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District Judge William Orrick issued the injunction sought by San Francisco and more than a dozen other municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.

District Judge James E. Boasberg, who threatened to hold White House officials in contempt of court for not following his earlier orders to stop a plane carrying deportees to an El Salvador prison midflight.

District Judge Paula Xinis condemned the government’s lawyers for defying the court’s order, saying their “objection reflects a willful and bad faith refusal to comply.”

While Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other anti-abortion lawyers have suggested that the 1857 law was back in effect following the fall of Roe in 2022, multiple courts have determined that the pre-Roe ban was "repealed by implication" — the most recent example being a 2023 ruling from a U.S. district judge.

Maine sued for relief based on the first wave of cuts, and a U.S. district judge granted a temporary restraining order, meaning that the funding is supposed to be restored until courts decide the case on its merits.