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On Wednesday, August 9, 2017, five active-duty service members filed a lawsuit against President Trump regarding his plan to institute a ban on transgender people from serving in the military. In response to his stated intention, five anonymous “Jane Does” filed suit, claiming that the order to implement a ban on service by transgender individuals…
There may be a new approach to immigration in the United States. On August 2, 2017, President Donald Trump and two Republican senators, Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and David Perdue (R-Georgia), outlined what may be new limits on legal immigration and seek to create a system based more on merit and skills than family ties. It…
A wealthy supporter of President Trump conspired with Fox News and the White House to push a dubiously sourced article about the death of a Democratic National Committee staffer in an attempt to deflect attention from the president’s possible connections to Russia, according to a lawsuit filed last Tuesday. Rod Wheeler, a private investigator looking…
The Supreme Court recently ruled that grandparents and other close family members of refugees from six Muslim-majority countries can enter the United States, temporarily exempting them from President Donald Trump’s travel ban. This ruling is the latest order in the legislative battle over the travel ban since President Trump gave the executive order in January…
The judge in the trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Google subsidiary Waymo has ordered Google executives Sergey Brin and Larry Page to testify, but Uber claims the two are not cooperating. U.S. District Judge William Alsup lost patience June 23, complaining that both sides failed to schedule depositions necessary to keep the case on…
A federal judge refused to reconsider a $1,000 fine against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in a prolonged legal battle over voting rights in the state. Judge Julie Robinson of the U.S. District Court of Kansas dismissed Kobach’s appeal to overturn the sanction. In her July 25 ruling, she cited a “pattern” of misstatements in…
The Department of Justice reinstated a widely criticized civil asset forfeiture program. On July 19, the DOJ under Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the resumption of federally adopted forfeitures, whereby local and state law enforcement to use federal law to seize cash and other property from people suspected of crimes, even if they are not…
According to campaign finance attorneys, the laws that forbid foreign nationals from spending funds in order to influence U.S. elections do not disallow them from legally purchasing some types of political ads on Facebook and other online networks. Lawyers also think that the omission of online ads could pose a possible challenge for those involved…
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