Courts Handed Trump Some Huge Losses This Week

OA1162 - It’s all good news from our favorite branch of government today! We review recent judicial wins in everything from illegal deportations to tariffs to the Trump administration’s wars on international students,  private law firms, and common-sense understandings of the expression “foreign policy.” Plus, Matt shares a footnote from the front lines of Trump’s mass deportation efforts to explain why an immigration judge 2000 miles away just left him an angry voicemail.

• MA District Court judge Brian Murphy’s preliminary injunction in DVD v. DHS (4/18/25)

• Judge Murphy’s denial of DHS’s motion to reconsider (5/26/25)

• Order to return O.C.G. to Guatemala (5/23/25)

• Judge Michael Fabiarz’s order on Mahmoud Khalil’s habeas claim (5/28/25)

• VOS v. USA decision from the Court of International Trade (5/28/25) 

• DC Circuit judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision in New Mexico v. Musk (5/27/2025)

• Judge Richard Leon’s order in Wilmer Hale’s challenge to Trump EO (5/27/25)