The State of the Judiciary Amid The Federal Shutdown
Good morning and welcome to another edition of Amicus: A Law Review with Jim Santelle. This week, federal courts were a battleground as judges confronted executive overreach, issuing injunctions to stop disruptive policies of the Trump Administration amid the federal government shutdown. In Rhode Island and Massachusetts, judges ordered the administration to release emergency SNAP funds, defying claims that reserves were untouchable.
And in Washington D.C., Jim takes a look at a case where a judge quashed a proof of citizenship mandate for voter registration. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, a…
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