DHS Rules Jeopardized by Court’s Wolf Ruling Unless Senate Acts

A federal court’s ruling that acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf is serving unlawfully in his role is likely to have a ripple effect of undercutting other contested agency actions, though how quickly those measures could be affected remains unknown.

The Saturday ruling by U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn is the latest in a series of decisions questioning Wolf’s status—starting with an August report from the Government Accountability Office, which found he was serving unlawfully, and including preliminary determinations from courts in Washington, San Francisco and Greenbelt, Md.

While the Trump administration has formally nominated him to ...