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The Afternoon Docket

The Afternoon Docket

A newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw

 

By Karen Sloan

What's going on today?

  • A federal appeals court cleared the way for President Trump to resume mass firings at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, but said the ruling would not take immediate effect.
  • The Trump administration said it will review state laws that harm the economy. 
  • While legal jobs were up in July, the industry has barely improved from its high point two decades ago. 

Have a great weekend!

 

Washington D.C. attorney general sues to stop federal takeover of police department

 

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Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging President Donald Trump's attempt to take control of the district's police department, in a move likely to escalate the tensions between the city's leadership and the Trump administration, Sarah N. Lynch report and Tim Reid report. 

Schwalb said the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, aims to get the court to rule that Trump's takeover of the city's police department is illegal.

It came just hours after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order transferring control of the police department from the city to the Drug Enforcement Administration's leader Terry Cole, whom Bondi tapped to serve as the Metropolitan Police Department's Emergency Commissioner.

Trump said on Monday he was deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department to curb what he has depicted as a crime emergency in the U.S. capital, though statistics show incidents of violent crime have dropped.

Read more here. 

 

More top news

    • DOJ sues California to end enforcement of emissions standards for trucks
    • Trump administration to review state laws that harm economy, Justice Department says
    • Baby sleep sack maker sues US for $90 million over safety remarks
    • Trump administration claims judge defied Supreme Court to bar Education Department firings
    • US legal jobs are rising again, but gains are mixed
    • Trial shows fragility of limits on US military's domestic role
    • US taking 'special measures' to protect people possibly exposed in court records hack
    • Trump nominates ex-clerk to Kavanaugh, Scalia to become appellate judge
 

In split decision, federal appeals court removes barrier to mass firings at CFPB

 

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A divided federal appeals court today found that President Donald Trump should be able to resume mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ruling that a lower court had lacked jurisdiction in temporarily blocking this, court records showed.

However, the court said its decision would not take immediate effect, allowing lawyers representing CFPB workers and pro-consumer organizations to seek reconsideration by the full Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

"We hold that the district court lacked jurisdiction to consider the claims predicated on loss of employment, which must proceed through the specialized-review scheme" under laws governing the civil service, the majority wrote.

 

Week in Review ...

  • US appeals court lets Trump cut billions in foreign aid
  • Law firms stayed busy in second quarter but uncertainty looms - report
  • US court says Trump's DOGE team can access sensitive data
  • ABA ends diversity requirements for governing board seats
  • Trump-appointed judge expresses 'skepticism' about DOJ case against Maryland judges over immigration order
  • Justice Dept loses bid to unseal Epstein partner Maxwell's grand jury records
  • Do Kwon pleads guilty to US fraud charges in $40 billion crypto collapse
  • Texas sues Eli Lilly for allegedly bribing providers to prescribe its medications
  • Man charged with throwing sandwich at US agent was Justice Dept staffer
  • NFL cannot force Black coach's racial bias claims into arbitration, appeals court rules
 

In other news ...

Trump heads to 'high stakes' Alaska summit with Putin on Ukraine ...   Air Canada, union deadlocked despite government plea for deal to avert Saturday strike ... Automobiles, promotions bolster rise in U.S. retail sales in July ... United Nations rights office says Israeli settlement plan breaks international law ... In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms ... Floods and landslides in Indian Kashmir kill 60, over 200 missing ... and a biomechanics study shows how T. rex and other dinosaurs fed on prey.