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No. The Ninth Circuit did not issue a permanent ban or a final judgment. On October 14, 2026, the court reversed a district court decision and directed it to enter a preliminary injunction barring California, Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta from enforcing Section 10 of the No Vigilantes Act (California Penal Code…
On October 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that California cannot enforce Section 10 of its No Vigilantes Act (S.B. 805), which requires nonuniformed officers to visibly display identification, against federal agencies and officers. The court held that the requirement likely violates the Supremacy Clause because it directly regulates…
On October 13, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Herrera-Salazar v. United States (No. 25-6989). Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, issued a statement respecting the denial. The statement warned of “serious constitutional problems” in the government’s decision to prosecute the same man twice under the federal illegal-reentry law for a…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court in Illinois asking a judge to revoke the U.S. citizenship of Emmanuel Tayo Akinkunmi, a Nigerian-born Chicago man who took the Oath of Allegiance on June 8, 2011. According to reporting on the complaint, the lawsuit was filed on October 7,…
On October 5, 2026, four higher-education organizations sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Justice in federal court in Massachusetts. They are challenging two August 2026 messages from ICE’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) that, in their view, sharply narrow when schools can authorize Curricular…
Ontario announced a combined $138 million provincial investment in Trent University in Peterborough on October 5, 2026. It has two parts: $100 million through the Building Ontario Fund for two new student residences and academic space, and $38 million through the Priority Growth Fund for 1,504 additional university seats in in-demand fields. This is a…
On October 9, 2026, U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken ordered that Oscar Belgal, the 28-year-old Dominican national shot in the neck by an ICE agent in New York City’s Marble Hill neighborhood the day before, may not be removed from the United States or transferred out of the region while his federal habeas corpus…
On October 8, 2026, Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration is investigating nine universities over their use of J-1 exchange visitor visas. Vance said the schools are bringing in foreign researchers to undercut the wages of American graduate students and researchers. Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito said subpoenas have already…
The Trump administration has opened investigations into nine major U.S. universities over alleged misuse of J-1 exchange-visitor visas. The investigations raise questions about international researchers, university hiring and pay practices, federal research grants, and protections for American workers. Vice President JD Vance announced the investigations on October 8, 2026. The Department of Labor’s Office of…