If an Attorney General's 120-day interim appointment of a U.S. attorney expires without a presidential appointment being confirmed, federal district courts may appoint someone to fill the vacancy.
November 14, 2025
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temporal
Describes the subsequent appointment mechanism for U.S. attorney vacancies after the statutory interim period.
U.S. Courts of Appeals can hear challenges to lower federal district court orders that grant release from immigration detention and may consider government appeals seeking to overturn those orders.
October 21, 2025
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legal
Describes appellate review of district court orders concerning immigration detention and release.
Habeas corpus is a legal mechanism that can be used in federal district courts to challenge governmental detention.
October 21, 2025
high
legal
Describes a general procedural remedy for challenging detention in federal court.
A 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld the use of expedited (fast-track) deportation procedures and significantly limited federal district courts' authority to intervene in those removal processes.
January 01, 2020
high
legal
Describes a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed expedited removal processes and constrained district-court relief.
Federal courts can issue injunctions that block enforcement of state laws, and U.S. Courts of Appeals can review and uphold or reverse those injunctions.
high
procedural
In U.S. federal litigation, district courts may enjoin state laws pending legal challenges and appellate courts can decide whether to maintain those injunctions.