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Food safety leaders express concerns about recent cuts in FDA workforce

— OPINION —

The Department of Government Efficiency has cut staff at the Food Administration, including empoyees in food safety roles.

Following the cuts, Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones resigned his post citing the cuts as being indiscriminate and endangering the lives of the American public.

Before the layoffs, the FDA had 18,000 employees across all 50 states. That number includes staff responsible for reporting on food recalls and the investigation of foodborne illness outbreaks.

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Supreme Court

The morning read for Friday, March 14

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end birthright citizenship (John Fritze, CNN)
Trump takes birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
Trump asks Supreme Court to curb judges’ power to block policies nationwide (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
Idaho will be only state with firing squad as main execution method, after governor signs bill (Kyle

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Civil Law

Publisher’s Platform: FDA, CDC where is the transparency?

89 people were sickened, 36 were hospitalized, 7 developed kidney failure and 1 person died in 15 States

States impacted: Arizona (2), Colorado (1), Illinois (7), Indiana (8), Kansas (1), Kentucky (1), Missouri (50), Montana (1), North Dakota (2), Nebraska (3), Ohio (8), Pennsylvania (1), South Dakota (1), Tennessee (1), Wisconsin (2).

As a father of three beautiful and strong young women, I have become nearly immune to constructive criticism. It is in that vein I call out my friends … Read the rest

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Trump asks Supreme Court to step in on birthright citizenship

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce an executive order signed by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to virtually anyone born in the United States. In a trio of near-identical filings by Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris, the administration urged the justices to partially block preliminary injunctions, issued by federal district judges in Seattle, Maryland, and Massachusetts, that bar the government from implementing Trump’s executive order … Read the rest

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The morning read for Tuesday, March 11

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

Supreme Court seems intent on taking small steps in dealing with challenges to Trump’s agenda (Mark Sherman & Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press)
Aftershocks of Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Echo in New Trump Cases (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
The Court Shouldn’t Bruen-ize the Free Exercise Clause (Michael McConnell, Douglas Laycock, Stephanie Barclay, & Mark

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Circuit Courts

Judiciary Seeks 71 Judgeships to Meet Growing Caseloads

The Judicial Conference of the United States agreed to recommend to Congress the creation of new district and court of appeals judgeships as the Judiciary faces a worsening shortage of Article III judges and caseloads continue to mount.
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Civil Law

Foodborne illnesses take a back seat to other issues at Kennedy’s meeting with food leaders

After a meeting with representatives from some of the country’s mega food producers, the Secretary of Health and Human Services said he focused on food safety.

However, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly did not bring foodborne pathogens or traceability of foods to the table.

The meeting on Monday, March 10, included representatives from Kraft Heinz, General Mills, Tyson Foods, WK Kellogg Co., The J.M. Smucker Company and PepsiCo, along with the Consumer Brands Association.

“Great discussion today … advancing food safety and radical transparency to … Read the rest

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Restitution, medical malpractice, and a capital appeal

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.

Once again this week, the Supreme Court has been busy sifting through the relists. The court granted review of one of last week’s new relists raising a double jeopardy question about a federal sentencing enhancement for using a firearm during a violent crime. (Grants are now filling in the 2025-26 term, which will … Read the rest