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Six states sue President Biden over student loan forgiveness plan

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The state attorneys generals of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina alleged in a federal Missouri court that Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan is unauthorized and poses economic harm to working class individuals. According to the AP , the White House dismissed the lawsuit as baseless.

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US appeals court blocks Biden federal contractor vaccine mandate

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Monday affirmed a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana blocking the White House’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. The ruling results from a 2-1 decision from the three-judge panel.

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The Clock is Ticking: How to Miss Fewer Court Deadlines

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The court ordered additional briefings, but the lawyer then missed multiple deadlines, claiming earlier orders were lost among numerous notifications on his mobile phone. In the three unfortunate stories above, the attorneys missed deadlines because they relied on manual and unwieldy processes for keeping their calendars up to date.

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Abortion, Prison and the Death Penalty

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Even as Americans anticipate a Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. Three days later, the county’s District Attorney dropped the charges and released her from jail, after a statewide (and nationwide) outcry. We can expect things to get worse if the Court rules as t he leak this week suggested it will.

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Colorado Judge Rejects 14th Amendment Disqualification Effort to Bar Trump from Ballot

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Attorney General who announced his intention to pursue such charges. While I am a critic of Trump’s speech and actions on that day, I still believe that the the court is completely wrong on the First Amendment. The Supreme Court nevertheless overturned his conviction. That includes the D.C. In Brandenburg v.

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Supreme Court will hear civil jury trial waiver case

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subdivision (c) and rule 8.392(b) of the California Rules of Court, or whether the matter should be remanded to the superior court so it may in the first instance decide whether the petition or its claims are successive under section 1509, subdivision (d), and if so whether to issue a certificate of appealability under section 1509.1,

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Trump’s Liability Or Opportunity? Two Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over Capitol Riot

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attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. In 2011, the court ruled 8-1 in favor of Westboro Baptist Church, an infamous group of zealots who engaged in homophobic protests at the funerals of slain American troops. In Brandenburg v.