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Class Actions

Protester holding sign supporting Muslims | Temporary Protected Status

Afghanistan

Flickers of Hope for Afghans Caught in Legal Limbo

A federal court clears the way for a broader legal challenge to Trump’s refugee policies, even as Afghans in the U.S. face detention, expired protections, and rising fears of deportation.

Beth Bailey | 8.7.2025 2:15 PM

President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

Immigration

A Broad Ruling Against Trump's Immigration Policies Illustrates Alternatives to Universal Injunctions

Class actions and Administrative Procedure Act claims can achieve much the same result as the nationwide orders that the Supreme Court rejected.

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2025 4:40 PM

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at the White House | Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press/Newscom

Nationwide Injunctions

Trump's 'Giant Win' Does Not Validate His Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order

Tellingly, the president avoided defending his dubious interpretation of the 14th Amendment at the Supreme Court.

Jacob Sullum | 7.2.2025 12:01 AM

Class Action | NA

Immigration

Lee Kovarsky, D. Theodore Rave, and Steve Vladeck on Class Actions and the Alien Enemies Act Litigation

Kovarsky and Rave defend the use of class actions in AEA habeas cases. Vladeck highlights the significance of the Supreme Court's grant of an injunction to a "putative class" of AEA detainees.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.19.2025 1:07 PM

Supreme-Court-building-Joe-Ravi-Wikimedia | Joe Ravi/Wikimedia/CC-BY-SA 3.0

Birthright Citizenship

A Simple Defense of Nationwide Injunctions

Nationwide illegality by the federal government requires a nationwide remedy.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.16.2025 3:36 PM

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