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The Afternoon Docket

The Afternoon Docket

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By Sara Merken

What's going on today?

  • U.S. Senate Democrats released texts and emails to boost claims that Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove urged defiance of court orders.
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is widening its interpretation of a law banning most immigrants living in the U.S. from receiving federal public benefits.
  • An ethics scandal that rocked the corporate bankruptcy world nearly two years ago is ratcheting up again. Read more in this week’s Billable Hours. 
 

Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order after Supreme Court ruling

 

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A federal judge today again barred President Trump's administration from denying citizenship to some babies born in the U.S., making use of an exception to overcome the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that restricted the ability of judges to block that and other policies nationwide.

U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante ruled at a hearing in Concord, New Hampshire, after immigrant rights advocates implored him to grant class action status to a lawsuit they filed seeking to represent any children whose citizenship status would be threatened by the implementation of Trump's executive order curtailing automatic birthright citizenship.

The ruling is far from the last word in the legal battle over Trump's order, which he signed in January on his first day back in office. The judge paused his ruling for seven days to give the Trump administration time to appeal, which a DOJ lawyer at the hearing indicated would certainly happen.

Laplante, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, agreed the plaintiffs could provisionally proceed as a class, allowing him to issue a fresh judicial order blocking implementation of the Republican president's policy nationally.

Read more from Nate Raymond.

 

More top news

  • Trump's antitrust enforcers 'get out of the way' of multibillion-dollar deals
  • Argentina appeals U.S. court order to transfer 51% YPF stake
  • Apple, Visa and Mastercard win dismissal of merchant antitrust lawsuit
  • Pfizer, BioNTech ask UK court to overturn Moderna's COVID vaccine patent win
  • Clock ticks for Jackson Walker, US trustee in ethics case involving ex-judge
  • Democrats release texts, emails to boost claims Trump nominee urged defiance of courts
  • Gunmakers lose appeal challenging New York public nuisance law
  • US health department widens immigrant benefit restrictions
 
 

Oura ring maker faces trio of stock option lawsuits by ex-promoters. What happened?

 

What do former NFL quarterback Drew Brees, a prominent doctor and a marketing expert have in common? They all say they cut deals to promote health tracking smart ring Oura in exchange for stock options worth millions of dollars that the company later refused to honor. And now, they’re all suing. In On the Case, Jenna Greene digs into the litigation, which presents thorny issues of how far agreements to arbitrate can be stretched.

 

In other news ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will end the consideration of race and sex in many farm programs … Thousands of first responders continued to search for Texas survivors against long odds … Trump pressed African leaders to take deported migrants, sources said … U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to counter unease over Trump tariffs on first Asia trip … Industry video game actors signed an agreement with video game studios for AI protections … Froot Loops maker WK Kellogg agreed to a $3.1 billion deal from Italy's Ferrero.

 
 

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