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1st Circuit to hear challenge to Trump’s birthright citizenship order |
President Trump’s executive order curtailing birthright citizenship is back in court today. Here’s what to know: |
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The 1st Circuit will consider whether to uphold a lower court ruling blocking the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that would ban birthright citizenship.
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Last week, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston ruled that a nationwide injunction he issued in February that blocked the EO should remain in place, rejecting the Trump administration's argument that a narrower ruling was warranted because of a June decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. Read that ruling here.
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The court will weigh the constitutionality of the EO and is also consolidating arguments in a related case out of New Hampshire. It will not take up the nationwide class action ruling U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante in New Hampshire issued July 10.
- Today’s arguments are before 1st Circuit Judges David Barron, Julie Rikelman and Seth Aframe and will begin at 3 p.m. ET.
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The 1st Circuit is one of three federal appeals courts being asked to consider the question on the merits. Last week the 9th Circuit ruled that the birthright EO is unconstitutional and blocked its enforcement nationwide. Read that opinion here.
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On Tuesday the 4th Circuit paved the way for U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, to approve an emergency pause in another birthright case. Read the 4th Circuit order here. Boardman had said she would certify a class and issue a preliminary injunction if given back jurisdiction. Read that opinion here.
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U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco will hold a motion hearing in a second lawsuit filed by the National TPS Alliance challenging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status. This case centers on TPS holders from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua. Read the complaint.
- A motion hearing is set before U.S. District Judge Lydia Griggsby in Greenbelt, Maryland, in a lawsuit challenging the termination of NIH grants for research related to health issues affecting the LBGTQ+ community. Read the complaint.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes. |
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A group of federal judges took the rare step of speaking out publicly about how they became the targets of death threats and began receiving mysterious pizza deliveries in the name of a judge's murdered son after they came under fire for blocking major parts of President Trump's agenda. Read more here.
- The law class of 2024 had the highest employment rate ever recorded by the National Association for Law Placement, the job-tracking group said, defying earlier predictions that the class's larger size would drive down the job rate. Read more.
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Jeffrey Clark, a senior DOJ official during President Trump's first term, should be stripped of his D.C. law license for acting dishonestly in his efforts to help Trump overturn his 2020 election defeat, an attorney regulatory body said. Read the report.
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Moves: Weil added three IP partners from Latham: Doug Lumish, Jeff Homrig and Gabe Gross. Lumish and Homrig will be co-heads of the firm’s IP, technology and science litigation practice … David Stauss joined Troutman Pepper Locke’s privacy and cyber practice from Husch Blackwell … Rebecca Waltuch left McDermott to join Holland & Knight’s healthcare transactions practice.
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That’s how much plaintiffs’ lawyers at Bathaee Dunne, Burke LLC and Korein Tillery asked to be awarded in legal fees for their work on a no-cash settlement with Charles Schwab. The lawyers are facing objections over the amount and the proposed settlement is giving the federal courts a fresh chance to consider what lawyers deserve to be paid for resolving class actions without securing a settlement fund for class members. Read this week’s Billable Hours.
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