Since then, Kennedy has appointed a number of new members to the panel. California alleges that, of the 13 current members, at least nine lack the qualifications and required experience necessary for their positions. A majority have also expressed anti-vaccine views that broadly align with Kennedy’s.
“With this action, EPA flips its mission on its head,” said Hana Vizcarra, an attorney with Earthjustice representing at least six of the groups named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. “It abandons its core mandate to protect human health and the environment to boost polluting industries and attempts to rewrite the law in order to do so.”
The plaintiffs also argue that the arch, which is expected to stand exactly 250 feet tall, would obstruct the line of sight between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
“The University will continue to defend itself against these retaliatory actions which have been initiated simply because Harvard refused to surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights in response to unlawful government overreach,” Harvard said in a statement released Friday.
“There’s no legal basis for this money to be withheld,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said. “It’s harmful, it threatens our health. And that’s why we’re going to court really quickly to make sure that we’re getting these funds and this administration has to follow the law.”
“Our plaintiffs were treated as less than human because ICE and their willing partners think they can disregard fundamental rights if it gets them immigration arrests,” said Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, the ACLU’s deputy director of policing.
“Gov. DeSantis exceeded his constitutional authority by usurping a core legislative responsibility in service of his desire to enact a mid-decade gerrymander,” said National Redistricting Foundation executive director Marina Jenkins.
“Today, I did something that would have been inconceivable a year ago—I’ve sued Texas A&M to hold it accountable for violations of my Constitutional rights to free speech and due process of law,” McCoul said in a statement announcing the lawsuit.
Rufe, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, also criticized the government for even raising such an argument, saying that the Justice Department and its attorneys should know better than to ignore history.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a lawsuit demanding that the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce exclude undocumented immigrants from the results of the 2020 census. According to St. Louis Public Radio, the lawsuit was announced by Hanaway’s office on Friday. In a press release, the attorney general said that he