A report from the Justice Department’s inspector general released Thursday, January 7, 2021, showed that top DOJ officials knew that their policy of arresting all illegally-border-crossing adults would result in separation of migrant families, but they went ahead with the policy anyway. The report noted, “We concluded that the Department’s... Read More »
Stressing diversity and inclusivity, President Biden reversed the Trump administration’s ban on transgender individuals serving in the military. “It is my conviction as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces,” he said, “that gender identity should not be a bar to military service,” and he asked his new Secretary of... Read More »
President Trump created a policy that altered the census count by excluding unauthorized immigrants. President Biden, in one of his first executive actions, reversed that policy. The change allows the U.S. census to follow more than two centuries of precedent in determining representation in the Electoral College and in Congress.... Read More »
President Biden quickly got to work on his first day in office by signing a slew of executive orders. Some of them were new while others worked to reverse policies put in place by President Trump. One such executive order tackles the mounting student loan crisis in the nation. During... Read More »
Day One: Newly minted President Joe Biden signed seventeen executive orders within about five hours of being sworn into the land's highest office. Signed on day one was his order ‘Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.’ With decades of experience and education rooted... Read More »
As part of his determination to begin a sustained effort to safeguard the nation’s air and water, combat climate change at home and abroad, and protect endangered species, President Biden returned the U.S. to the Paris climate accord in his first moments in the Oval Office. He said, “I thought... Read More »
President Biden issued executive orders on his first day in office aimed at minimizing climate change and protecting human health and the environment. Not coincidentally, he reversed multiple Trump initiatives and restored or expanded some Obama initiatives. His mandates, set forth in an executive order, will require multi-month reviews of... Read More »
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) filed a complaint on January 14 challenging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on its final rule published earlier in the month upholding a repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules. The finalized rule, “Restoring Internet Freedom; Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers; Lifeline and... Read More »
President Biden started off his first day in office signing 17 executive orders, one of which addresses the national rental eviction crisis during the pandemic. In the order, President Biden asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to extend the current federal eviction moratorium until March 31st. The... Read More »
Members of the San Carlos Apache tribe filed a federal lawsuit in an Arizona U.S. District Court against the Trump administration early last week. The lawsuit aims to stop a land swap between the U.S. Forest Service and two foreign mining companies, Rio Tinto and BHP. The land swap would... Read More »
Currently, only eight states allow for and recognize common-law marriages. Colorado is one of those states. Many others no longer allow for common-law marriages because they can be problematic. In fact, couples who find themselves in a common-law marriage may need to divorce when they break up. However, the parties... Read More »
Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim has stepped down from his position after serving for nearly three years. His resignation came one day before President Biden was sworn into the White House. The news of his resignation did not come as a shock as Delrahim announced toward... Read More »
New York Attorney General, Letitia James, has filed a lawsuit against the New York Police Department (NYPD), its leadership, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. In the lawsuit, James highlights the NYPD and the city leadership's unjust treatment of protesters over the past summer. James specifically points to... Read More »
A federal judge in California has ordered the seizure of a treasure trove of bitcoin that previously belonged to a group of darknet drug dealers. The 391.5873617 BTC are, as of January 21, worth over $12.2 million and have been in the possession of federal marshals since 2019. The warrant... Read More »
A group of Uber and Lyft drivers has come together to file a lawsuit in the California Supreme Court this past week. The aim of the lawsuit is to overturn a ballot measure, Prop 22, which was passed by California voters last November. The basis of Prop 22 is that... Read More »
