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Ninth Circuit Revokes Deportation of Immigrant Detained in Raid Without Reasonable Suspicion Updated: Published by:

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has canceled the deportation of a worker who was arrested and detained in a 2008 immigration enforcement raid on a California factory, ruling that immigration authorities violated federal regulations and the Constitution when they conducted the raid without reasonable suspicion that the approximately 130…

FCC Complaint Filed Against Telecommunications Giants Following Alleged Sale of Phone Location Data Updated: Published by:

Recent investigations have revealed that telecommunications companies have sold the real-time location data of their customers without the informed consent of the customers. In other situations, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint simply have allowed third parties to access the data, rather than actively selling it to them. As a result,…

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Finds Lack of Reasonable Suspicion for Arrest of Black Man With Gun in Washington State Updated: Published by:

On Wednesday, June 5, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Washington State police officers lacked reasonable suspicion to arrest Daniel Brown after the police received an anonymous report of a black man possessing a gun in Washington, a concealed-carry state. After the police…

Lawsuit Alleging Bias by Google Against Conservatives Allowed to Go Forward Updated: Published by:

In a tentative order issued last Friday, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge allowed a former Google employee's lawsuit alleging discrimination by the company against conservatives, men, white people, and people of Asian descent to go forward. The lead plaintiff, whose suit has been joined by a small number…

Environmental Rights Group Sues to Protect Carlsbad Caverns from Oil and Gas Development Updated: Published by:

A vast New Mexico oilfield lies near Carlsbad Caverns National Park, a region comprised of deserts and caves. The federal government recently has allowed substantial oil and gas development in this area. This may affect the stability of the terrain and the air quality near the national park, according to…

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sued for Failing to Protect Eight Highly Imperiled Species Under the Endangered Species Act Updated: Published by:

On Thursday, May 23, 2019, the Center for Biological Diversity and San Francisco Baykeeper sued the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for failing to protect eight highly imperiled species in the United States. The U.S. Fish and…

California Alleges Trump Pulled Funding for Rail Project in Retaliation for Border Wall Stance Updated: Published by:

The State of California has filed a new lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that the Federal Railroad Administration's sudden decision to pull almost $1 billion in funding for a planned high-speed rail connection between San Francisco and Los Angeles was payback for the state's opposition to Trump's plans to…

States Challenge Trump Administration Over Binary Gender Designations on Passports Updated: Published by:

New Jersey and other states are supporting the effort of a Navy veteran from Colorado to challenge the binary gender designations on passport applications. The case could affect how the federal government refers to non-binary individuals.