A coalition of civil rights, immigrant rights and local government agencies sought the order, arguing the raids have violated constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures by conducting warrantless stops on people who simply appear to be Latino, and due process rights to access to counsel in immigration detention, where they say detainees are facing “dungeon-like conditions.” 

(Subscription required) Less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court restricted nationwide injunctions, a New Hampshire judge certified a nationwide class and blocked President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. The ruling raises questions about whether class actions will become the new vehicle for nationwide relief.

There can be no wire-tapping without a wire or similar connection, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held, with one member of a three-judge panel saying in a concurring opinion that legislation enacted in California in 1967 cannot be applied to means of electronic communication—in particular, the Internet—that didn’t exist then.

The Los Angeles Press Club sued the city's police department after officers allegedly used weapons against journalists while they were covering anti-ICE protets.