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How the Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance

Last week's convictions related to a July 4 ICE detention center demonstration raise red flags about the right to protest. “This can happen to you, and if they can do it to you, they will.”

Texas Observer

Prairieland Verdict: Texas Man Found Guilty of Transporting Constitutionally Protected Pamphlets

Eight others were convicted on vague "terrorism" charges—causing serious concern among First Amendment advocates.

Reason

Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas

Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters

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‘I don’t think I have any choice’: Trump appointed judge shuts down Texas Antifa trial after lawyer wears MLK Jr shirt

Argues image of MLK Jr too powerful for jurors.

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Judge declares mistrial in Texas ‘antifa’ protest case over attorney’s T-shirt

Lawyer for defendants accused of terrorism at ICE protest decried by Trump appointee over shirt’s potential for ‘bias’

The Guardian - US

From guardrails to potholes, AI is becoming the new eyes on America’s roads

Cities and states in the U.S. are turning to AI to improve road safety

The Independent UK

Treatment delays put workers' comp scheme in the hole

Insurance companies have been accused of burdening Australia's largest workers' compensation scheme by delaying treatment to injured workers.

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Texas judge throws out rule that would have capped credit card late fees

A Texas judge has thrown out a federal rule that would have capped credit card late fees

The Independent UK

Cap on credit card fees rejected

Groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobbied against the regulation

Salon

Longtime Ban on Home Distilling May Finally End

Why is making spirits for personal use any of the government’s business in the first place?

Reason

Trump judge gives right big labor win

Conservative legal movement scored a major victory Tuesday as Trump-appointed judge heads off NLRB proceedings

Salon

Exxon Plays Hardball Against Climate NGOs. Will Investors Care?

ExxonMobil investors will have a chance to weigh in at Wednesday's annual meeting on the company's hardball approach to the latest shareholder challenge from environmentalists over climate change.

International Business Times

A federal judge temporarily halts U.S. plan to lower credit card late fees to $8

The temporary injunction imposed by Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas is a win for the big banks and major credit card companies. The plan was set to go into effect next week.

WEKU

Federal Judge Halts Biden's Plan To Lower Credit Card Fees

Federal judge halts Biden administration's plan to lower credit card late fees to , impacting banks and consumers.

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The Independent UK

Texas judge moves late fee case to DC, accusing banks of venue shopping for favorable ruling

A federal judge in Texas has accused the major banking industry groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of forum shopping in their lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Reason

Don't Forget Your First-Year Civil Procedure Lessons on Personal Jurisdiction

From Castro v. Doe, decided Monday by Judge Mark Pittman (N.D. Tex.): John Anthony Castro filed this lawsuit on June 16, 2023, alleging that former President Donald Trump, among others, conspired to publish defamatory, verifiably false statements about him on his Wikipedia page. These supposedly false statements include the notion…

The Guardian - US

Federal agency to develop minority businesses can’t only help minority businesses, Texas judge rules

Three white plaintiffs sued after they were denied services by the agency, whose stated goal is to provide assistance to minorities

Reason

Court Preliminarily Enjoins Minority Business Development Agency Race- and Ethnicity-Based Funding

The case is Nuziard v. Minority Business Dev. Agency, decided Monday by Judge Mark Pittman (N.D. Tex.); here's the summary of the program: To qualify as a "minority business enterprise" [under the MBDA], a "socially or economically disadvantaged individual" must manage the business's operations and own at least 51% of…

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Age Restrictions on Handgun Sales Are Unconstitutional, a Federal Judge Rules

U.S. District Judge Robert Payne concluded that 18-to-20-year-olds have the same Second Amendment rights as older adults.

Tribune News Service

Texan young adults can now get licensed to carry handguns at college campuses, businesses

AUSTIN, Texas — A new kind of student is showing up in handgun instructor Michael Cargill’s classroom: teenagers.

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US Supreme Court weighs Biden’s college student debt relief

Joe Biden wants to forgive student debt for millions, but critics argue he overstepped his authority.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court student loan case: The arguments explained

The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments over President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan

Tribune News Service

Texas safety officials stop enforcing handgun age limits for young adults

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety is no longer enforcing a state law that bars adults under 21 from carrying handguns in public.

Tribune News Service

Texas drops its defense of a law that bans young adults from carrying handguns in public

AUSTIN, Texas — Young adults may soon be allowed to carry handguns in public, after the state on Tuesday gave up defending the age-based restrictions in court.

The Texas Tribune

Texas drops fight to prevent 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns in public

A federal judge ruled earlier this year that a state law banning young adults from publicly carrying handguns is unconstitutional. The state no longer plans to appeal that ruling.

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