Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — A divided federal appeals court on Friday granted ...

WASHINGTON − A federal appeals court overturned a judge's ruling finding probable cause to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of court over their handling of the deportations of hundreds ...

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said Wednesday he will move quickly on a contempt inquiry centered on whether senior Trump administration officials knowingly defied his court order in March when it ...

The Environment and Land Court at Busia has found Busia Governor Paul Nyongesa Otuoma guilty of contempt of court for deliberately defying orders issued by the same court. In a ruling delivered by ...

Judge James Boasberg had sought contempt proceedings over the March 15 removals. A federal appeals court on Friday overturned U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's attempt to initiate contempt ...

A divided federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration on Friday in a case over the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act in deportation matters — but it did not fully snuff out a ...

DOJ lawyers argue the move did not violate a judge's orders. A federal judge has ordered declarations from all government officials involved in the decision to send more than 100 Venezuelan men to El ...

A federal appeals court granted the Trump administration's request Friday to temporarily halt contempt proceedings ordered by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg as he weighs whether senior ...