#federallaw — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #federallaw, aggregated by home.social.
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Hegseth, Rubio, and Caine Had an Auto-Deleting Signal Chat https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/06/trump-administration-signal-chat-marco-rubio/687735/?utm_source=feed #uspoli #TrumpRegime #SignalGate #FOIA #FederalLaw #PreservationOfGovernmentRecords #MarcoRubio #PeteHegseth #law
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Lawmakers Reintroduce ‘No Fake Acts’ to Restrict AI Deepfakes with Backing from Getty https://petapixel.com/2026/05/21/lawmakers-reintroduce-no-fake-acts-to-restrict-ai-deepfakes-with-backing-from-getty/ #aigeneratedimages #takeitdownact #Technology #federallaw #nofakesact #deepfakes #aiclone #News #Law
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FBI Charge Photographer With $4.6 Million Child Modeling Fraud https://petapixel.com/2026/03/02/fbi-charge-photographer-with-4-6-million-child-modeling-fraud/ #federalcourt #childmodel #FederalLaw #detroit #fraud #News #Law #fbi
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The #Trump admin promptly sued #Illinois, saying the #law violated the #Constitution’s #SupremacyClause, which generally prohibits #states from enacting measures at odds with #FederalLaw. Whether to allow lawsuits against #federal agents for violating the federal #Constitution, the admin’s complaint said, “is a policy choice for Congress.” [ridiculous]
Professor Amar said aspects of the IL #StateLaW might be problematic, but that its core idea is sound.
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His central point for present purposes was that #state #legislatures can authorize lawsuits against #federal officials for violating the #Constitution. If that is right, such #StateLaws would close an odd gap in #FederalLaw that—broadly speaking—allows such suits against state & local officials, like police officers, but not against #federal ones, like #ICE agents.
#Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #UseOfForce #Constitution #StatesRights #CivilRights #authoritarianism #autocracy #ICE #CBP
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Trump’s Draft Executive Order Targets States Enacting AI Transparency Laws https://petapixel.com/2025/11/20/trumps-draft-executive-order-targets-states-enacting-ai-transparency-laws/ #aitransparency #executiveorder #presidenttrump #airegulation #transparency #Technology #FederalLaw #regulation #statelaws #ailaws #ailaw #News #Law
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#ForProfit #Corporations Are Buying Up More #PsychiatricHospitals. Some Flout #FederalLaw With Scarce Repercussions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit
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Unpacking #claim new #federallaw prevents #children from inheriting #parents' houses
However, for #wealthy #heirs of property inherited from a deceased person, #taxes might increase from January 2026.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/children-property-inheritance-law/
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A federal judge ruled that the state of Texas for decades unnecessarily institutionalized 4,500 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in nursing home facilities, denying them services that are required under federal law.
#Court #HealthScience #Healthcare #News #Texas #Disabilities #FederalLaw #IntellectualOrDevelopmentalDisabilities #TexasDepartmentOfStateHealthServices #TopStories #Tpr
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HHS Finds Columbia University in Violation of Federal Civil Rights Law
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/ocr-columbia-violates-federal-civil-rights-law.html
#HackerNews #HHS #Columbia #University #CivilRights #FederalLaw #Violation
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#Teachers sue #Trump admin for stopping affordable #StudentLoan repayment plans
The American Federation of Teachers represents 1.8 million educators.
By Leah Sarnoff, March 19, 2025
"One of America's largest unions is taking aim at President Donald Trump's administration for shutting down access to affordable student loan repayment plans -- saying the decision is 'effectively breaking' the system.
"The American Federation of Teachers (#AFT), representing 1.8 million educators across the country, filed a lawsuit against the #DepartmentOfEducation in Washington, D.C., hoping to restore the programs that have now been shuttered for three weeks.
"The filing alleges the administration halting the application process for all Income-Driven Repayment (#IDR) plans and ordering student loan servicers to stop all processing violates #FederalLaw.
"AFT sued the United States Department of Education (ED) for effectively breaking the student loan system, denying borrowers' access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (#PSLF), in violation of federal law,' the union said in a statement Wednesday."
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/teachers-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #BadDOGE #ResistDOGE #Authoritarianism #USPol -
the Post reported. “The dismissals appeared to violate #federalLaw, which requires #Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire the inspectors general.”
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All But 10 #Senate #Democrats #Voted for a #DefenseBill With an #AntiTrans #Healthcare #Ban.
If #President #JoeBiden #signs the #bill into #law, it will mark one of the first times #Congress has passed a #federallaw aimed at #restricting #trans #people's #HumanRights.
https://www.them.us/story/senate-democrats-ndaa-chuck-schumer-tammy-baldwin-trans-healthcare-ban
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#Virginia asks #US #SupremeCourt to reinstate removals of 1,600 #voters #registration which were illegally purged by #Fascist Republican #Governor #GlennYoungkin.
#FederalLaw #prohibits #voterregistration #purges within 90 days of an #election.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Virginia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #VoterSupression #ThePartyOfHate
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The #JusticeDepartment #warned #ElonMusk’s #AmericaPAC in recent days that his $1 million #sweepstakes to #registeredvoters in #swingstates may #violate #federallaw, people briefed on the matter told #CNN.
#Federallaw #bars #paying #people to #registertovote.
— #EminentDomain his #companies, #Revoke his #citizenship, and then #ban him from the country forever.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/elon-musk-justice-department-letter
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SEC Charges Cumberland DRW for Unregistered $2 Billion Crypto Securities Dealings - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Cumberland DRW LLC, ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/sec-charges-cumberland-drw-for-unregistered-2-billion-crypto-securities-dealings/ #investorprotection #cumberlanddrw #registration #unregistered #regulation #federallaw #securities #$2billion #complaint #penalties #chicago #trading #assets #crypto #dealer #sec
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#Republican #activists say little sign of #doorknocking for #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump in #swingstates.
— How does the Trump campaign share get-out-the-vote duties with PACs when under #federallaw, #PoliticalAction committees are prohibited from coordinating with #candidates or #campaigns they support?
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CW: Cost at $78. Price at $80,000
Unlike many other drugs that treat viruses, Sovaldi does not suppress hepatitis C, a virus that kills roughly 250,000 people around the world each year. It cures it.
“Normally you have a virus, and your body fights it off or your body fights it to a standstill and you just have it forever, basically, and hope it remains dormant more or less,” Laufer said. “The holy grail for every virologist is to find a way to drain the viral reservoir, and Sovaldi does this. You take one pill of Sovaldi a day for 12 weeks and then you don’t have hepatitis C anymore.”
The problem is that those pills are under patent, and they cost $1,000 per pill.
“Literally, if you have $84,000 then hepatitis C is not your problem anymore,” Laufer said. “But given that there are other methodologies for managing hepatitis C that are not curing it and that are cheaper, insurance typically will not cover [Sovaldi]. And so we’ve got this incredible technology and it’s sitting on the shelf except for people who are ridiculously wealthy.”
So Four Thieves Vinegar Collective set out to teach people how to make their own version of Sovaldi. Chemists at the collective thought the DIY version would cost about $300 for the entire course of medication, or about $3.57 per pill. But they were wrong.
“It’s actually just a little under $70 (83 cents per pill), which just kind of blew my mind when they finally showed me the results,” Laufer said. “I was like, can we do the math here again?”
The above lines were written for paid subscribers and are excerpt from #404Media https://www.404media.co/right-to-repair-for-your-body-the-rise-of-diy-pirated-medicine/ @law
#pharma #pharmacy #pharmaceutics #Hepatitis #HepatitisC #cure #illness #health #medicine #DIY #pirating #counterfeit #free #patents #research #money #law #FederalLaw #intellectualProperty
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#ICYMI #RonDeSantis ideological ban on #LabGrown #Meat substitutes is unconstitutional violation of #SupremacyClause .
#Florida move to pre-empt #FederalLaw and violate the #CommerceClause by insulating #FloridaAg from out-of-state competition is being challenged by CEO and MD #UmaValeti whose company #UpsideFoods filed a federal #lawsuit in the Northern District of Florida.
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#Landmark 11th Circuit Decision in May affirmed illegality of discrimination against #LGBTQ #workers in #Georgia case. #Court refused to allow #Sheriff's Dept to make special exception and violate #FederalLaw to ban #EmployeeRights to #GenderAffirming care. Case dated back to 2019 lawsuit and is looked at in detail here
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“When we say #DonaldTrump is a #scab, this is what we mean. When we say #Trump stands against everything our #union stands for, this is what we mean,” said #UAW President #ShawnFain.
Under #federalLaw, workers cannot be fired for going on #strike. Threatening to do so is illegal under the #NationalLaborRelationsAct.
#laborViolations #TrumpIsAScab #MuskIsAScab #MuskIsADick #FuckElonMusk #ElonIsATwat #VoteBlue #VoteBlue2024 #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy
https://newrepublic.com/post/184821/trump-elon-musk-payback-threatening-striking-workers-uaw
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“Or maybe we will keep punting on this issue altogether, allowing #chaos to reign wherever lower courts enable #States to flagrantly undercut #FederalLaw, facilitating the suffering of people in need of urgent #medical treatment.”
- #SCOTUS Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson
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“Despite clarity of the #legal issue & the dire need for an answer…,today 6 Justices refuse to recognize the rights #EMTALA protects.…The majority opts, instead, to dismiss these cases. But storm clouds loom….3 Justices suggest…that #States have free rein to nullify #FederalLaw.…& 3 more decline to disagree w/those dissenters on the #merits.…The latter group offers only…that 'petitioners have raised a difficult & consequential argument' about Congress's authority under the Spending Clause.…
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“We have granted certiorari & heard argument. We have had ample opportunity to consider the issues. The parties were well represented on both sides, & dozens of amici have weighed in.…The necessary #legal reasoning is straightforward, & the answer to the question presented is…clear: #IdahoLaw prohibits what #FederalLaw requires, so…under the #SupremacyClause, #Idaho's #law is pre-empted.…There is simply no good reason not to resolve this conflict now.”
- #SCOTUS Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson
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#Denying #genderaffirmingcare #coverage #violates #federallaw, says #appealscourt.
The #11thCircuit upheld ruling the #HoustonCounty, #Georgia #SheriffsDepartment violated #antidiscrimination #law by denying #healthcare to #Deputy #AnnaLange.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Healthcare #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://www.advocate.com/law/anti-trans-health-discrimination-illegal
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Avoid Using Unregistered Cryptocurrency Transfer Services, FBI Warned https://thecyberexpress.com/unregistered-cryptocurrency-transfer-services/ #UnregisteredCryptocurrencyTransferServices #InternetCrimeComplaintCenter #MoneyServicesBusinesses #antimoneylaundering #TheCyberExpressNews #CybersecurityNews #TheCyberExpress #cryptocurrency #FirewallDaily #FBIWarning #FederalLaw #Crypto #FBI
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Tennessee passed a bill allowing #antiLGBTQ #parents the right to #foster and #adopt #LGBTQ #Kids.
Senator #RaumeshAkbari a #Memphis #Democrat #criticized the #bill as "#cruel." The #HumanRightsCampaign, called the #proposal “#wrong and a #violation of #federallaw.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#GiftArticle link:
Unlike #FederalLaw, #Oklahoma #law does not address #HateCrimes based on #gender #identity or sexual orientation.
#NexBenedict #HumanRights #HateCrime #LGBTQ+ #sex #nonbinary
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Boo hiss! Judge Du did give the tribes another month to amend their complaint.
Judge again rules against #tribes’ effort to stop #lithium mine
By: Jeniffer Solis - November 21, 2023
"A Nevada federal judge ruled against three #NativeAmerican tribes seeking to halt construction of the country’s largest #openpit lithium mine, but will allow them to amend their complaint against the U.S. government.
"In the meantime, construction at #LithiumNevada’s mine near the #Nevada - #Oregon border will continue. Major construction on the lithium mine is scheduled to start in 2024, while production is expected to begin in late 2026, say Lithium Nevada officials.
"In the order, filed earlier this month, U.S. District Judge #MirandaDu dismissed the tribe’s claim that the mine’s approval violates federal preservation law and land policy.
"#Du ruled the three Native American tribes’ failed to prove that the #BureauOfLandManagement did not adequately consult with them, as required by the National Historic Preservation Act, which gives tribes the right to consultation when a project affects areas of #religious or #cultural significance.
"However, the judge gave the tribes a month to amend their complaint, which claims construction of the lithium mine in #ThackerPass near the sacred site of a 1865 massacre violates #FederalLaw.
"The three litigating tribes — #SummitLake #Paiute Tribe, #RenoSparks Indian Colony, and #BurnsPaiute Tribe — refer to Thacker Pass as “Peehee mu’huh” which translates to 'rotten moon' in honor of their ancestors who were massacred by the U.S. Cavalry in 1865 in an area of the pass shaped like a moon.
"In a ruling in 2021, Judge Du said evidence presented by the tribes that a massacre took place in Thacker Pass 'further highlights the shameful history of the treatment of #NativeAmericans by federal and state governments' but 'does not definitely establish that a massacre occurred' within the proposed project site.
"All three tribes claimed the BLM withheld crucial information from relevant agencies and #misrepresented the extent of the agency’s tribal consultation before approving the lithium mine project.
"The government dismissed those claims by arguing they have satisfied federal law by consulting with relevant tribes prior to approving the mine, and by continuing that consultation with tribes after the mine’s approval.
"Du agreed with the government’s argument and dismissed the tribe’s legal challenge, but left room for the tribes to amend their complaint related to the #NationalHistoricPreservationAct and further explain their claim that the BLM was legally required to complete the consultation process before approving the project. Du also gave the tribes space to amend their claim on how the government might have violated the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.
"Part of the tribe’s lawsuit seeking to block construction of the mine is still pending at the 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals, where oral arguments will be heard in February [2024].
"Will Falk, representing the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, said consultation should have been completed before construction began to avoid or mitigate harm to the sacred site.
"Tribal attorney’s on the case are still considering whether to amend the complaint by the Dec. 9 deadline or focus on their pending appeal, said Falk.
"'We are very disappointed that the court is allowing Lithium Nevada to destroy the site of an 1865 massacre of Paiute peoples and a whole Traditional Cultural District before the Bureau of Land Management finished consulting with tribes,' Falk said. 'While #ClimateChange is a very real, existential threat, if government agencies are allowed to rush through permitting processes to fast-track destructing mining projects like the one at Thacker Pass, more of the #NaturalWorld and more Native American culture will be destroyed.'
"The new ruling is the latest in a series of legal setbacks for opponents of the lithium mine. Over the summer, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to vacate federal land managers’ approval of a lithium mine, ruling that the U.S. government took a sufficiently 'hard look' at the project’s impacts before approving it.
"Before that, Du also ruled largely in favor of Lithium Nevada and the Bureau of Land Management in a consolidated case involving claims brought by environmental groups, a local rancher, and two Native American tribes.
"'We’ve dedicated more than a decade to community engagement and hard work in order to get this project right, and the courts have again validated the efforts by Lithium Americas and the administrative agencies,' said Tim Crowley, the vice president of government and community relations for Lithium Nevada, in a statement."
#NativeAmericanHistory #CulturalGenocide #RespectTheTreaties #LithiumAmericas #OpenPitMining
