Minnesota A.G. Keith Ellison Sues ExxonMobil and Other Big Energy Companies
Ellison says the ExxonMobil and other big energy companies have known about man-made climate change since the 1950s.
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Ellison says the ExxonMobil and other big energy companies have known about man-made climate change since the 1950s.
A federal appeals court has accepted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s request to delay the re-opening of gyms and other fitness centers in the state. In a ruling that came late Wednesday night, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Gov. Whitmer’s order must remain in place until the government can appeal federal District
The law seeks a reconsideration of the term slavery, insofar as it applies to private corporations that profit atop incarceration.
Despite acknowledging the lawsuit’s merits, Judge Patricia Millett said the Department of Homeland Security’s powers are broad enough to effect rapid deportations.
The lawsuit alleges that LAPD officers indiscriminately–and sometimes brutally–arrested peaceful protesters.
Gov. Whitmer argued that the state does not need to provide precise metrics to make a public health decision.
Police unions have been critical of suggested reforms, including a curb on the ability of union-appointed arbitrators to overturn disciplinary decisions.
Some Republicans, like President Donald Trump and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, appear to have forgotten that the judiciary is an independent branch of government.
But a spokesperson for one debt collection industry group said companies are trying to show “empathy” for Americans hard-hit by coronavirus.
Immigration activists warn that the Trump administration has weaponized coronavirus against legitimate asylum-seekers, including children.