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U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in D.C. will consider whether to dismiss a lawsuit by America First Legal Foundation, a conservative legal advocacy group founded by senior White House aide Stephen Miller, that argues the Judicial Conference of the United States and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts are agencies under the executive branch, not the federal judiciary, and are subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Read the complaint.
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Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in D.C. will hold a motion hearing in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens. An en banc order issued by the D.C. Circuit last week allowed Boasberg to continue examining whether he should hold Trump administration officials in contempt over their handling of the deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants under the law.
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The 2nd Circuit will hear arguments in an appeal of a lower court’s decision ordering Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman to turn over $3.6 million from a retainer that Adam Rogas, now-convicted of fraud, transferred to the firm days before an asset freeze in 2020. Read the district court decision.
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U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff in Alexandria will hold a hearing to consider arguments by former FBI Director James Comey that the indictment accusing him of making false statements to Congress should be dismissed before a trial.
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U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in D.C. will consider whether to certify a class and issue a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by D.C. community members and immigrants’ rights organizations alleging that the federal government has engaged in a pattern of illegal immigration arrests since August. Read the motion for PI here and the motion for class cert here.
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The Missouri Supreme Court will take up two challenges to a 2022 state voting law that imposed new regulations around voter ID as well as restrictions around voter registration and absentee ballots. The trial court upheld the voter ID requirements but struck down the registration and absentee restrictions.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider three of President Trump’s latest judicial picks.
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The Senate Agriculture Committee holds a hearing to examine President Trump's nomination of Mike Selig to be the chair of the CFTC.
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