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A Comment On The Judicial Conference's Policy From A Fifth Circuit Practitioner

I pass along this comment I received from a well-known attorney in Texas who clerked on both the federal District Court level and at the Fifth Circuit. I suspect this attorney's views are widely shared: The memo to the judiciary has now become available, but that does not address the…

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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for March 2024

Welcome to the March 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Federal District Court Rules Red States Lack Standing to Challenge Legality of Immigration Parole Program for Migrants from Four Latin American Countries

The ruling allows the CNVH private sponsorship program - covering migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti to continue. But it is likely to be appealed.

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District Court Enjoins S.B. 4, the Texas Immigration Enforcement Law

A follow-up.

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4 charged in transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons on boat intercepted by U.S.

The criminal complaint alleges the defendants were transporting missile components for the type of weapons used by Houthi rebel forces in recent attacks. Two Navy SEALs died during the mission.

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Governors raise concerns over federal EV proposal, Biden vetoes CRA resolution

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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Judge Pushes Trump's March Trial On Charges Of Plotting To Overturn 2020 Election

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan officially postponed the trial, which was scheduled to start March 4 in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

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Court Refuses to Block West Point Use of Race in Admissions, Doesn't Express Any Substantive Opinion on Question

From today's order in Students for Fair Admissions v. USMA at West Point: The application for writ of injunction pending appeal presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied. The record before this Court is underdeveloped, and this order should not be construed as expressing…

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US Supreme Court has had enough of Epic vs. Apple, refuses to hear appeals, Tim Sweeney says the fight to open-up iOS 'is lost… a sad outcome for all developers'

But vows to fight on anyway.

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Feds want Heather Mack to get 28 years behind bars for mom’s ‘vicious’ murder in Bali

“The objective evidence is that despite enduring years of abuse, [Sheila von Wiese-Mack] loved her daughter and did everything she could to provide the best for her,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

Chicago Sun-Times

SC report exposes severe gaps in accessibility for people with disabilities at courts across India

More than half of the District Court complexes in the country do not have ramps, only 25.2% have availability of wheelchairs.

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Elite Circle Including David Copperfield And Bill Clinton Named In Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Case

Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit documents implicate Prince Andrew, Stephen Hawking, and more. The post Elite Circle Including David Copperfield And Bill Clinton Named In Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Case first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Judge Approves Protective Order In SEC Vs Terraform Labs Case, Court Filings To Stay Confidential

The SEC and Terraform Labs have agreed to the terms approved by the court, requiring both parties to not disclose materials marked as confidential. All discovery filings marked as confidential should also be sealed.

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SCOTUS hears oral argument in constitutional challenge to SEC enforcement proceedings

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North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors

Physicians and the former sole abortion provider in North Dakota have asked a state district court judge to temporarily block the enforcement of part of a revised law that bans most abortions so doctors can perform the procedure to save patients' lives or health

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Despite Historic Pay Discrimination Settlement, Little Has Changed for Women on Wall Street

The $215 million deal made headlines, but the industry pay gap persists, along with new cases of sexual harassment.

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$15M Jury Award to Doctor Who Claimed Anti-Male Bias in University Finding He Had Committed Sexual Assault

From the Philadelphia Inquirer (Wendy Ruderman) Thursday: A federal jury found Thursday that Thomas Jefferson University conducted a gender-biased investigation into allegations that former Rothman Orthopaedic Institute surgeon John Abraham raped a former medical resident. After a four-day civil trial in U.S. District Court, jurors determined that Jefferson's leadership violated…

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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for December 2023

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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for December 2023

In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from November 2 through December 1, 2023. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month.

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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS begins first week of December 2023 sitting

Welcome to the Nov. 27 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Justices Kavanaugh And Barrett's Shadow Docket Concurrence In The Hamburger Mary's Case

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Broad Injunctions Against Enforcement of Allegedly Unconstitutional Statutes

An interesting opinion from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett; it arose in a case challenging a Florida law that was aimed at drag shows, but it deals with the remedies question and not the underlying substantive First Amendment question.

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SCOTUS checkpoint – 43 cases accepted so far

Welcome to the Monday, November 13, 2023 Brew.

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Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in deadly California boat fire

A federal jury found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history.

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Captain found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in boat fire that killed 34 off California coast

A federal jury has found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history

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