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  1. 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.

    #UseOfForce #StatesRights #CivilRights

  2. 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.

    #UseOfForce #StatesRights #CivilRights

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. #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."

    abcnews.go.com/Politics/teache
    #CharacteristicsOfFascism #BadDOGE #ResistDOGE #Authoritarianism #USPol

  6. #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."

    abcnews.go.com/Politics/teache
    #CharacteristicsOfFascism #BadDOGE #ResistDOGE #Authoritarianism #USPol

  7. 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.”

    mediaite.com/trump/widespread-

  8. TikTok ban puts US tech companies in a tough spot: risk alienating a mercurial president OR break federal law and face billions in penalties. A high-stakes dilemma. 🤔💻 #TikTokBan #TechNews #FederalLaw #SocialMedia #BusinessRisk

  9. 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 404media.co/right-to-repair-fo @law

    #pharma #pharmacy #pharmaceutics #Hepatitis #HepatitisC #cure #illness #health #medicine #DIY #pirating #counterfeit #free #patents #research #money #law #FederalLaw #intellectualProperty

  10. 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 404media.co/right-to-repair-fo @law

    #pharma #pharmacy #pharmaceutics #Hepatitis #HepatitisC #cure #illness #health #medicine #DIY #pirating #counterfeit #free #patents #research #money #law #FederalLaw #intellectualProperty

  11. #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.

    wired.com/story/upside-foods-i

  12. #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.

    wired.com/story/upside-foods-i

  13. #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

    law.com/dailyreportonline/2024

  14. #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

    law.com/dailyreportonline/2024

  15. “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

    6/6
    #law #abortion #AbortionIsHealthCare #WomensHealth #ReproductiveRights

  16. “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

    6/6
    #law #abortion #AbortionIsHealthCare #WomensHealth #ReproductiveRights

  17. “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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  18. “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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  19. “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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  20. “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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