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Longtime Ban on Home Distilling May Finally End

Why is making spirits for personal use any of the government’s business in the first place?

Reason

Trump judge gives right big labor win

Conservative legal movement scored a major victory Tuesday as Trump-appointed judge heads off NLRB proceedings

Salon

Exxon Plays Hardball Against Climate NGOs. Will Investors Care?

ExxonMobil investors will have a chance to weigh in at Wednesday's annual meeting on the company's hardball approach to the latest shareholder challenge from environmentalists over climate change.

International Business Times

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A federal judge temporarily halts U.S. plan to lower credit card late fees to $8

The temporary injunction imposed by Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas is a win for the big banks and major credit card companies. The plan was set to go into effect next week.

WEKU

Federal Judge Halts Biden's Plan To Lower Credit Card Fees

Federal judge halts Biden administration's plan to lower credit card late fees to , impacting banks and consumers.

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Texas judge moves late fee case to DC, accusing banks of venue shopping for favorable ruling

A federal judge in Texas has accused the major banking industry groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of forum shopping in their lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Independent UK

Don't Forget Your First-Year Civil Procedure Lessons on Personal Jurisdiction

From Castro v. Doe, decided Monday by Judge Mark Pittman (N.D. Tex.): John Anthony Castro filed this lawsuit on June 16, 2023, alleging that former President Donald Trump, among others, conspired to publish defamatory, verifiably false statements about him on his Wikipedia page. These supposedly false statements include the notion…

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Federal agency to develop minority businesses can’t only help minority businesses, Texas judge rules

Three white plaintiffs sued after they were denied services by the agency, whose stated goal is to provide assistance to minorities

The Guardian - US

Court Preliminarily Enjoins Minority Business Development Agency Race- and Ethnicity-Based Funding

The case is Nuziard v. Minority Business Dev. Agency, decided Monday by Judge Mark Pittman (N.D. Tex.); here's the summary of the program: To qualify as a "minority business enterprise" [under the MBDA], a "socially or economically disadvantaged individual" must manage the business's operations and own at least 51% of…

Reason

Age Restrictions on Handgun Sales Are Unconstitutional, a Federal Judge Rules

U.S. District Judge Robert Payne concluded that 18-to-20-year-olds have the same Second Amendment rights as older adults.

Reason

Texan young adults can now get licensed to carry handguns at college campuses, businesses

AUSTIN, Texas — A new kind of student is showing up in handgun instructor Michael Cargill’s classroom: teenagers.

Tribune News Service

US Supreme Court weighs Biden’s college student debt relief

Joe Biden wants to forgive student debt for millions, but critics argue he overstepped his authority.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court student loan case: The arguments explained

The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments over President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan

The Independent UK

Texas safety officials stop enforcing handgun age limits for young adults

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety is no longer enforcing a state law that bars adults under 21 from carrying handguns in public.

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Texas drops its defense of a law that bans young adults from carrying handguns in public

AUSTIN, Texas — Young adults may soon be allowed to carry handguns in public, after the state on Tuesday gave up defending the age-based restrictions in court.

The Texas Tribune

Texas drops fight to prevent 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns in public

A federal judge ruled earlier this year that a state law banning young adults from publicly carrying handguns is unconstitutional. The state no longer plans to appeal that ruling.

Axios

Federal appeals court denies Biden attempt to revive student debt relief plan

The Biden administration has indicated it will appeal to the decision to the Supreme Court.

The Conversation

Student loan cancellation got blocked. Now what? 3 questions answered

When the Biden administration announced in August 2022 that it was canceling up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower, it said the idea was to provide families with “breathing room as they prepare to start repaying loans after the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic.” But two…

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The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Where does student loan forgiveness stand?

A federal appeals court St. Louis has thrown up another roadblock for President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness

The Independent UK

Appeals court ruling keeps Biden student debt plan on hold

President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of borrowers lost another battle in court on Monday when a federal appeals court panel agreed to a preliminary injunction halting the program while an appeal plays out

The Independent UK

Applications for student loan forgiveness no longer accepted

The Biden administration is no longer accepting applications for student loan forgiveness after a second federal court shut down the program

Tribune News Service

What's next now that Biden’s student loan plan has been blocked by court

The Biden administration is no longer accepting applications for student loan forgiveness after a federal court blocked the administration’s plan.

Salon

Biden halts debt relief applications

"We are not standing down," U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona vowed

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Where does the student loan debt plan stand?

President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness has been blocked by a second federal court, leaving millions of borrowers wondering if they’ll get debt relief at all

Al Jazeera

Federal judge blocks Biden student debt forgiveness plan

Critics have said the plan, which would forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt, oversteps Biden’s bounds.

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