Ragbir says he plans to use the next three years to continue advocating on behalf of undocumented immigrants.
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After President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, attention now turns to the Senate’s advice-and-consent process. It takes a simple majority in the Senate to confirm a nominee to the court. The chamber is split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to cast the decisive vote in the event of a tie.
Here’s how senators from both parties reacted to the nomination on Friday.
Key Democrats
Two moderate Democrats – Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe … Read the rest
This UPDATED post summarizes the situation as of late evening on Thursday, February 24, concerning current U.S. sanctions and export restrictions related to Russia and Ukraine. This supplements our post of late evening on Wednesday, February 23, which is available here.
As of late evening on Thursday, February 24, OFAC has taken the following additional actions, as follows:
Multiple additional banks were designated as SDNs. Most prominently, OFAC designated VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company (VTB Bank), which is … Read the rest
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On Thursday, Feb. 24, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term.
The post Announcement of opinions for Thursday, Feb. 24 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
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Crimes against indigenous women are the subject of increasing public concern and awareness. Government officials – tribal, federal, and state – have established initiatives to address the disturbingly disproportionate rates of violent crimes perpetrated against indigenous women. The tools these governments have at their disposal are often limited by a criminal justice system and jurisdictional framework in Indian Country that is complex and historically unresponsive to the needs of Indian people. Because federal statutes and court decisions have limited … Read the rest
A year ago, we thought we were looking forward to life after the pandemic. Now we know that COVID will likely always be with us. So, is it time to party?
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In recent weeks, a move dubbed the “Texas Two-Step” has leaped from coverage first in publications geared only for the professional restructuring community, then to the mainstream press, then to hearings before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, and now to a full-blown trial ongoing in a New Jersey bankruptcy court. For those not closely following the action (perhaps thinking this was merely some new dance craze), a brief explanation of the Texas Two-Step strategy, the arguments for and against … Read the rest
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This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Turkey is immune from suit from protesters injured by security forces at its ambassador’s residence, and whether a defective indictment for a federal gun crime was harmless or structural error.
Turkey claims immunity over May 2017 security altercation with protesters
Republic of Turkey v. Usoyan raises a question under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in a case following a violent clash … Read the rest