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February 17, 2026
Democrats Fight Asylum Turn-Back Policy At Supreme Court
A group of 26 congressional Democrats urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to find that a currently rescinded policy to physically block asylum-seekers at the southern border violates federal immigration law, arguing Congress never intended such a statutory interpretation.
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February 17, 2026
Fulton County Slams 'Unjustified' Election Records Raid
Fulton County on Tuesday again asked a Georgia federal court to order the federal government to return property that it contends was "improperly seized" by the FBI in a raid of its elections operations center last month, arguing that the federal government omitted "numerous material facts" in seeking a search warrant.
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February 17, 2026
Md. Judge Bars ICE From Redetaining Kilmar Ábrego García
A Maryland federal judge Tuesday barred the Trump administration from again taking Kilmar Ábrego García into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, saying the administration could not "rewrite the history" of the case in pushing for his redetention.
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February 17, 2026
Dismissal Of FTC Merger Rule Shows Nothing 'Broken' To 'Fix'
Some antitrust practitioners see vindication in last week's Texas federal court decision throwing out the Federal Trade Commission's premerger reporting overhaul, saying it gives credence to arguments that U.S. antitrust enforcers were trying to plug holes in merger review where there were none.
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February 17, 2026
6th Circ. Refuses To Pause CDC's Puppy Import Requirements
The Sixth Circuit has refused to block a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rule requiring dogs to be at least six months old and microchipped before they can be imported, holding that a hunting and fishing alliance likely won't be able to show that the CDC lacked the authority to issue the rule.
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