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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Friday, May 2, SCOTUSblog (May. 2, 2025, 11:04 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/05/the-morning-read-for-friday-may-2/ Source link
Home Daily News Acting US attorney once orchestrated Facebook… Prosecutors Acting US attorney once orchestrated Facebook posts criticizing judge presiding in his case, report says By Debra Cassens Weiss April 28, 2025, 11:12 am CDT Edward R. Martin Jr., now the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks at an event at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in June 2023. (Photo by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Associated Press) The acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., formerly helped ghostwrite posts criticizing a judge presiding in a civil case in which he was the defendant, according to lawsuit documents cited by…
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Hollowed Out: The administration has closed Education Department civil rights offices and fired workers. Now, investigating discrimination in schools is practically “impossible.” New Priorities: The civil rights office has abandoned its traditional priorities. Instead, it is trying to limit the rights of transgender students and rid schools of diversity efforts. Pushing Back: Advocates, school districts and others are filing lawsuits and trying other methods to halt the administration’s efforts. These highlights were written by the reporters…
Getty ImagesA black mamba is arguably the world’s deadliest snakeThe blood of a US man who deliberately injected himself with snake venom for nearly two decades has led to an “unparalleled” antivenom, say scientists.Antibodies found in Tim Friede’s blood have been shown to protect against fatal doses from a wide range of species in animal tests. Current therapies have to match the specific species of venomous snake anyone has been bitten by.But Mr Friede’s 18-year mission could be a significant step in finding a universal antivenom against all snakebites – which kill up to 140,000 people a year and leave…
As It Happens6:24Trump’s fixation on wrongly deported man’s tattoos nothing but a distraction, says lawyerIt doesn’t matter what kind of tattoos Kilmar Abrego Garcia has, says his lawyer.What matters, says Rina Gandhi, is that her client was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, where he remains imprisoned without charge despite two court orders that the U.S. government work to bring him back. U.S. President Trump has skirted those orders while painting Garcia has a violent gangster, pointing to his knuckle tattoos as proof. “His character, whether he is deserving — which is what the administration is attempting to push forward as the narrative that…
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court continues its recent streak of “promoting” relists to granted cases, as the court granted review in The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist, a lawsuit by parents seeking to hold a baby-food producer responsible for their child’s autism. The justices agreed to decide whether a federal district court’s final judgment in favor of the producer must be completely thrown out when the case is sent back to the state court because the district court should…
Home Daily News Skadden improperly limited lawyer access… Law Firms Skadden improperly limited lawyer access to email distribution lists, group claims in NLRB filing By Debra Cassens Weiss April 28, 2025, 1:19 pm CDT A workers’ rights group alleges that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom improperly interfered with protected employee discussions about the law firm’s deal with President Donald Trump when it restricted email distribution lists. (Photo from Shutterstock) A workers’ rights group alleges that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom improperly interfered with protected employee discussions about the law firm’s deal with President Donald Trump when it restricted…
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. The director of Arizona’s embattled Medicaid agency resigned this week, just as she was expected to face questions from lawmakers about her handling of a massive fraud scheme that largely targeted Native Americans. Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, announced Wednesday that she had accepted the resignation of Carmen Heredia, director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. The governor lauded Heredia’s leadership of the agency while blaming Republican…