/publicpolicy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Public Policy Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:36:45 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2392171?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2392171 A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday declined to reinstate eight inspectors general whom President Donald Trump fired without warning or rationale, finding that while it is "obvious" the president violated federal law governing the removal of inspectors general, the plaintiffs have not shown irreparable harm. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:26:44 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2391837?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2391837 The Executive Office for Immigration Review on Tuesday formally withdrew an email from May that became central to litigation challenging immigration courthouse arrests and quick dismissals of removal proceedings, saying the email, although "poorly drafted," was never policy. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:47:54 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2392164?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2392164 The American Bar Association on Wednesday urged a D.C. federal court not to dismiss its suit claiming the Trump administration has launched an unconstitutional campaign of intimidation against law firms, arguing that the intimidation firms have experienced isn't hypothetical or imagined, as the government contends. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:34:19 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2389231?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2389231 A Virginia federal judge wondered aloud Wednesday if it's necessary to break up Google LLC's advertising placement technology business, or if she can address the monopolies targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice through a "strict set of requirements." Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:25:47 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2392120?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2392120 The Trump administration unlawfully attached conditions to emergency service funding that required states to cooperate with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement, a Rhode Island federal judge ruled Wednesday, agreeing with a multistate coalition that the conditions are unconstitutional, arbitrary and capricious. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:43:15 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2391903?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2391903 An immigrant rights group told a California federal judge that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is rehashing rejected arguments to try to escape a suit alleging she cut corners to end temporary protected status designations for Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:32:37 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2391806?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2391806 The Round Valley Indian Tribes have opposed the state of California's motion to dismiss their lawsuit over what they claim are illegal cannabis raids, telling a federal judge that the bid to throw out their suit fails to prevail over the latest complaint's factual allegations. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:26:51 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2391975?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2391975 The Second Circuit has been asked to reconsider its recent ruling that upheld a New York public nuisance statute allowing claims specifically against gun manufacturers that cause public harm, saying the decision flouts a federal law shielding those companies from the criminal misuse of guns. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:24:27 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2391956?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2391956 The developer behind a disputed high-rise project — once led by a businessman convicted in the bribery scheme involving former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez — is asking a New Jersey judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a neighboring municipality, arguing the case is incurably flawed. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:17:52 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2392008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2392008 An Amazon user experience researcher told a colleague in 2024 that documentation of consumers' frustration with the Prime sign-up process "will be the thing that loses the case" for the company if a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit were to reach trial, according to a message shown to a Seattle federal jury Wednesday. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:13:34 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2387701?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2387701 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officials said Wednesday that its backlog of unexamined patent applications has shrunk this year after new initiatives to reduce it were put in place, and the office has set a goal of steeper drops in the years to come. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:54:08 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2392095?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2392095 A California federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from requiring cities and local governments to follow "impermissibly vague" directives relating to immigration and diversity, equity and inclusion policies in order to receive federal transportation, infrastructure, housing and other grants that had already been appropriated by Congress. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:32:04 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2392102?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2392102 The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced Wednesday that its board approved changes to its rules for so-called pattern day trading that would remove a minimum equity requirement for such traders. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:15:48 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2392060?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2392060 Michigan's utility regulator and one of the state's largest utilities have defended a requirement that power providers serving the state must source some of their electricity locally, saying in a court filing the rule helps ensure grid reliability. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:58:52 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2391877?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2391877 The American Civil Liberties Union and the Trump administration filed dueling briefs on whether a D.C. federal judge can certify a class and grant classwide relief in a suit challenging the government's transfer of some detained noncitizens to Guantánamo Bay. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:58:21 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2392134?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2392134 The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox's and former Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris' requests for decisions on whether their firings were lawful, saying it will only review the legality of former Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter's ouster. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:42:57 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2392050?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2392050 The federal government improperly expanded a Medicaid funding restriction to private parties that was meant only to govern the use of state taxes to fund the health insurance program, a Texas federal court ruled Wednesday in vacating guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:58:23 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2391920?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2391920 The U.S. Department of Energy needs to speed up its review of how forever chemicals are and have been used at its sites across the nation, the congressional watchdog agency said Wednesday. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:56:39 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2391625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2391625 The U.S. Department of Justice wants to end its prosecution of a cannabis user charged with possession of a firearm, telling an Oklahoma federal court on Tuesday that the case is old and it's very likely that the U.S. Supreme Court will soon address the gun law at issue. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:20:09 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2391854?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2391854 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups challenging the Federal Trade Commission's recent overhaul of its premerger reporting requirements told a Texas federal court the changes create an unnecessary burden for thousands of deals that raise no competition concerns.