bret: the u.s. supreme court is allowing a 12-year-old transgender girl in west virginia to continue competing on her middle school girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues. the justices refused to disturb an appeals court order that made it possible for becky pepper jackson to continue participating on her school s track and cross-country. also today the biden administration wants to let schools bar transgender athletes from competing in high school and college sports under certain conditions but prohibit blanket bans across the country. it says schools wishing to limit such participation much show the decision relates to educational objectives and minimizes harm. athletes for transgender athletes have mixed the proposal provides a welcome set of protections. others insist it offers a road
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new statewide plan to address vulnerabilities presented by the use of TikTok by banning the app on state-owned devices.
he died three days later. in illinois a judge temporarily blocking a state ban on semiautomatic firearms. democratic governor j.b. pritzker enacted the legislation earlier this month in response to a mass shooting during the july 4th parade in highland park. that killing killed 7 people and injured dozens of others. plaintiffs argue the law, though, is unconstitutional. and arizona s democratic congressman expected to challenge senator kirsten kyrsten sinema in 024. she abandoned the party after midterms and registered as an independent. sinema has not yet announced whether she s going to run for re-election, but this match ifup may split the liberal vote, they say, if rubin does run in the grand canyon state. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. well, jury selection begins next week in the double murder trial of addict alex murdaugh, a prominent south carolina lawyer accused of shooting and killing his wife, maggie, and his son
Happy new year and welcome to the January 2023 edition of the Political Law Playbook. This month’s coverage highlights a flurry of December activity at the Federal Election Commission.
decision, the steering committee is the speaker s committee because it s full of his allies and reflects the speaker s issues. ways and means or foreign affairs, even though not that it s still a way for george santos to go back to constituents and say, i m doing something on capitol hill, erica. lauren fox, appreciate it. thank you. in illinois an emergency hearing being held today to stop a new state ban on assault weapons, already dozens of sheriffs have refused to enforce that law and caps the sale of high capacity ammunition magazines and bans switches which can convert legal handguns into assault weapons and it requires existing owners of semiautomatic guns to register that ownership. cnn s whitney wild is in chicago. what more do we know about these legal challenges to the law? reporter: well, this is