Judge Sides with Stanford Daily, Says Trump Administration Violated Constitution

Federal judge blocks Trump admin efforts to deport noncitizen students over political speech

Judge sides with student journalists against Secretary of State Marco Rubio The Trump administration cannot deport noncitizen students over political speech, a federal judge ruled Friday.  “Foundational to America’s enduring democracy are our freedoms of speech and the press embodied in the First Amendment,” Judge Noël Wise wrote in the decision.  “In the United States, […]

Stanford student paper wins ruling against Trump administration’s speech-based deportation policy

A federal judge ruled in favor of The Stanford Daily, the student paper of Stanford University, on Aug. 28 in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of immigration laws to punish noncitizens for protected speech, including reporting and commentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Noël Wise, a U.S. district judge for the Northern District of California, ruled that two provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act are unc…

Judge sides with Stanford Daily, says Trump administration violated Constitution

Judge Noël Wise says the Constitution protects noncitizen students from deportation over criticism of government policies.

Federal Judge Rules Against Rubio, Mullin In Stanford Daily Lawsuit - Tampa Free Press

A federal judge in California has entered judgment in favor of the Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation and an unnamed plaintiff in a civil lawsuit against high-ranking federal officials. U.S. District Judge Noël Wise of the Northern District of California issued the declaratory judgment on August 28, 2026, finding for the student news organization and plaintiff […] Federal Judge Rules Against Rubio, Mullin In Stanford Daily Lawsuit

Judge rules Trump policies deporting foreign students based on speech unconstitutional

“In the United States, freedom of speech belongs to the people,” U.S. District Judge Noël Wise said in her decision. “It is not the government’s to take.”

Stanford Daily wins suit against targeting of international student speech - Student Press Law Center

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump Administration unconstitutionally used immigration law to silence the speech of international students, including within student media. The post Stanford Daily wins suit against targeting of international student speech appeared first on Student Press Law Center.