The United States House of Representatives voted 225 to 201 to adopt the $1.7 trillion spending bill Friday. The “omnibus” bill passed the Senate Thursday, and the legislation now goes to President Biden’s desk. The spending bill funds critical government agencies and the military, provides aid to Ukraine. The bill also overhauls the Electoral Count [...]
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation to ban popular social media site TikTok. The ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act aims to implement a nation-wide halt of operations for TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, Ltd. Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) sponsored companion legislation in the House of Representatives. Senator Rubio claims the act [...]
The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari to hear a second challenge to President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. The court asked the parties to brief and argue whether the borrowers suing to block the program have Article III standing, and whether the Department of Education’s (DOE) plan is “statutorily authorized and was adopted [...]
Starbucks employees organized a national strike Thursday in the largest coordinated action of the Starbucks union movement to date. Intentionally planned for November 17, Starbucks’ “Red Cup Day,” workers in 112 stores across 32 states withheld their labor during one of the coffee company’s busiest days. The strike, dubbed the “Red Cup Rebellion,” comes just [...]
The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved articles of impeachment against Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. The Republican-controlled committee voted fourteen to eight along party lines to report House Resolution 240 as committed, setting the stage for a full House of Representatives vote on Wednesday. House Republicans first filed articles of impeachment against Krasner on [...]
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Thursday ruled against President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Judge Mark Pittman, a President Trump appointee, delivered the opinion. The Department of Justice has filed an appeal of the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In the 26-page [...]
During an emergency meeting Tuesday, Philadelphia City Commissioners voted 2-1 to reinstate the time-consuming and labor-intensive process of poll book reconciliation, reversing a decision made less than a week ago to waive the onerous procedure. In poll book reconciliation, poll books are amended to indicate whether a voter has voted twice. While every county carries [...]
JURIST staffers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law are filing dispatches on various aspects of the November 2022 midterm elections in Pennsylvania. Here, Pitt Law 1L Luke Watkins offers a general perspective on the vote and the role mail-in ballots will play in it. Pennsylvania, the old adage goes, is Pittsburgh and Philadelphia [...]
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Thursday issued a consolidated complaint and a notice of hearing against an Augusta, Maine, Chipotle. The complaint alleges that the facility illegally discriminated against employees for filing a union representation petition with the NLRB. The order requires the Maine facility to re-open and re-hire the store’s former employees. It [...]
Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske ordered Nye County’s hand count of ballots to cease immediately late Thursday night just hours after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled the county’s process violated state law. Cegavske’s order also prohibits any alternative hand counting process from beginning until the county and the Secretary can agree on its feasibility [...]
