“Thus, allowing President Trump to conduct discovery on actual malice, where his initial attempt at pleading a defamation claim fell short, is exactly the type of ‘expensive yet groundless litigation’ the Eleventh Circuit has cautioned against,” Gayles wrote in his ruling. Trump sued the Journal in July 2025, claiming that the newspaper’s reporting that Trump […]
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“Instead of sharing information, federal authorities took exclusive possession of evidence that had been collected, and they denied Minnesota investigators access to key information,” the lawsuit reads. The state argues this failure to cooperate violates its “responsibility to protect against and address violence within its borders, including by prosecuting homicides, attempted homicides, and assaults.” All […]
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Here too, the efforts would likely have to be individualized, identifying and holding accountable the officials making the decision to defy the courts. As Rutgers legal scholar David Noll recently wrote in a paper examining civil contempt against federal executive officers, judges can potentially strip federal officials of immunities and issue fines and professional repercussions […]
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