(CNN) — Officials in Minnesota and Illinois filed lawsuits within hours of each other Monday seeking to curb the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in their states. Minnesota ...

What’s the legal issue at stake in this court case? Katz: In Minnesota v. Noem, attorneys for the state are arguing that the federal government is acting illegally by intruding on a sphere of state ...

This article is cross-posted (with permission) from the Brennan Center State Court Report website, where it was originally published; it builds in part on my earlier article about this case, published ...

In essence, Goodwin said, the 10th Amendment established that states retain sovereign power to make local laws and govern within their borders and the federal government could not impose its will over ...