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August 26, 2020

Federal court blocks voter purge law in Indiana

A federal court has blocked an Indiana law that would have allowed county election officials to remove voters from the rolls immediately, without notice.
May 27, 2019

US Federal Court blocks border wall construction

A US federal court has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from constructing the president’s border wall using funds illegally transferred from military accounts, including pension and pay funds, under counterdrug authorities.
May 6, 2019

US federal court rules that a challenge to the 'Muslim ban' can continue

A federal court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the president’s Muslim ban executive order that bars people from select Muslim-majority countries from travelling to the United States.
January 15, 2019

US Federal court prevents employers from denying contraception insurance cover

A US federal court has issued an injunction preventing employers and universities denying their employees and students insurance coverage for contraception due to religious or moral objections.
September 23, 2018

US Federal Court blocks law stripping farm workers of their rights

A federal court has blocked a North Carolina law that prevents farmworkers from organising and making collective bargaining agreements with their employers from going into effect as a legal challenge proceeds.
August 28, 2018

US Federal Court strikes down Alabama ban on abortion method

A federal appeals court has struck down an Alabama state law prohibiting physicians from providing dilation and evacuation, a medically proven method for performing abortions.
August 10, 2018

US Federal Court temporarily blocks deportation of mother and child fleeing domestic violence

A federal court has blocked the deportation of immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality
June 26, 2018

Federal judge rules Arizona prison officials in contempt over health care failures

A federal judge has held Arizona prison officials in contempt for repeatedly violating the terms of a 2014 settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Arizona, and the Prison Law Office.
June 20, 2018

Federal court strikes down Kansas anti-voting law

A federal court has struck down Kansas’ documentary proof-of-citizenship law, saying it violated the National Voter Registration Act and the Constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union had successfully challenged the measure.
April 23, 2018

Judge blocks US attempt to send American detained abroad to another country

A federal court has prevented the Trump administration from transferring an American held by the US military in Iraq since September to another country.