
Avalon Zoppo
Reporter at Law.com
Appellate courts reporter at @theNLJ / @lawdotcom | past: @starledger @ThePressofAC | email: [email protected]
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1 day ago |
law.com | Avalon Zoppo
The U.S. Department of Justice's top civil rights official urged a federal appeals court Thursday to block as unconstitutional a state representative's Laurel Libby’s punishment for her online post criticizing a transgender student athlete’s sports win. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that the Maine legislature violated Rep.
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2 days ago |
law.com | Avalon Zoppo
The Senate confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s first second-term pick for a U.S. appeals court Wednesday was dominated by senators debating the shifting influence of the American Bar Association and the Federalist Society in the judicial nomination process.
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3 days ago |
law.com | Avalon Zoppo
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday told a lower court to assess whether a statute that lays out an administrative dispute-resolution process for federal employees is still functioning after President Donald Trump fired certain independent agency board members.
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3 days ago |
law.com | Avalon Zoppo
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on May 30 revived a first responder’s religious- accommodation and free-exercise claims against his municipal employer, citing a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that raised the bar for when employers are exempt from providing workplace accommodations. The Third Circuit reversed the dismissal of Christian Alexander Smith’s employment claims that arose over Atlantic City, New Jersey's refusal to allow him to grow a beard as his religious beliefs prescribe.
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4 days ago |
law.com | Avalon Zoppo
Motions panels in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and other federal appellate courts have been busy over the last few months resolving a stream of emergency relief requests in challenges to President Donald Trump’s policies.
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