US Loses Renewed Bid to Halt Legal Funds for Migrant Children

The Ninth Circuit won’t reconsider a May decision refusing to pause an injunction stopping the government from cutting federal funding for the program that ensures unaccompanied minors have lawyers in immigration proceedings.

The appeals court denied the government’s petition for a rehearing en banc—that is, by the full US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit—over the dissent of nine of the court’s 29 active judges on October 10.

The dissent judges warn of judicial overreach, saying the Ninth Circuit is failing to stay in its lane. In their view, the district court never had jurisdiction to hear the case. ...