...“I think there’s a lot of uncertainty in terms of what the requirements are given that [the mandate] was implemented” before the injunction and the deadlines have changed several times, said Plexico. What companies actually have to ultimately do, “that’s going to...
Biden Administration Sued Over COVID Mandate for Contractors
A nonpartisan civil rights group has sued the Biden administration over its mandate that federal contract workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly. The Washington D.C.-based New Civil Liberties Alliance filed the class-action lawsuit Monday in U.S....
Michigan Lawsuit Challenges Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contract Employees
A new federal lawsuit filed in Michigan Tuesday joins others across the nation challenging the constitutionality of the President Joe Biden administration’s vaccine mandate, tentatively scheduled to begin taking effect Jan. 10. The lawsuit, filed by 11 federal...
Axon Says New Circuit Split Allows High Court Review Of FTC
Police body camera maker Axon Enterprise Inc. says it finally has the circuit split needed to justify Supreme Court review of its constitutional challenge to the Federal Trade Commission's structure and authority, telling the justices a recent Fifth Circuit decision...
Creating Circuit Split, Fifth Circuit Rules District Court May Hear Constitutional Challenge to SEC Enforcement Action
On Dec. 13, 2021, an en banc panel of the Fifth Circuit held that the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) does not preclude federal district courts from exercising subject matter jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the statutory removal...
Republicans Urge Justices Against EPA Power Sector Shift
Nearly 100 congressional Republicans have asked the country's highest court to rule that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to carry out a transformation of the U.S. power section from coal to renewable energy... Read the full article
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Bumpstock Ban
Opponents of the bump stock ban were dealt another setback in court on Tuesday. A three-judge panel for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to the 2019 rule banning the sale or possession of bump stocks. In its ruling, the court found that the ATF...
Lawsuit for Natural Immunity Waiver Against MSU COVID Vaccine Mandate Faces Uncertain Future
A lawsuit against Michigan State University over a policy that forces employees to get a COVID vaccine even if they have natural immunity has lost a few battles in court — but the war is not over yet. “We are not throwing in the towel,” said Jenin Younes, litigation...
Lesh Fires His Attorney, Seeks To Appeal Conviction in Keystone Snowmobile Case
...Meanwhile, in a separate but related action, Lesh is working with a nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C., to appeal his conviction on grounds that it was allegedly unconstitutional. Lesh contacted the New Civil Liberties Alliance on Nov. 29 to explore an...
Courthouse Steps Oral Argument Litigation Update: American Hospital Association v. Becerra
On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in American Hospital Association v. Becerra. One of the certified questions asks the Court to revisit the famed Chevron doctrine which has been subjected to much criticism since its implementation....