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Advocates ask court for chance to defend Texas Dream Act, in-state tuition for undocumented students

Advocates want a federal appeals court to allow them to fight for the Texas Dream Act. The law giving eligible undocumented students in-state tuition at colleges was blocked last year.

The Texas Tribune

Transgender Subpoena Leads To Transdistrict Struggle

A District Court in Rhode Island attempts to quash a subpoena issued by a District Court in Texas.

Reason

US appeals court denies bid from families of Boeing 737 Max crash victims to reopen criminal case

A federal appeals court in the United States has denied a request to reopen a criminal case against Boeing tied to two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets

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A Fifth Circuit Bait-and-Switch to Ignore Crime Victims' Rights

In 2023 the Fifth Circuit denied the victims' families challenge to the illegally negotiated Boeing DPA as being "premature"--but today the Circuit denied the families' challenge as coming too late.

Reason

Families of plane crash victims ask US appeals court to revive a criminal case against Boeing

Thirty-one families that lost relatives in two Boeing 737 Max crashes have asked a federal appeals court to revive a criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer

The Independent UK

Fifth Circuit to Hear Oral Argument on the Victims' Families' Challenge to the Dismissal of the Boeing Criminal Case

I hope to convince the Fifth Circuit to fully protect the families' rights under the Crime Victims' RIghts Act.

Reason

Why Ashley St Clair, MAGA influencer and Elon Musk's ex, is taking on his AI empire

Conservative influencer Ashley St Clair says Grok generated explicit deepfakes of her—including images from when she was 14. Now she's fighting xAI and Elon Musk.

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Victims' Families Ask the Fifth Circuit to Overturn the Dismissal of the Criminal Case Against Boeing

My two petitions for writs of mandamus challenge the Justice Department's violation of the Crime Victims' Rights Act and argue for substantive "public interest" review of prosecutors' dismissal motions.

Reason

Judge O'Connor Grants the Government's Motion to Dismiss the Conspiracy Charge Against Boeing …

... but does so reluctantly, calling the objections to the dismissal "compelling" and castigating the Justice Department for its failure "to secure the necessary accountability to ensure the safety of the flying public."

Reason

Boeing avoids criminal charge in 737 Max crashes that killed 346 despite emotional pleas from families

The ruling came after a hearing in September, where relatives of victims urged the judge to reject the deal

The Independent UK

Timeline: Key events in the troubled history of the Boeing 737 Max jetliner

In the eight years that airlines have flown Boeing's 737 Max jets, two crashes killed 346 people

The Independent UK

Families of Boeing crash victims to make potential final plea for criminal prosecution

A hearing in Texas could be the final chance for families of Boeing 737 Max crash victims to demand criminal prosecution of the company

The Independent UK

Crash victims' families prepare to make what could be their final plea for Boeing's prosecution

Families that lost loved ones in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners may be getting their last chance to demand the American aerospace company’s criminal prosecution

The Independent UK

What to know about Texas ending in-state tuition for undocumented students

Some implications of the ruling ordering the policy’s end are still unknown. College access experts urged affected students not to withdraw from school while they assess their options.

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Undocumented students ask judge to let them challenge sudden loss of in-state tuition

Their filing says the lawsuit that struck down in-state tuition for undocumented students was “contrived” to keep their voices out.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ undocumented college students no longer qualify for in-state tuition

Within hours of a federal lawsuit targeting Texas’ policy of letting undocumented students qualify for lower public tuition rates, the 24-year-old law was no more.

The Independent UK

US formally moves to dismiss prosecution against Boeing and asks judge to cancel trial over crashes

The U.S. Justice Department has formally moved to dismiss a criminal fraud charge against Boeing and asked a judge to cancel an upcoming trial connected to two plane crashes that killed 346 people

The Independent UK

Justice Department says it may drop criminal prosecution of Boeing over Max crashes

The Justice Department may drop its criminal prosecution of Boeing for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people

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Families of victims appalled as Boeing seems likely to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes

Trump’s justice department is considering a non-prosecution agreement, through which Boeing would not need to plead guilty

The Conversation

Preventive care may no longer be free in 2026 because of HIV stigma − unless the Trump administration successfully defends the ACA

Many Americans were relieved when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law’s third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision permitted widely supported policies to continue, such as ensuring health coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, allowing coverage for dependents up to age 26…

Reason

Important Questions for Boeing's CEO at Tomorrow's Senate Commerce Committee Hearing

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg should explain whether Boeing continues to plan to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the FAA, or whether it will attempt to shirk its responsibility for the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history.

Reason

Boeing Has Confessed to Committing Its Deadly Crime … and Should Now Plead Guilty

Boeing has no defense to the charged crime of defrauding the FAA. Rather than go through a pointless trial with a preordained result, it should plead guilty straightaway.

International Business Times

US Judge Sets June 23 Trial Date Over Boeing Crashes

A US federal judge on Tuesday set a trial date of June 23 in the Justice Department's criminal case against aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing over two deadly 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019.

The Independent UK

Judge orders a June trial for US government's felony case against Boeing

A federal judge in Texas has set a June trial date for the U.S. government’s years-old conspiracy case against Beoing for misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people

Reason

The Bondi Sentencing Memorandum Has Important Implications in the Criminal Prosecution of Boeing

The Justice Department's new guidance requiring prosecutors to disclose to a sentencing judge all relevant facts should require that, in any new plea deal, Boeing must acknowledge that it directly and proximately killed 346 people.

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