The usual three justices dissented, but Barrett took a moment out to blister Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in particular:Rhetoric aside, JUSTICE JACKSON s position is difficult to pin down. She might be arguing that universal injunctions are appropriate even required
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Supreme Court Limits Nationwide Injunctions in Case on Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order – WSJ
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday limited the authority of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, a decision that handed President Trump a victory in his battles with the judiciary but left uncertain the fate of his push to…
A New Paper Reveals Devastating Harms of Cross-Sex Hormones
In recent years, administering estrogen to males who identify as transgender women has become increasingly common, including among adolescents. Often paired with testosterone blockers, this treatment is marketed as part of gender-affirming care a term used to describe medical interventions…
Cornell Hired Based on Race, Internal Documents Show
The next step is persuading the Department of Justice to investigate Cornell for a potential violation of the Civil Rights Act. Fortunately, the Trump administration has made eliminating discriminatory hiring a priority of its civil-rights-enforcement efforts, and an Ivy League…
This Obscure New York Court Is Set to Decide Fate of Trump s Tariffs – WSJ
The Trump administration s global tariffs face their first major legal test this week when a little-known Manhattan court considers one of the president s most sweeping assertions of executive power.
A three-judge panel at the Court of International Trade
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These Small Conservative Law Firms Are Raking In Business – WSJ
The nation s largest corporate law firms have been on their heels during President Trump s second term, but for small firms with impeccable conservative bona fides these have been boom times.
What they lack in name recognition or size,
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San Diego County supervisors plan $40K taxpayer-funded European trip organized by high-profile consultant San Diego Union-Tribune
A pair of San Diego County supervisors are going on a taxpayer-funded junket to Austria that could cost as much as $40,000 through a company owned by a high-profile local housing consultant.The proposed $40,000 trip to Vienna by Democrat Monica…
The Great Disappearing Trans Freakout – by Matt Taibbi
From the New York Times, on the Supreme Court ruling affirming a Tennessee ban on surgeries or the prescription of puberty blockers for minors. Note the language:Here s what else to know about the case, United States v. Skrmetti:The…
Setting time on fire and the temptation of The Button
I saw a bit more of the future of AI at work this week, and it shows every sign of vastly boosting productivity, while also causing a crisis of meaning in many organizations.For such a dramatic statement, the actual bit…
Trump weighs Iran strike as Pentagon officials privately divided over bunker buster bombs | Iran | The Guardian
Donald Trump has suggested to defense officials it would make sense for the US to launch strikes against Iran only if the so-called bunker buster bomb was guaranteed to destroy the critical uranium enrichment facility at Fordow, according to…