{"id":2484535,"date":"2025-09-10T06:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-who-ruled-against-laken-riley-act-is-a-democratic-donor\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T06:50:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:50:28","slug":"judge-who-ruled-against-laken-riley-act-is-a-democratic-donor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-who-ruled-against-laken-riley-act-is-a-democratic-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge who ruled against Laken Riley Act is a Democratic donor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Judge Indira Talwani, an obama appointee and longtime Democratic donor, who recently ruled against a key provision of the Laken Riley Act. the law, named after a Georgia nursing student murdered by an illegal immigrant, mandates that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain noncitizens accused of certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-tester-is-co-sponsoring-the-laken-riley-act-after-he-voted-against-it\/\" title=\"Jon Tester is now supporting the ..., previously opposing it\">theft-related offenses<\/a> who are unlawfully present in the U.S. In her ruling, Judge Talwani found that ICE&#8217;s detention without a bond hearing of an 18-year-old migrant accused of shoplifting violated his due process rights, declaring aspects of the law unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Talwani has a history of siding with liberal causes and has previously blocked efforts too defund Planned Parenthood and halted termination of a parole program for certain foreign nationals.She has also made rulings supporting free speech limits in cases related to gender identity in schools.Campaign finance records reveal Talwani donated to various Democratic candidates and causes prior to her judicial appointment in 2013.The article highlights her pattern of decisions favorable to liberal litigants and frames her latest ruling as part of a broader trend of judicial resistance to certain congressional or executive policies. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span 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data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge who ruled against Laken Riley Act is a Democratic donor<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2183630\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>An Obama-appointed judge who recently ruled against a key provision of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/laken-riley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laken Riley Act<\/a> repeatedly donated to Democratic causes and candidates, according to a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> review of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-slammed-for-smearing-ron-desantis-on-60-minutes-one-of-the-more-blatant-political-hatchet-jobs\/\" title=\"CBS Slammed For Smearing Ron DeSantis On \u201860 Minutes\u2019: \u2018One Of The More Blatant Political Hatchet Jobs\u2019\">campaign finance records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mad.uscourts.gov\/boston\/talwani.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judge Indira Talwani<\/a>, an Obama appointee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3478102\/judge-extends-pause-trump-plan-defund-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously under fire<\/a> for blocking Planned Parenthood&rsquo;s federal de-funding, handed down a decision Friday declaring a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >criminally accused illegal immigrant&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s mandatory detention under the Laken Riley Act unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3799794\/jennifer-jenkins-launches-florida-senate-bid-ashley-moody\/\">Democrat Jennifer Jenkins jumps into the Florida Senate race to unseat Ashley Moody<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3798473\/taiwan-diplomats-yearn-talks-trump-tariffs\/\">Taiwan&#8217;s diplomats yearn for direct talks with Trump amid tariff negotiations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3800066\/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-general-election-josh-kraft\/\">Boston Mayor Michelle Wu advances to general election against Patriots heir Josh Kraft<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/5\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">law<\/a>, named after Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was murdered by an illegal immigrant, requires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> agents to detain noncitizens accused of theft-related offenses and are unlawfully residing in the United States.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A supporter holds a sign with a photo of Laken Riley before Republican presidential candidate President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo\/Mike Stewart)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.287327\/gov.uscourts.mad.287327.62.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 21-page ruling<\/a>, Talwani found that ICE holding an 18-year-old migrant arrested on charges of shoplifting without a bond hearing violated his due process rights.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here, the public has no interest in the detention without bond of someone against whom no criminal charges are pending and who is an active member in his community,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Talwani&rsquo;s order marked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclum.org\/en\/press-releases\/federal-court-declares-noncitizens-detention-under-laken-riley-act-unconstitutional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a major victory<\/a> for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, which had <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.287327\/gov.uscourts.mad.287327.1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed<\/a> the habeas corpus petition on behalf of the Guatemalan national who illegally entered the U.S. President Donald Trump, ICE&rsquo;s acting director Todd Lyons, and Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Kristi-Noem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kristi Noem<\/a> were named as respondents in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Talwani is a longtime Democratic donor with a track record of ruling against Republican-aligned plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3465738\/liberal-judge-attempts-to-overrule-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LIBERAL JUDGE ATTEMPTS TO OVERRULE CONGRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before her <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/09\/24\/president-obama-nominates-two-serve-united-states-district-courts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">judicial appointment<\/a> in 2013 by former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a>, Talwani donated multiple times to Democrats, including Obama, while <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140328233902\/https:\/\/segalroitman.com\/attorneys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an organized labor lawyer<\/a> at the Boston-based <a href=\"https:\/\/segalroitman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Segal Roitman<\/a>, the largest law firm in New England <a href=\"https:\/\/segalroitman.com\/practice-areas\/labor-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exclusively representing<\/a> labor unions.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Election Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/individual-contributions\/?contributor_name=Talwani%2C+Indira\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filings<\/a> show that Talwani financially supported Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Elizabeth-Warren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elizabeth Warren<\/a> (D-MA), when she had first sought her Senate seat in 2012; Obama&rsquo;s 2008 presidential campaign; and the 2004 White House run of ex-Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-kerry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Kerry<\/a> (D-MA), later Obama&rsquo;s secretary of state and former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201129194930\/https:\/\/buildbackbetter.gov\/press-releases\/president-elect-biden-announces-key-members-of-foreign-policy-and-national-security-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">presidential envoy for climate policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Talwani also donated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> during the 2010 midterm election cycle ahead of a red wave, which regained the GOP majority in the House. At the time, Democrats had unified control of Congress and the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the $1,000 she gave Kerry, the judge made small donations of <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?11020382956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$50<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?11020383900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$200<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a federal judge, Talwani has a history of siding with liberal litigants, including in immigration cases.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Talwani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3426631\/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-end-mass-parole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">temporarily<\/a> halted Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/securing-our-borders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">order<\/a> to terminate the Biden-era parole program of 530,000 foreign nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If their parole status is allowed to lapse, Plaintiffs will be faced with two unfavorable options: continue following the law and leave the country on their own, or await removal proceedings,&rdquo; Talwani <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25897170\/chnvparole041425.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled <\/a>in response.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3382857\/trump-judge-legal-status-migrants-order-biden-parole-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP DENOUNCES JUDGE&rsquo;S RULING ON MIGRANTS&rsquo; LEGAL STATUS: &lsquo;OUT OF CONTROL&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In July, Talwani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3464463\/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-administration-defunding-megabill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blocked<\/a> Congress from defunding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a> through Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;one big, beautiful bill&rdquo; after the top U.S. abortion provider launched a lawsuit challenging the funding cuts authorized by the GOP megabill.<\/p>\n<p>Against congressional action, Talwani issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25992555-pptro070725\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an injunction<\/a> directing the Department of Health and Human Services to &ldquo;take all steps necessary to ensure&rdquo; that Medicaid funds continued to be disbursed to Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Planned Parenthood Federation&rsquo;s mission is to ensure that people receive high-quality, inclusive, and comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare,&rdquo; she said in <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.286600\/gov.uscourts.mad.286600.62.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a follow-up filing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3478102\/judge-extends-pause-trump-plan-defund-planned-parenthood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>JUDGE EXTENDS PAUSE ON TRUMP&rsquo;S PLAN TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/article\/student-was-punished-wearing-there-are-only-two-genders-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 2023 free speech case<\/a> concerning gender ideology, Talwani <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.257252\/gov.uscourts.mad.257252.51.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> that a Massachusetts school district was right to prohibit a 12-year-old student from wearing a T-shirt that said, &ldquo;There are only two genders,&rdquo; because the piece of clothing created an &ldquo;unsafe&rdquo; setting for other classmates with differing identities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Plaintiff &hellip; is unable to counter Defendants&rsquo; showing that enforcement of the Dress Code was undertaken to protect the invasion of the rights of other students to a safe and secure educational environment,&rdquo; Talwani wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;School administrators were well within their discretion to conclude that the statement &lsquo;THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS&rsquo; may communicate that only two gender identities&mdash;male and female&mdash;are valid, and any others are invalid or nonexistent,&rdquo; she said, &ldquo;and to conclude that students who identify differently, whether they do so openly or not, have a right to attend school without being confronted by messages attacking their identities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Talwani for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama-appointed judge blocking Laken Riley Act is a Dem donor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2484536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/zumaglobalfourteen145438-scaled.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35618,50433,43169,48084,43901],"class_list":["post-2484535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-donor","tag-judge-2","tag-judicial-ruling","tag-laken-riley-act","tag-political-affiliation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/zumaglobalfourteen145438-scaled.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2484535"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484539,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484535\/revisions\/2484539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2484536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2484535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2484535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2484535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}