Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration just a day into the new president’s 2nd term.
The Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who they believe are interfering with the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.
As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Massachusetts’ representatives in Congress were quick to warn their constituents about his second term.
Massachusetts is now one of 18 states suing President Donald Trump’s administration over his plan to end birthright citizenship, which is when someone born on U.S. soil is considered an American citizen,
Cicadas will be returning in 2025, and this time there will be a brood in Massachusetts. "In 2025, 17-year periodical cicadas, also known as Brood XIV, will emerge in parts of the United States," The Nature Conservancy states on its website.
Eighteen states, including Massachusetts, are challenging Trump's order with a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts AG sues to block Trump's order ending birthright citizenship, claiming constitutional violation.
Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed a slew of lawsuits challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to roll back birthright citizenship on Tuesday in an early bid by his opponents to block his agenda in court.
Lawyers for Civil Rights also sued, alleging Trump's order is unconstitutional based on the language of the 14th Amendment. The civil suit was filed on behalf of an expectant mother and immigration advocacy groups La Colaborativa and the Brazilian Worker Center.
Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.
American Airlines and JetBlue have agreed to pay a group of U.S. states nearly $2 million in legal fees after the states won a trial challenging the airlines' now-blocked U.S. Northeast partnership.
On Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Leah Foley was named the new U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts by the new administration under President Donald Trump.