Jordan Rubin
Deadline: Legal Blog writer
Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro," a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.
Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro," a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.
Latest from Jordan Rubin
Judge orders Trump officials to preserve Signal communications after hearing
Watchdog group American Oversight sued Trump officials after the shocking national security failure exposed by The Atlantic.
Trump doesn’t ‘come close’ to winning judge’s recusal in law firm targeting case
The Justice Department’s motion was “rife with innuendo” but didn’t “come close to meeting the standard for disqualification,” Judge Beryl Howell wrote.
The Trump administration has a high bar in trying to remove the Perkins Coie judge
As we were reminded when Trump appointee Aileen Cannon presided over the classified documents case, it’s difficult to force a trial judge’s recusal.
Appeals court rules against Trump motion to halt deportations block
The DOJ sought emergency relief from a federal appeals court to let officials summarily deport people under the Alien Enemies Act while litigation continues.
Trump asks Supreme Court to halt millions of dollars in ‘DEI’-related education grants
The diversity-related request comes from the Department of Education, which the president wants to dismantle.
Trump officials draw judge from deportation case in Signal chat lawsuit
Judge Boasberg was already separately examining the government’s “state secrets” invocation in the Alien Enemies Act litigation.
Supreme Court allows federal regulation of ‘ghost gun’ kits
The Supreme Court sided with the federal government’s effort to regulate so-called ghost gun kits for making untraceable weapons.
Incensed over legal losses, Trump asks Supreme Court to end 'interbranch power grab'
In Trump 2.0, federal judges have already issued more than 40 injunctions or restraining orders against the executive branch.
Trump officials invoke ‘state secrets’ in a bid to avoid sharing deportation information
The government just attempted a legal version of a blackout as a federal judge tries to determine whether the Trump administration violated his orders on deportations.
Supreme Court declines to hear Trump donor's challenge to press freedom precedent
Justices Thomas and Gorsuch previously questioned the Times v. Sullivan precedent, but they didn't do so on Monday.
Trump and Musk’s war on the judiciary continues — and the judges are fighting back
A judge will decide next week if the Trump administration violated a court order and what sanctions it might face.
