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NonilexThe core of the dispute is over whether the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a>’s in-house judges, called administrative law judges, enjoy unlawful protections that shield them from removal by the president. If that’s the case, it violates constitutional rules governing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a>, the judges said.The panel included two judges appointed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & a third judge appointed by George H.W. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bush</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a>

NonilexThe three-judge panel said being subjected to a possibly unconstitutional administrative proceeding, which is what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> claimed, is an irreparable harm — so the pause continues. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> brought the unfair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> practices claim against SpaceX after it fired a group of employees who signed an open letter criticizing CEO <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> & a culture of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sexism</a> in the company.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe ruling keeps unfair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> practice cases against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> & 2 other companies, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnergyTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnergyTransfer</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Findhelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Findhelp</a>, on hold while the companies pursue their claim that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> structure violates the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a>. While the court did declare it unlawful, this is far from a settled issue & the NLRB is undoubtedly likely to challenge the ruling.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe ultraconservative <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> handed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> a win Tuesday, in a ruling that prevents the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLRB</a> from prosecuting unfair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> practices against the company. The ruling by the Fifth District Court of Appeals, which suggests the structure of the NLRB is likely unconstitutional, could have far-reaching effects.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/08/19/5th-circuit-holds-removal-protections-for-nlrb-members-likely-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/08/19/5th-circuit-holds-removal-protections-for-nlrb-members-likely-unconstitutional/</a>

NonilexThe mandate has been touted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, & marks one of the latest pushes by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservatives</a> to incorporate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religion</a> into classrooms.The ultra conservative <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> Court of Appeals’ order stems from a lawsuit filed last year by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parents</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a> school <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#children</a> from various <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religious</a> backgrounds, who said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> violates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> language guaranteeing religious liberty & forbidding government establishment of religion.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchAndState</a>

NonilexOnce the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> rules, this almost certainly goes straight back to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> for a ruling on the AEA proclamation itself.I have no doubt the 5th Circuit will say <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s invocation of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlienEnemiesAct</a> is legal even though there is no war, invasion or incursion.I also thoroughly expect the Trump admin to try to continue <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportations</a> without <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DueProcess</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rendition</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> sets up how the litigation will proceed.The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin is BARRED from deporting people held in WDTX under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlienEnemiesAct</a> pending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> review. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> is ordered to rule not just on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DueProcess</a>, but ALSO on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/underlying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underlying</a> merits of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AEA</a> proclamation.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rendition</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexThe 7-justice majority emphasizes that they are not deciding if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s use of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlienEnemiesAct</a> is legal 🙄. But they do make clear that HOW the Trump admin was trying to USE the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> WAS illegal - a very clear violation of DueProcess.They remand to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> 🙄🙄 to develop a new test.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rendition</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> I’ll give you 1 guess who the 2 justices are in dissent.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> unanimously rejects the ultra-conservative <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a>’s applied "moment of threat" rule to evaluate a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> officer's use of deadly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/force" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#force</a> in a traffic stop, which looked at the circumstances that existed when the officer perceived the threat that led him to shoot.That approach was "improperly narrowing the requisite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthAmendment</a> analysis," Justice Kagan wrote.<a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1239_onjq.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1239_onjq.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a>'s ruling also rejected the govt's request to remove certain offending words from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ACA</a> provision at issue - a process called severing - in order to make that part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> conform to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a>. That issue is also part of the appeal before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>.The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a>'s decision is expected by the end of June.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HealthCare</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PreventiveCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PreventiveCare</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> Court of Appeals ruled in 2024 that the task force's structure violates the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a>, as plaintiffs claimed.The govt's appeal of the 5th Circuit's decision initially was filed by Democratic President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a>'s admin before being taken up by Republican Pres <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s admin.Trump's admin argued in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> brief that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USPSTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPSTF</a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PreventiveCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PreventiveCare</a> recs cannot become legally binding on insurers w/o the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HHS</a> secy's [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a>] permission.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medicine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurance</a>

NonilexThe decision by US Dist Judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark, NJ, means any appeals in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activist</a>'s case will be heard by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, which has a 6-6 split between active judges appointed by Republican & Democratic presidents, instead of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a>, the country's most <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> appeals court.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MahmoudKhalil</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColumbiaUniversity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DueProcess</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexThe case is going to be heard by a panel of judges in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FifthCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FifthCircuit</a> Court of Appeals. Of the Circuit Court judges, only 5 out of 26 were appointed by a Democratic president.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> have gone <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DistrictShopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DistrictShopping</a> instead of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudgeShopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JudgeShopping</a>. It would be hard to find another District that was more designed for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a> goals.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Union</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alito</a>

NonilexPart of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> is the Northern District of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a>. In that district is District Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MatthewKacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MatthewKacsmaryk</a>. You may remember him as the judge who tried to ban <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mifipristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mifipristone</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> drug, nationwide.In the Northern District of TX, there are 18 judges. Only one of them was installed by a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrat</a> which was Bill Clinton.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Union</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alito</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bezos</a> Declare The National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labor</a> Relations Board UnconstitutionalThey tried it before, but now they're doing it as a team.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> filed a lawsuit in the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> Court of Appeals to rule that the National Relations Board is unconstitutional.The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FifthCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FifthCircuit</a> Court of Appeals is under the aegis of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> Justice Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alito</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Union</a> <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/18/2287121/-Musk-and-Bezos-Declare-The-National-Labor-Relations-Board-Unconstitutional" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/18/2287121/-Musk-and-Bezos-Declare-The-National-Labor-Relations-Board-Unconstitutional</a>

Jonathan Kamens 86 47This <a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ProPublica</a> article says women are dying because of <a href="https://federate.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> bans. True, but not the whole story. There are plenty of doctors who agree with these laws, that the life of a fetus takes precedence over the life of the mother, that it's wrong to perform an abortion to save the mother's life. The only way to ensure women who need emergency abortions can get them is to legally require hospitals to provide them. <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> and the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> have stolen that from us. Ref: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala</a>

beSpacific1 of surprising themes of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> term that ended past Mon was how US <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Court</a> of Appeals for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a>, federal appeals court in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/New" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#New</a> Orleans that hears cases from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LA</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MS</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TX</a> won even as it lost. Many of those reversals were in some of the term’s most ideologically charged cases - block access to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mifepristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mifepristone</a> on nationwide basis, invalidate the way Congress funds the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CFPB</a>, bar Biden admin from even talking w social-media companies about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#publichealth</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/how-fifth-circuit-won-losing/678918/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/how-fifth-circuit-won-losing/678918/</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> isn’t the final word — & a couple other courts have ruled differently — but the issue could be another [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightWing</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalistSociety</a> beholden] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> showdown that limits <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a>’s tools.A core trespassing charge in nearly every <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> case (>1,400) is — 4 years later — facing a serious legal challenge. Defendants say the charge requires prosecutors to prove they *knew* a USSS protectee was in the Capitol.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AYFKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AYFKM</a>? um “hang <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikePence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MikePence</a>” “where’s Nancy?” [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pelosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pelosi</a>]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>

Nonilex[<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightWing</a> appointed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judges</a>]… have chipped away at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a>’s cases against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> rioters — & several other threats loom that could further erode the largest & most complex federal probe in history.Many of DOJ’s recent cases have relied on a “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geofence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geofence</a>” warrant to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> —using devices’ location <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tracking</a> to ID people inside the restricted area of the Capitol on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/J6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#J6</a>. But the [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ultraconservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ultraconservative</a>] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> recently found geofence warrants are unconstitutional.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313</a>

NonilexThe admin also said that the rule does not change "existing requirement governing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sex</a> separation in athletics," [contrary to Republican propaganda] noting that the issue is the subject of a "separate rulemaking."The New Orleans-based [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extremist</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a>] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#5thCircuit</a> Court of Appeals & the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied requests to partially enforce the rule, prompting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin to seek <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>’ intervention.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>#CivilRights

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