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8th Circ. Dismisses North Dakota Native Voting Rights Dispute - Law360 An Eighth Circuit panel vacated a North Dakota Native American voting rights dispute over whether the state's legislative body's drawing of redistricting maps violated federal law on Wednesday, saying...

#SCOTUS's ruling pauses the 8th Circuit's May ruling that Section 2 doesn't "unambigously confer an individual right to sue," which vacated a lower court finding that North Dakota's election map diluted the Native American vote. www.law360.com/articles/234...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has STAYED an 8th Circuit decision that held individuals cannot sue under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The decision comes in a North Dakota tribe's challenge to the state's election map.

#SCOTUS Justices Thomas, Alito & Gorsuch dissent.

BREAKING: High Court Lets Trump Fire CPSC Members For Now - Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump could fire three members of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission even though a Maryland federal judge found that the president...

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows President Donald Trump to remove three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission despite an ongoing legal battle over his authority to fire them without cause. The liberals dissent.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court *allows* the Trump administration to move forward with large-scale layoffs at the Department of Education, where the government wants to fire ~50% of the workforce to “streamline” the agency. Liberals dissent. #SCOTUS
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Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling - Law360 UK In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to…

In the two weeks since the Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, the Trump administration has begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other avenues of litigation. So far, judges aren't buying it. www.law360.com/articles/236...

Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling - Law360 UK In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to…

So far, district court judges appointed by both Republican and Democratic presidents have adopted a more limited reading of #SCOTUS's ruling – one in line with the interpretation pushed by many plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration's actions.
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Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling - Law360 UK In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to…

And class actions, such as those challenging Trump's birthright citizenship executive order, should only apply to a judges' specifical judicial district, not nationally, the administration contends.
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Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling - Law360 UK In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to…

Federal judges can't stay agency actions nationally under the Administrative Procedure Act, which has been invoked in ~76% of cases against the administration, and may even lack authority to vacate rules and regulations deemed unlawful, the DOJ argues.
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Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling - Law360 UK In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to…

Although #SCOTUS explicitly confined its ruling to universal/nationwide injunctions under the Judiciary Act of 1789, DOJ attorneys across the country argue judges face similar restrictions on their powers to stay agency actions and certify class actions.
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Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling - Law360 UK In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to…

In the two weeks since the Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, the Trump administration has begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other avenues of litigation. So far, judges aren't buying it. www.law360.com/articles/236...

This case *does not* involve the Department of Education cuts.

The order applies to 14/15 of the Cabinet-level agencies and several independent agencies, listed below:

BREAKING: The Supreme Court *allows* the Trump administration to implement large-scale layoffs and reorganization plans across the federal government, despite a pending legal challenge. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissents. #SCOTUS
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Law360 Using AI Bias Detector To Make Sure Stories Don't Accidentally Tell The Truth - Above the Law The legal news outlet has an AI tool to scold reporters and it's bad at its job.

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Justices Sotomayor & Jackson dissent.
"Today's order clarifies only one thing: Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial," Sotomayor wrote. #SCOTUS supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules the Trump administration can send to South Sudan a group of men currently being held at a military base in Djibouti. #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Meanwhile, Olivier v. Brandon (24-993) asks if an individual can sue to invalidate at law they've already been convicted under. And the New Jersey Transit cases (24-1021 & 24-1113) asks if the system receives sovereign immunity from liability. #SCOTUS

Little v. Hecox (24-38) asks if Idaho's ban on transgender athletes in female sports violates the 14th Amendment, while West Virginia v. B.P.J. (24-43) asks if West Virginia's similar ban violates the amendment *or* Title IX, which bars sex discrimination in education programs.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to hear 4 new cases next term, including two that asks if Title IX and the 14th Amendment bar laws that ban transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports. #SCOTUS

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The motion seeks to capitalize on the court's ruling that class action is still available for parties seeking broad relief. Although, Justice Samuel Alito warned in a concurrence that court's should be wary of such moves. #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

JUST IN: Following the Supreme Court's decision on President Turmp's executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, immigrant rights groups have asked a Maryland judge to certify a class "of all children" born in the U.S. on or after Feb. 19. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Last #SCOTUS (not really) opinion: The justices will *rehear* arguments next term over Louisiana’s congressional elections map with 2 majority-Black districts. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Fifth #SCOTUS opinion: A 6-3 Supreme Court rules Texas *can* require pornography websites to verify visitors’ ages, upholding a Fifth Circuit decision that subjected the law to the lowest level of First Amendment scrutiny. Liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Fourth #SCOTUS opinion: A 6-3 Supreme Court rules a Maryland school district *likely* violated the 1st Amendment by declining to provide religious opt-outs from reading LGBTQ-themed storybooks, but didn't definitively rule on the issue. Liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Third #SCOTUS opinion: A 6-3 Supreme Court rules the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband subsidy program is *constitutional*, ending a bid to revive the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Thomas, Alito & Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Second #SCOTUS opinion: A 6-3 Supreme Court *upholds* the structure of a task force that sets preventive healthcare coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act, saying members can be appointed by the HHS secretary. Thomas, Alito & Grosuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...