Fate of Childhood Immigrants Soon Likely in the Hands of Supreme Court While 800,000 DACA recipients currently reside within the United States, they can just as easily be described as living in a state of limbo. Between recent court rulings, potential future court rulings and ever-present hostility from the Trump Administration, the status of DACA … [Read more...]
Trump Administration Lays Out Deregulatory Agenda
The Trump Administration recently released its “Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions,” the document laying out a broad picture of how the administration intends to approach regulation – or, more accurately, de-regulation – for the near future. Released in October, the agenda describes an administration that is … [Read more...]
Uber Seeks Green Light to Resume Self-Driving Car Tests
Uber has released a voluntary safety report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in hopes of resuming testing of its self-driving cars in Pennsylvania. In its voluntary safety report, Uber has asked the state of Pennsylvania to allow the company to resume testing with “two employees in each of its autonomous vehicle, … [Read more...]
Democrats File Lawsuit Against Trump Over Whitaker
Several top Democratic senators on Monday filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump in a federal court over the appointment of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. The senators - Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Mazie Hirono - alleged Trump violated the Constitution in his appointment of Whitaker. They claim the Senate … [Read more...]
Appeals Court Ruling on Net Neutrality Will Not Be Reviewed by the Supreme Court
The Obama Administration’s net neutrality laws were solidified in 2015, but after Donald Trump appointed Ajit Pai Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2017, those rules were rolled back. Net neutrality laws require all Internet service providers (ISPs), like Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and Time Warner, to treat all … [Read more...]
Federal Court Partially Overturns St. Louis’ Ordinance Related to Women’s Issues
The City of St. Louis’ governing body is called the Board of Aldermen, which is similar to a town council, town board, or city council. It is the governing body that creates and enforces ordinances, or laws, within a city, town, or municipality. In February of 2017, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed Ordinance No. 70459, which is described … [Read more...]
The Justice Department Is Planning To Indict WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
The Department of Justice reportedly plans to indict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, says Business Insider. The exact charges prosecutors would bring remain unclear, but they are likely to include some related to the Espionage Act. Prosecutors are reportedly optimistic that they could get Assange into a US court. Assange is currently … [Read more...]
Fox Supports CNN In White House Law Suit
According to Broadcasting & Cable, Fox is backing CNN in its lawsuit against President Donald Trump, press secretary Sarah Sanders and others, and will do so in writing, as it were. Fox News president Jay Wallace made that support crystal clear in a statement on Wednesday, saying: “FOX News supports CNN in its legal effort to regain its … [Read more...]
Roe v. Wade and The Mid-Term Elections
One week after the 2018 elections proved to be a referendum on Justice Brett Kavanagh’s fitness to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and on the future of U.S. abortion rights, the nation lies in wait for the ill-fated case that will afford Kavanagh the opportunity to cast the decisive 5th vote overturning Roe v. Wade that could be heard as early as … [Read more...]
Families in SC File Lawsuit Over Toxic Mess After Hurricane
Cheraw, South Carolina residents have lost everything, they said, because their homes and properties have been ruined by a toxic mess that was pushed onto their land during the 22 inches of rain that flooded their area of the Carolinas during Hurricane Florence. One couple, George and Catherine Martin, want to sell their house and property, but … [Read more...]
Maryland Goes To Court To Challenge Trump’s Attorney General Pick
The state of Maryland launched a court challenge on Tuesday to the legality of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting U.S. attorney general. The state saying the president overstepped his constitutional authority and broke federal law. Trump installed Whitaker as acting attorney general last week after ordering … [Read more...]
FedEx Employees Awarded Millions in Retaliation Suit
One current and two former FedEx employees were awarded millions of dollars collectively in mid October when a jury decided the courier giant wrongfully disciplined them after coming forward with allegations that FedEx put money before safety and did not properly maintain its aircraft along Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidelines. The Los … [Read more...]
Medicaid Expansion Wins With Red State Voters
When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, it contained a mandatory expansion of Medicaid, the insurance program for low income Americans that's run as a joint venture of the federal government and the states. States were required to expand Medicaid to those making 138 percent of the federal poverty level, but the federal government … [Read more...]
Judge Overturns Health Coverage Ban ‘Unhinged from Reality’
Student and Employee Win Lawsuit Challenging Wisconsin State Transgender Health Coverage Ban Alina Boyden, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Shannon Andrews, an employee at the University have won a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on their behalf challenging Wisconsin’s ban on insurance … [Read more...]
312 Days Into 2018 And There Have Been 307 Mass Shootings In The U.S.
According to a report by Business Insider, the deadly shooting at a bar in a Los-Angeles area suburb which claimed the lives of thirteen people, was the 307th mass shooting of 2018. The nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, which tracks shooting in the US, defines a mass shooting as a single incident in which four or more people, not including the … [Read more...]
Split Decision: Democrats Take House, Republicans Expand Senate Majority
Driven by big gains in wealthy suburbs and in districts won by Hillary Clinton in 2016, Democrats lived up to pre-election expectations and won back the House of Representatives on Tuesday, winning a net of 26 House seats as of the publication of this post. However, Republicans took advantage of an extremely favorable Senate map and expanded … [Read more...]
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