging Warrantless Immigration Arrests in North Carolina
The ACLU and allied groups filed a class action on May 22, 2026, challenging warrantless immigration arrests by DHS, ICE, and CBP across North Carolina.
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May 29, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court’s Callais Ruling Derails 28 Minority Voting Rights Lawsuits
The Supreme Court’s Callais ruling has derailed 28 minority voting rights lawsuits and triggered mid-decade redistricting across the South ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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May 28, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Justices, Including Trump Nominees, Challenge Birthright Citizenship Order
The Supreme Court heard arguments in Trump v. Barbara on April 1, with all three Trump appointees among the justices voicing skepticism about the birthright citizenship order.
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May 28, 2026Legal News
Third Circuit En Banc Denies Khalil Rehearing; ACLU Seeks Supreme Court Review
The Third Circuit’s 6-5 en banc denial in Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation case sends the First Amendment immigration dispute toward the Supreme Court.
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May 25, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Signals Skepticism Toward Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
The Supreme Court heard arguments April 1 over Trump’s birthright citizenship order, with justices across the bench questioning the government’s constitutional and statutory theory.
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May 25, 2026Legal News
Federal Judge Strikes Trump Third-Country Deportation Policy as Unlawful
A federal judge in Boston issued a final merits ruling that Trump’s third-country deportation policy violates immigration law and due process, setting up a likely Supreme Court return.
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May 25, 2026Legal News
Tennessee State Court Hears Emergency Arguments Over Memphis-Splitting Map
A Tennessee state panel heard emergency injunction arguments over a map that splits Memphis’s majority-Black district, as a federal judge consolidates three parallel challenges.
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May 21, 2026Legal News
Federal Judge Blocks Texas SB 4 State Deportation Law on Preemption Grounds
A federal judge in Austin blocked Texas SB 4’s state-run deportation provisions, ruling the law is preempted by federal immigration authority under the Supremacy Clause.
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May 21, 2026Legal News
Third Circuit Strips Federal Court Access for Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation Fight
The Third Circuit ruled 2-1 that Mahmoud Khalil must exhaust immigration court remedies before accessing federal court, setting circuit precedent on habeas access.
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May 21, 2026Legal News
BIA Fast-Tracked Khalil Deportation Order Amid Judge Recusals
A Times investigation found the BIA fast-tracked Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation order with multiple judge recusals and signs of White House-level coordination, his attorneys allege.
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May 18, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Hears Birthright Citizenship Arguments, Decision Expected June
The Supreme Court heard oral argument April 1 on Trump’s birthright citizenship order; justices across ideological lines questioned the administration’s domicile theory.
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May 17, 2026Legal News
Louisiana Senate Votes to Eliminate Majority-Black Congressional District After Callais
The Louisiana Senate passed a map eliminating Rep. Cleo Fields’ majority-Black district after the Supreme Court’s Callais ruling, setting up immediate federal court challenges.
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May 16, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Justices Challenge Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Theory at Argument
The Supreme Court heard arguments April 1 in Trump v. Barbara, with Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch all challenging the administration’s novel birthright citizenship theory.
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May 16, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Weighs Executive Power to Revoke TPS for Hundreds of Thousands
The Supreme Court heard 90-plus minutes of argument over whether courts can review TPS terminations affecting 350,000 Haitians and 7,000 Syrians, with a ruling due by summer.
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May 15, 2026Legal News
Second Circuit Unanimously Strikes Trump Mandatory Detention Policy
The Second Circuit, led by a Trump appointee, unanimously blocked the administration’s mandatory detention policy and restored bond hearings for long-term immigrants in three states.
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May 15, 2026Legal News
Sixth Circuit Rejects Mandatory Detention, Deepens Circuit Split
The Sixth Circuit’s 2-1 ruling in Lopez-Campos v. Raycraft bars mandatory immigration detention without bond hearings, making it the third circuit to reject the Trump policy.
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May 15, 2026Legal News
Trump Attacks His Own Nominees as Birthright Citizenship Ruling Nears
Trump publicly attacked his own Supreme Court nominees before a ruling in Trump v. Barbara that could strip birthright citizenship from roughly 250,000 newborns per year.
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May 15, 2026Legal News
6th Circuit Blocks ICE Mandatory Detention, Deepening Circuit Split
A divided 6th Circuit panel ruled ICE mandatory detention without bond hearings violates federal law and the Constitution, deepening a five-circuit split.
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May 14, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Justices Signal Skepticism Over Birthright Citizenship Order
The Supreme Court heard argument in Trump v. Barbara, with justices across the ideological spectrum questioning the administration’s reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.
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May 14, 2026Legal News
DC Circuit Blocks Boasberg’s Criminal Contempt Probe of Trump Officials
The D.C. Circuit shut down Judge Boasberg’s contempt probe of Trump officials over Venezuelan deportation flights, ruling his order lacked the clarity contempt requires.
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May 14, 2026Legal News
Supreme Court Weighs Birthright Citizenship Restriction After Oral Arguments
The Supreme Court is deliberating on Trump v. Barbara, a class action testing whether an executive order can restrict 14th Amendment birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented parents.
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May 14, 2026Legal Filing
ACLU Sues Texas to Block State Immigration Enforcement Law
The ACLU and partners filed a class-action lawsuit May 4, 2026, seeking emergency relief to block Texas SB 4’s state immigration enforcement provisions before their May 15 effective date.
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May 4, 2026Legal Filing
ACLU Sues Tennessee Over Denied Forensic Testing for Death Row Inmate
The ACLU filed suit April 28, 2026, to compel DNA and fingerprint testing for Tennessee death row prisoner Tony Carruthers, set for execution May 21.