Bernie Pazanowski

Virginia

Reporter at Bloomberg Law

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Culture Class Including Introduction to Islam Was Constitutional

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bernie Pazanowski

A New Jersey school district didn’t violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause by teaching a geography course that contained sections on Islam, the Third Circuit said Monday. The curriculum taught by the School District of the Chathams and its board of education didn’t show any of the hallmarks of religious establishment, the opinion by Judge Thomas M. Hardiman said, relying on the US Supreme Court’s holding in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.
Culture Class Including Introduction to Islam Was Constitutional

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Bernie Pazanowski

A New Jersey school district didn’t violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause by teaching a geography course that contained sections on Islam, the Third Circuit said Monday. The curriculum taught by the School District of the Chathams and its board of education didn’t show any of the hallmarks of religious establishment, the opinion by Judge Thomas M. Hardiman said, relying on the US Supreme Court’s holding in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.
Trump Administration Sues to Stop Colorado Sanctuary Laws (1)

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Bernie Pazanowski

The Trump administration sued Colorado and several state localities to prevent their sanctuary city laws from being enforced. State and local laws that prevent enforcement of federal immigration law are preempted, the complaint filed Friday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado says. The suit is the latest salvo in President Donald Trump’s campaign against illegal immigration. On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order declaring a crisis on the country’s borders.
Trump Administration Sues to Stop Colorado Sanctuary City Laws

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Bernie Pazanowski

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Trump Administration Sues to Stop Colorado Sanctuary City Laws

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bernie Pazanowski

The Trump administration sued Colorado and several state localities to prevent their sanctuary city laws from being enforced. State and local laws that prevent enforcement of federal immigration law are preempted, the complaint filed Friday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado says.
Orders Over Denial of Agency for Global Media Funds Put on Hold

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bernie Pazanowski

Orders preventing the Trump Administration from withholding US Agency for Global Media funds were temporarily paused by the D.C. Circuit on Thursday. The orders issued by Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the US District Court for the District of Columbia were administratively stayed so the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia can have “sufficient opportunity” to consider the various motions in the cases.
Court Pauses Orders Blocking Trump Cuts to Global Media Agency

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Bernie Pazanowski

Orders preventing the Trump Administration from withholding US Agency for Global Media funds were temporarily paused by the D.C. Circuit on Thursday. The orders issued by Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the US District Court for the District of Columbia were administratively stayed so the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia can have “sufficient opportunity” to consider the various motions in the cases.
Prudential Must Face Worker’s Bias, Constructive Firing Claims

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bernie Pazanowski

IP LawEmailMay 2, 2025, 4:53 PM UTCPrudential Insurance Co. of America didn’t convince a federal court that it had legitimate reasons for transferring an associate to a new sales channel and must face her sex discrimination claims. A reasonable jury can look at the evidence presented by former employee Kara Miller and hold that Prudential’s explanation for the transfer was “unworthy of belief,” Chief Judge Eric F. Melgren said Thursday for the US District Court for the District of Kansas.
Hawaii County’s Gun Ban Draws Challenge by Convicted Criminal

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bernie Pazanowski

Hawaii County’s ban on people who were convicted of minor violent crimes purchasing firearms violates the Second Amendment, a lawsuit filed in federal court says. Glen Shiroma’s complaint, filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Hawaii, says that his conviction occurred in 1992 and that it doesn’t disqualify him from buying guns under Hawaii or federal law. Hawaii County nevertheless cited the old conviction as its reason for denying him a permit to acquire a firearm, it says.
US Staves Off Appeal in Tort Suit Based on FDIC’s Sale of Loans

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Bernie Pazanowski

The federal government remains immune from claims by the former owners of a Chicago-area grocery store chain that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. “knowingly sold forged loan documents” and published misleading information about the owners, the Seventh Circuit said in a dismissal. George and Maria Dernis have spent more than a decade pursuing claims that the FDIC sold fraudulent notes after Premiere Bank collapsed.