In a desperate effort to delegitimize Joe Biden’s legitimate election victory, former President Trump reportedly urged the Justice Department to directly ask…
By repealing Trump Census order on unauthorized immigrants, Biden just gave Texas GOP an extra House seat, or two Todd J. Gillman, The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON Hours after taking office, President Joe Biden handed Texas a huge gift that went mostly unnoticed, overshadowed by more controversial moves on climate, public health and the border wall.
He reversed Donald Trump’s policy of excluding unauthorized immigrants from the Census count used to carve up the country into congressional districts.
Texas has almost 2 million such residents out of nearly 30 million – enough extra people to bring billions in federal largesse over the next decade, and add considerably to its clout in the U.S. House.
Published: Friday, January 15, 2021
Jordan Cove, Pelican, Dakota Access pipeline. Credits: Jordan Cove LNG; Manjith Kainickara/Flcikr(pelican);Tony Webster/Flickr(pipeline)
From pipeline battles to President Trump-era changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, federal courts will be busy this year hearing a slew of energy-related cases. Jordan Cove LNG; Manjith Kainickara/Flickr (pelican); Tony Webster/Flickr (pipeline)
Legal experts will be watching to see what happens with courtroom battles over major oil and gas projects and the Trump administration s regulatory rollbacks when President-elect Joe Biden takes office next week.
Pending litigation over land grabs and water permits for energy operations have the potential to draw the attention of the Supreme Court. And the new administration will need to contend with a string of lawsuits challenging President Trump s latest efforts to weaken energy and climate rules.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow execution of Lisa Montgomery
Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
Jan. 12, 2021
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday night began to clear the way for the execution of Lisa Montgomery, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection - the first woman to face the federal death penalty in nearly seven decades.
The court granted a request from the Justice Department to vacate a divided federal appeals court that would have delayed her execution until after President Donald Trump leaves office next week.
The court s three liberals - Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan - dissented.