Boating Groups Fight Trump Impasse on Potomac
Kayakers and canoe enthusiasts brought a federal complaint Thursday to protest security measures that close off a stretch of the Potomac River whenever President Donald Trump is golfing nearby.
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Spate of Workplace Shootings Leads to Call for Action
Over 24 hours, three work place mass shootings have occurred prompting former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords – who was shot in the head during an attempted assassination in 2011– to urge action by lawmakers.
Read morePublic-Comment Window Closing On Endangered Species Act Revamp
The public comment period on the Trump administration’s move to overhaul the Endangered Species Act ends next week and if new rules are finalized, it could become harder to protect new species and guard those already under threat.
Read moreUK Lawmakers: ‘Wild West’ Cryptocurrencies Need Regulation
British lawmakers have backed calls for greater regulation of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin in order to bring an element of control to a market that more resembles the “Wild West.”
Read moreOverhaul of Outdated Pollution Rules Set to Begin in March
A federal judge gave regulators less than six months Friday to begin the process of overhauling pollution standards that have been left in place for over a decade.
Read moreSeventh Circuit Takes Up Fight Over Butter Grading
The Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments Thursday in an artisanal butter maker’s challenge to a Wisconsin law that requires all butter sold in the state to be graded on taste.
Read moreBogus Lawmaking
The League of Woman Voters sued Hawaii on Wednesday, challenging as unconstitutional its “gut and replace” lawmaking, in which bills are stripped of all content late in the legislative process, and “replaced with an entirely different topic that has no rational connection to the original bill.”
Read moreDC Circuit Asked to Revive Class Action Against Anti-Loitering Law
Attorneys for three District of Columbia residents asked the D.C. Circuit court on Wednesday revive a class action challenging the district’s anti-loitering law on the grounds it is impermissibly vague and potentially discriminatory.
Read moreCharter Schools
The Texas American Federation of Teachers and Texas State Teachers Association claim in a federal complaint that the Texas Education Agency and Education Commissioner Mike Morath exceeded their authority by issuing rules that relaxed standards for charter schools.
Read moreJudge Deals Blow to Trump Effort to Overhaul Bureaucracy
A federal judge dealt a blow Saturday to President Donald Trump’s efforts to “promote more efficient” government, ruling that key provisions of three recent executive orders “undermine federal employees’ right to bargain collectively” under federal law.
Read moreAirbnb Takes NYC to Court on Data Demand
Swinging back at a data demand it calls unprecedented, Airbnb claims in a federal complaint Friday that the New York City Council authorized warrantless searches of its private business records.
Read moreFlavored Tobacco
The Bay Area Small Merchants Chamber of Commerce claims in a federal complaint that Oakland’s ban against the sale of flavored tobacco products violates its members’ civil rights.
Read moreSpeech Limits on Court Agency Employees Rebuked by Judge
From posting a political view on Facebook to sporting a lawn sign for one’s preferred candidate, a federal judge found Wednesday that the agency tasked with supporting the U.S. court system went too far in trying to bolster public trust by stamping out these free-speech activities.
Read moreBill to End Money Bail in California Heads to Governor’s Desk
Weathering another round of criticism from opponents, a bill to fundamentally change California’s pretrial money bail and detention system cleared its second-to-last hurdle in the state Senate on Tuesday.
Read moreStudy Points Way to Winning Lawsuits on Climate Change
Lawsuits seeking court-ordered regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions usually fail while those pushing for more renewable energy often succeed, according to a groundbreaking new analysis of climate change litigation.
Read moreDC Moratorium on Issue Ads Faces Renewed Challenge
Beltway-area transit officials will have to show that they had a legitimate basis to ban issue-based advertising after the D.C. Circuit sided 2-1 Friday with a group whose rejected ad depicted a sword-wielding cartoon of a Muslim with a “You Can’t Draw Me” speech bubble.
Read moreJudge Reinstates Obama-Era Clean Water Rules
Ruling against the Trump White House on Thursday, a federal judge in South Carolina reinstated Obama administration Clean Water Act regulations in 26 states.
Read moreNew Malaysian Government Repeals Law Banning ‘Fake News’
Malaysia’s new government on Thursday repealed a widely criticized law prohibiting “fake news,” in a move hailed as a landmark moment for human rights by a group of Southeast Asian lawmakers.
Read moreNew Yorkers Join Council in Push for Speed Cameras
Insisting that speed cameras save lives, the New York City Council convened its transportation committee Wednesday to demand reinstatement of a pilot program that expired last month.
Read moreNYC Cracks Down on Uber, Lyft With New-Driver Cap
The New York City Council passed a package of bills Wednesday that made it first major city in the U.S. on Wednesday to put a cap on new vehicles for hire, like Uber and Lyft.
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