The Justice Department’s environmental division is increasingly playing offense and taking states to court in the second Trump administration—a shift from its historical defensive role, the department’s head told Bloomberg Law in an interview.
The South Carolina Court of Appeals will hear arguments Wednesday in a case about how to determine what portion of
The US Supreme Court agreed to fast-track issuance of its mandate in a Louisiana redistricting fight, potentially clearing the way for the state to draw new congressional maps for the upcoming midterms.
An immigration measure Texas state lawmakers passed in 2023, now set to go into effect this month, was challenged again Monday in federal court.
Washington state’s new income tax on high earners won’t be put to voters, after the state high court ruled that it falls under an exception to the constitutional right to subject legislation to a popular referendum.
The Texas Two-Step is a legal shuffle that begins by shifting a company’s official headquarters to the Lone Star State and creating a new business that holds its asbestos liabilities. The next step is to immediately move that company to North Carolina and declare bankruptcy.
The Justice Department’s environmental division is increasingly playing offense and taking states to court in the second Trump administration—a shift from its historical defensive role, the department’s head told Bloomberg Law in an interview.
Federal appeals courts recently diverged over whether state laws mandating so-called cooling off periods for firearms purchases implicate the Second Amendment and trigger the historical analogue test set out in the US Supreme Court’s landmark Bruen ruling.
The South Carolina Court of Appeals will hear arguments Wednesday in a case about how to determine what portion of
The Rhode Island state agency tasked with protecting the rights of children is urging a federal judge to quash a Justice Department subpoena for hospital records on care provided to transgender minors.
The US Supreme Court agreed to fast-track issuance of its mandate in a Louisiana redistricting fight, potentially clearing the way for the state to draw new congressional maps for the upcoming midterms.
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