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Federal judge bars enforcement of plan to ban transgender people in the military POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2017, 12:30 PM CDT
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction that bans the Trump administration from implementing plans to ban transgender people in the military.
Scope of Travel Ban Challenged
Scope of Travel Ban Challenged
On June 29, 2017, the Attorney General of Hawaii, Douglas S. Chin, asked for clarification regarding scope of President Trump's Travel Ban arguing the administration's limited definition of close familial relationship may be in violation of the Supreme Court's injunction. US District Court Judge Derrick K. Watson denied the request because Plaintiffs seek clarification of an injunction authored by the Supreme Court and therefore clarification should be sought there. Yesterday, Friday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals also refused to expand those exempt from President Trump’s travel ban, suggesting the order was procedural defective because the Supreme Court is the proper court to file a request for clarification.
Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Injunction
Today, the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of the injunctions against President Trump’s second executive order commonly referred to as the Travel Ban.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. (US Const. amend. X).
A recent Harvard�Harris Poll reports that 80% of respondents support the president's crack down on sanctuary cities. This blog discusses the balance of power and state obligations to detain individuals for the federal government.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL.,
Defendants-Appellants. ________________
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-00141-JLR
The Honorable James L. Robart
Overtime Pay for Farmworkers
Under Assembly Bill 1066, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) and signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown, California agricultural workers will receive overtime pay if they work over eight hours a day. The new law will be phase-in over a four-year period beginning in 2019.
California state Democratic lawmakers have two competing bills to mandate prison sentences where a defendant rapes without force.
In June, Brock Turner, 20, was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on a university campus. The case was highly criticized.
Settlement For Millennium Health of Rancho Bernardo
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement in excess of $250 million with a San Diego County company accused of billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health programs for unnecessary tests.
Senate Bill 277 Faces a Challenge in Federal Court
A group called Education4All is asking a federal judge to delay the enforcement of California Senate Bill 277 requiring all students in California public schools to be vaccinated until all legal challenges are resolved.
Class-action Lawsuit Against Volkswagen
A group of retirement funds from around the United States have filed a class-action lawsuit against Volkswagen in California.