Day 291

November 6, 2025

3 incidents

  1. Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Civil Rights

    Ellis preliminary injunction

    Judge Ellis certifies a class and grants a district-wide preliminary injunction, later supported by more than 170 pages of findings in which she found the government's witnesses not credible (Seventh Circuit, 5 March 2026).

    From: Operation Midway Blitz: Chicago Immigration Surge Breached a Court Decree on Warrantless Arrests and Drew Orders Limiting Force Against Protesters and Press (2025)

  2. Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights

    Federal Protective Service expands arrest powers

    The Trump administration fast-tracks rules granting FPS powers to arrest people off federal property, ban masks, and criminalize loud noises and obstruction near federal buildings.

    From: Federal Protest Crackdowns: ICE Killing of Renee Good, Insurrection Act Threats, and Criminalization of Dissent

  3. Serious Rights Violation Civil Rights

    Supreme Court upholds passport restrictions

    In a 6-3 order granting a stay in Trump v. Orr, the Supreme Court allows the administration to enforce its policy prohibiting transgender and nonbinary Americans from obtaining passports with accurate gender markers. Justices Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor dissent.

    From: Executive Orders Targeting Transgender Rights and Gender Identity Recognition