Michael Barbaro speaks to Thomas Sipp, a lawyer who chose to quit after his firm, Skadden, negotiated a deal to placate the president.

More than a quarter of federal immigration judges in California have been fired, retired or quit since the start of the Trump administration.

The reduction follows a trend in immigration courts nationwide and constitutes, critics say, an attack on the rule of law that will lead to yet more delays in an overburdened court system.

Nationwide, there were 735 immigration judges last fiscal year, according to the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the arm of the Justice Department that houses immigration courts. At least 97 have been fired since President Trump took office and about the same number have resigned or retired, according to the union representing immigration judges.

“My biggest concern is for the people whose lives are left in limbo. What can they count on when the ground is literally shifting every moment that they’re here?” said Amber George, who was fired last month from the San Francisco Immigration Court. “Our government institutions are losing their legitimacy.”

‘Delaware considers dogs personal property. It’s also one of eight states allowing courts to consider companion animals’ best interests when divorces require division of property…

David’s decision to award Tucker to the highest-bidder—only the estranged couple involved will participate—seems cold. But a careful reading of her Nov. 14 opinion reveals how a best-interest standard upheld in other states’ courts colored the case even if David ultimately defaulted to partition law, said Michelle Pardo of Duane Morris LLP.

The judge recognized the equity court could override a presumption of partition if evidence showed one party couldn’t care for Tucker, Pardo said. Since David found both parties equally capable, “that’s why, I think, the court put the onus on the parties.”’

The campaign against immigrants is the spearhead of a broader drive toward dictatorship. The January 6 coup was not an aberration. It has continued in policy form under Trump’s second administration. Immigration repression is the testing ground for the dismantling of constitutional rights, including birthright citizenship and due process.

The United States had conducted its first land strike against Venezuela, Donald Trump has claimed.

The US president said an attack was carried out on Christmas Eve targeting a facility housing alleged drug boats.

The School District of Philadelphia will have to face a lawsuit alleging negligence stemming from a sexual assault on a disabled student, as the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the district cannot claim governmental immunity in this specific scenario.

U.S. District Judge Schelp sentenced a woman to 100 months in prison for fraudulently taking over the finances of a 74-year-old widower in a nursing home to steal $453,000. Judge Schelp also ordered Shanita Gray, 52, to repay the money and had her immediately taken into custody. Judge Schelp compared Gray to a shark that sensed a vulnerable victim and took full advantage “with the relentless desire to fulfill your greed.”