'Bad faith': Judges rip Trump administration for litigation tactics
Judges showed some frustration this week with how the Trump administration has been defending itself in court, with one saying it appeared to have used "bad faith" tactics, another accusing it of using "disingenuous" arguments and a third saying it was making "inaccurate" claims.
Judges showed some frustration this week with how the Trump administration has been defending itself in court, with one saying it appeared to have used "bad faith" tactics, another accusing it of using "disingenuous" arguments and a third saying it was making "inaccurate" claims.
One of the judges, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, suggested he might hold contempt proceedings to hold the government to account for failing to comply with his orders.
In a separate but related case, a federal judge in Maryland on Friday ordered the government to return a deportee it acknowledged was accidentally sent to a notorious megajail in El Salvador.
The week ended with a major win for the administration, when the Supreme Court allowed it to terminate Education Department grants that a lower court had restored. It was the first time during President Donald Trump's second administration that the Supreme Court sided with him.
Here's a look at some of the biggest legal developments of the week:
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