An Alabama federal court has invalidated the “Tax Cut Ban” provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. As a result of the ruling in State of West Virginia, et al. v. United States Department of the Treasury, et al., the Treasury is enjoined from enforcing the...
If NOAA gets its way, Allen Walburn will soon be forced to keep electronic monitors on his three charter fishing boats to follow their every move, a requirement that he likens to criminal defendants forced to wear ankle bracelets. “I don’t want people knowing where...
A judge in Galveston has denied a bid from a group of federal workers seeking an injunction to halt enforcement of the White House’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, saying they had natural immunity from having been infected with the virus... Read the full article
The National Center for Public Policy Research has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) over the SEC’s approval of the Nasdaq Stock Market’s board diversity rules, which require Nasdaq-listed companies to either establish board...
The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with a healthcare dispute that could end up with courts once and for all leaving federal agencies with less deference on thorny questions across all areas of law. Tuesday’s oral argument focused on a technical question in a Medicare...
College employees across the U.S. from faculty to football coaches are beginning to be fired or put on leave for failing to comply with their respective institutions' mandates that faculty and staff be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Many of the vaccine...
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has suspended enforcement of its requirement that large employers nationwide ensure their workers are either vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested weekly for the virus by Jan. 4 in light of a court stay, throwing...
Michigan State University has suspended 17 students and fired 96 employees for not complying with COVID-19 vaccine or testing requirements, an MSU spokesman said Thursday. Two of those staffers — Kraig Ehm and D’Ann Rohrer — joined a federal lawsuit this month,...
Two Michigan State University staff members were fired last week after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Now they're suing. "They all have naturally acquired immunity," said Jenin Younes, an attoreny with the New Civil Liberties Alliance. "So we're arguing that in...
...Treasury will likely ask judges for additional briefing when the final rules comes out, though they won’t remedy the issue of coercing state policy, said Peggy Little, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which has filed briefs supporting the states...