Indiana AG Sues Local Sheriff for Refusing to Aid in ICE Immigration Round-Ups

- January 26, 2025

“[AG Rokita] stated he talked to Sheriff Redman multiple times, which is false,” the St. Joseph County’s Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “The Sheriff has never even spoken to Todd Rokita. He stated that we do not cooperate with ICE, which is false. We regularly communicate with ICE. When the jail receives a detainer or request from ICE, staff promptly informs immigration officials when that individual will be released on their criminal charges for detainment by ICE.”

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Maryland Judge Scraps Climate Change Lawsuit

- January 25, 2025

“The Court’s decision joins the growing and nearly unanimous consensus, among both federal and states courts across the country, that these types of claims are precluded and preempted by federal law and must be dismissed under clear U.S. Supreme Court precedent,” Chevron attorney Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. said in a statement.

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Former Clark County, WA, Inmate Files Lawsuit Alleging Negligence and Use of Excessive Force

- January 25, 2025

A former inmate at Clark County jail has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Washington County, claiming that its corrections employees are undertrained, negligent, and regularly engage in the use of excessive force. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, the lawsuit was filed on behalf of plaintiff O’Neal Payne. Attorneys for Payne say that, on August 13,

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First Lawsuits Filed Against Elon Musk’s “DOGE”

- January 24, 2025

“The question every American should be asking is, ‘What are they hiding?’” Democracy Forward CEO Skye Perryman said in a statement. “DOGE must not be allowed to operate in the shadows without the transparency, oversight, and opportunity for public participation required of any federal department by law.”

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