Four major truck manufacturers, including Daimler and Volvo, filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday, aiming to block authorities from enforcing emissions standards voided by President Donald Trump’s administration. The suit requested the US Court for the Eastern District of California to issue a declaratory judgment against the state, arguing California’s Clean [...]
The US Department of State released its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, also referred to as the Human Rights Report, months later than usual on Tuesday. The tone and scope notably changed from the 2023 report, altering or removing references to human rights abuses based on sexuality, gender or race, as well as [...]
US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order directing President Donald Trump’s administration to expand and sanitize holding areas for ICE detainees at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, following a lawsuit filed by Peruvian immigrant Sergio Alberto Barco Mercado, citing cramped, unsanitary, and inhumane conditions. Judge Kaplan mandated that, by [...]
The Texas Senate passed a redistricting map (S.B. No. 4) on Tuesday that has been at the center of national debate. Two Democrats remained in chambers, allowing the Senate vote to proceed and prevail 19-2. The bill’s passage does not enact the legislation; it must pass both chambers before presentation to Governor Greg Abbott, who [...]
A US federal appellate court on Monday vacated an order of summary judgment against a Federal Reserve Bank employee’s religious accommodation claim arising from the institution’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The suit was filed by executive assistants Jeanette Diaz and Lori Gardner-Alfred. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a mixed ruling, allowing [...]
On Tuesday, the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates voted to end its longstanding practice of reserving five Board of Governors seats for women, racial minorities, and other underrepresented groups. While those five positions will remain on the board, the new policy removes demographic restrictions. Instead, any ABA member who can demonstrate a commitment [...]
US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer in New York rejected on Monday a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to unseal grand jury materials from the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case. The court took grand jury secrecy into great consideration, stating: This factor weighs heavily against unsealing. Granting the Government’s motion would bloat the “special [...]
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday placing Washington DC’s police force under federal control, invoking emergency powers that face potential constitutional challenges over scope, duration and procedural safeguards. The order cites Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which grants the president authority over local police during “special conditions of [...]
A US federal judge ordered Florida and federal officials on Thursday to halt further construction at the state’s controversial Everglades immigration detention complex—nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”—for 14 days while the court considers a broader request to block the project under federal environmental law. Detentions and day-to-day operations at the site may continue during the pause. US [...]
A divided panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday shut down a district court’s move to allow criminal-contempt prosecutions of federal officials involved in the rapid removal of suspected Tren de Aragua members this spring, granting the government’s petition for a writ of mandamus and vacating the lower court’s [...]
