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Supreme Court rejects Florida suit against other states over immigrant truck drivers
Florida sought to sue Washington and California for allegedly issuing commercial driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.
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Supreme Court Reverses Ruling in Immigration Judges’ Free Speech Lawsuit
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A group of immigration judges in 2020 challenged work-related restrictions on their public speaking engagements, saying they violated their free speech rights.
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Supreme Court tosses lawsuit over drivers’ licenses issued to undocumented immigrants
The Supreme Court threw out a long-shot lawsuit in which Florida sought to sue the states of California and Washington for allegedly allowing people who entered the country illegally to obtain commercial truck driver licenses.
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Supreme Court denies Florida’s lawsuit over CDLs issued to illegal immigrants
The Supreme Court denied a lawsuit filed by Florida against California and Washington over their issuance of commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants in violation of federal law. The high court denied the petition to hear the case 7-2, with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissenting. Florida filed a motion for the Supreme Court […]
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Federal court blocks new Republican-friendly voting map in Alabama
Panel of three judges says congressional map was drawn to intentionally discriminate against Black votersAlabama cannot use a new Republican-friendly map in this year’s midterm elections because it was drawn to intentionally discriminate against Black voters, a panel of three federal judges ruled on Tuesday.The decision blocks Alabama from using a congressional map lawmakers passed in 2023 but never went into effect because the same court found it was drawn with intent to discriminate. Alabama was eventually ordered to adopt a map with two majority-Black districts that both elected Democrats. After the US supreme court gutted a major provision of the Voting Rights Act in a case called Louisiana v Callais in April, Alabama took the extraordinary step of moving its imminent congressional primary and sought to use the 2023 congressional map this year. Continue reading...
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Federal court blocks Alabama from using GOP-drawn congressional map
A three-judge panel on Tuesday blocked a Republican-drawn congressional map in Alabama from going into effect, writing that the district lines “intentionally discriminated based on race in violation of the Constitution.”“We cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination,” the panel of federal judges wrote.
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Video of Cato Institute Online Event on the Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case
I participated, along with prominent legal scholars Gabriel Chin and Paul Finkelman.
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Supreme Court spurns NFL case alleging racial discrimination against black coaches
The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday the NFL’s bid for a lawsuit over alleged racial discrimination to be moved out of court and into arbitration proceedings controlled by the league. The development comes after several black NFL coaches, led by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, brought a lawsuit against the league and three […]
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Trump’s profanity surges to 93 percent of speeches in second term
When Donald Trump's critics compare his two presidencies, many of them argue that the second is much worse. Trump got a lot of pushback from traditional GOP conservatives he appointed to his first administration; this time, he is surrounded by MAGA loyalists who are more likely to praise him than challenge or question him. Now 16 months into his second presidency, Trump is, according to Salon's Chauncey DeVega, becoming even more brazen with his power grabs.A Washington Post report published on May 21, DeVega notes in Salon, demonstrates that "Trump's use of profanity, insults and combative language has grown much worse since his return to power in January 2025.""In Trump's first term, about 40 percent of his speeches contained at least one use of vulgarity," DeVega explains. "During just the first 16 months of his second term, that figure stands at 93 percent. The president's profane or insulting posts on social media have also tripled as compared to his first term. The barrages are coming much later; most of his posts are made between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., indicating the president, who has always been nocturnal, is even more so as he approaches his 80th birthday in June."DeVega continues, "His Truth Social posts are more self-referential and egomaniacal: in 2026, half of his posts have used first-person pronouns — sometimes more than 12 times in a single post. That is up from 30 percent from 2018. But this goes beyond numbers."The Salon journalist emphasizes that Trump's "vulgar behavior and cruelty are not incidental," but rather, are "structural and a defining feature of his policies." "Empowered by the Supreme Court's right-wing majority," DeVega warns, "the president has been elevated as America's first de facto king and aspiring dictator. His apparent desire to end real democracy and the rule of law — replacing it with competitive authoritarianism through the Big Lie, voter nullification, voter suppression, and the threat of the Insurrection Act and martial law — are accelerating features of his political project. Trump launched a war of choice against Iran and has repeatedly threatened to destroy its civilization — actions that are crimes against humanity."DeVega adds, "His administration is transparently corrupt and ethically compromised, with his personal and family wealth estimated to have grown by billions of dollars. The president is a crude racist who has shared an artificial intelligence-generated video of the Obamas as apes."Trump's actions, DeVega stresses, shouldn't be dismissed as simply "bad behavior," but rather, are "attacks on basic principles and norms of democracy.""Fascism and other forms of authoritarianism are, at their core, vulgar political systems and forms of crude power that rob entire populations and societies of dignity and agency," DeVega writes. "It is not a coincidence that Trump's language and behavior has coarsened in direct proportion to the acceleration of his authoritarian project."
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