David G. Savage has covered the Supreme Court and legal issues for the Los Angeles Times in the Washington bureau since 1986. He has covered the Senate confirmation hearings for all of the current justices. In addition to writing about the court’s work, he has written on the legal battles that have raged in Washington. He joined The Times in 1981 and was an education writer on the Metro staff for five years. He has degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Northwestern University.
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President Trump’s lawyers urged the Supreme Court to block a judge’s order requiring the government to ‘immediately’ rehire 16,000 federal employees.
President Trump is escalating his attacks on the federal judiciary by calling for the impeachment of a judge who has tried to block his deportations.
Trump administration lawyers argue that district judges should not be allowed to issue rulings that apply nationwide.
A civil service law requires an administrative agency to hear complaints. Judges have thrown out lawsuits from unions, saying the courts lack power to block layoffs.
Justices overturn the 9th Circuit Court again, saying the case should be decided under a California law that protects the rightful heirs of art lost during the Holocaust.
California adopted the first ban on ‘conversion therapy’ as harmful for minors, and 21 states have followed.
The high court, by a 5-4 vote, turned down an appeal from President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday on the disbursement of nearly $2 billion in foreign funds.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if Mexico can sue U.S. gun makers for damages. Most of the justices, liberal and conservative, sounded skeptical of Mexico’s lawsuit.