US District Court Judge Linda Parker granted the sanctions request on Wednesday against nine pro-Trump lawyers, Powell and Wood among them, who spearheaded lawsuits claiming election fraud last year. Parker said the lawyers’ conduct “calls into question their fitness to practice law” and even “warrants a referral for investigation and …
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“The Executive Order causes irreparable injury to the United States and to individuals the United States is charged with protecting, jeopardizing the health and safety of non-citizens in federal custody, risking the safety of federal law enforcement personnel and their families, and exacerbating the spread of [Covid]-19,” Judge Kathleen Cardone …
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Biden announced the mask order on Thursday, four days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically reversed its earlier guidance and recommended that vaccinated and unvaccinated people alike mask up indoors in certain areas. In his announcement, Biden also stated that federal employees who opt not to get …
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Asked about a possible mandate for government personnel on Tuesday, Biden told reporters the move is “under consideration right now,” but declined to comment further. Soon after, however, CNN reported that the new rules would be announced on Thursday, citing a source with “direct knowledge of the matter.” While the …
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US District Judge Jay Moody granted a preliminary injunction against the law on Wednesday, siding with the ACLU in a suit launched in May. The court ruled that depriving patients of the treatments in question “midstream” would cause “irreparable harm.” “Arkansas’s trans health ban has been BLOCKED by the court. …
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“I don’t think you’re going to see a central mandate,” Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said in a CNBC interview on Wednesday. “I think there will be a reflex pushback on that.” Fauci made his comments amid the spread of the more contagious Delta variant of Covid-19, …
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Eight students at the state’s largest university sought to block the requirement that everyone returning to campus in August must be fully vaccinated, including staff. US District Judge Damon Leichty denied their motion late on Sunday. Vaccine mandates have been upheld by US courts, Leichty wrote in his 100-page opinion, …
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In a Friday ruling, US District Court Judge Andrew Hanen said DACA had no legal basis and violated the Administrative Procedure Act, a federal statute governing how agencies issue policies and regulations. He therefore ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the program, to stop approving new applications. …
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The Justice Department is forking over the whopping $6.1 million to Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, which will put together videos, photos, social media posts, and other documents related to the Capitol riot in a database for the prosecution, Politico reported. The information gathered will also be for the defense attorneys …
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Florida SB 7072, signed into law by Republican Governor RonDeSantis in May, was scheduled to go into effect on July 1. On Wednesday evening, however, US District Court Judge Robert Hinkle issued an injunction blocking it. Hinkle was responding to a lawsuit by two Silicon Valley trade associations, NetChoice LLC …
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