(Photo Credit: Molly Adams, CC 2.0) On November 12th, The Court will hear a case to decide the fate of approximately 800,000 Dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. The Dreamers are championed in a brief signed by Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, as well as by more than 100 of the nation’s largest … [Read more...]
Kavanaugh Expected to Vote to Kill CFPB’s Single-Director Structure
(Photo Credit: White House, Public Domain) Justice Brett Kavanaugh is expected to vote to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s single-director structure in Seila Law. v. CFPB, in a major test of executive power the High Court agreed last week to tackle this term. The Court announced on Wednesday it invited former Solicitor General … [Read more...]
Federal Appeals Court Partially Upholds Trump’s Ban on Asylum Claims
(Photo Credit: Fibonacci Blue, CC 2.0) Since he took office, courts across the country have been preventing President Trump from enforcing most of his more aggressive immigration and asylum restrictions. Until now. But the Trump administration was handed a partial win this month from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. President Trump’s most … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump To Move Forward With Border Wall
If Donald Trump has been consistent on any policy issue going back to his presidential campaign, it's been on the construction of a wall along the nation's southern border with Mexico. “Build the wall” has been a popular chant at Trump rallies going back to 2015. So it was natural and predictable that the President declared victory in late July … [Read more...]
An Interview with Patricia G. Barnes, J.D. – How AARP Fleeces Consumers and Ignores Rampant Workplace Age Discrimination
First Lady Michelle Obama shows off her AARP card. (Public Domain) As an aging- baby boomer, I’ve admired Pat Barnes since I began reading her trail-blazing age discrimination blogs, urging Congress to scrap the Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967, which fails to grant older employees the same level of protection as the 1964 Civil … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Class-Action Question
The US Supreme Court is set to hear a privacy case involving an $8.5 million settlement with Google. A lawsuit filed in San Francisco in 2010 claimed that Google shared search terms with other websites, in direct violation of users’ privacy rights. The settlement, approved by the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals, divided the total sum of money … [Read more...]
US Chamber of Commerce, Against the Unionization of Uber Drivers
Alongside the burgeoning gig economy, there has emerged a set of intractable questions around workers’ rights and the application of certain regulations. In Seattle, these questions came to a head, after the city council unanimously voted on an ordinance allowing Uber (and other ride-share) drivers to unionize and negotiate with their … [Read more...]
CrowdJustice Campaign Could Be Major Boon to Sexual Harassment Case
CrowdJustice – a UK-based crowd-funding source meant to raise money and build community support around legal issues – has been used in a variety of cases in Britain. In one instance, families sought justice in relation to the killing of three British soldiers. Another campaign led to a UK Supreme Court decision forcing parliament to vote on Brexit. … [Read more...]
Anti-environmentalist Pruitt Hit by Ninth Circuit; NY AG Schneiderman Suit in the Works
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt, who appears to be in bed with the fossil fuel industry as well as an admitted climate denier, is facing a scrupulous and progressive judiciary and state attorneys general, who are willing to fight him and the Trump Administration to protect our clean air and water supply. Ninth Circuit Win: More Stringent Lead Paint … [Read more...]
