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1 month ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Jacqueline Thomsen |Jon Meltzer |Seth Stern |Carmen Castro-Pagan
Judges appointed by every president since Ronald Reagan are handling the wave of litigation filed over President Donald Trump’s early actions — including some appointed during his first term. Appointees of Democratic presidents are largely hearing the cases, often issuing temporary court orders that block actions from immediately going into effect while a judge considers further arguments and evidence in the case.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Diana Dombrowski |Alex Ebert |Jon Meltzer |K. Sophie Will
After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to bring to court but dramatically so, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis and experts who examined the findings. Section 2 of the act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting practices, was nearly 60% less likely to be cited following the court’s ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Diana Dombrowski |Alex Ebert |Jon Meltzer |K. Sophie Will
After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to bring to court but dramatically so, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis and experts who examined the findings. Section 2 of the act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting practices, was nearly 60% less likely to be cited following the court’s ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
news.bgov.com | Maeve Sheehey |Jon Meltzer
House Republicans are girding for a possible government shutdown where they could take the blame for their own constituents’ missing paychecks. Lawmakers are once again nearing a funding deadline that, if missed, will shut down several government agencies come Friday. Democrats are already using the possible lapse — one of many near-shutdowns this Congress — as an example of GOP dysfunction in their 2024 messaging. For example, swing-district Republicans, like Rep.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Kaustuv Basu |Jon Meltzer Exclusive |Jon Meltzer
More than 85% of the people seeking compensation for exposure to toxic water at Camp Lejeune wouldn’t qualify for the early resolution payouts offered by the government, according to preliminary data culled from thousands of potential claimants.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Kaustuv Basu |Jon Meltzer |Jon Meltzer Exclusive
More than 85% of the people seeking compensation for exposure to toxic water at Camp Lejeune wouldn’t qualify for the early resolution payouts offered by the government, according to preliminary data culled from thousands of potential claimants.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Daniel Moore |Jon Meltzer
Under a clear blue sky, Sheldon Kimber showed off a sea of American-made solar panels soaking up some of the world’s best sunlight in the Southern California desert. A longtime California solar developer, Kimber celebrated his Oberon Solar Project in Riverside County as a rare feat of scale: Nearly 1.5 million modules, spread across 2,400 acres of public land, charging 286 gigantic battery packs that dispatch power after the sun sets.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Kate Ackley |Jon Meltzer
Laphonza Butler, the Senate’s newest member, arrived on Capitol Hill having never won public office but bringing plenty of political ties, both pro and con, to dozens of her fellow lawmakers.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Jon Meltzer |Maeve Sheehey |Greg Giroux
Some of the far-right dissidents threatening a government shutdown in two days represent districts full of federal workers who’d face furloughs and paycheck delays. As lawmakers work to fund the government past Sept. 30, a small group of House Republicans is refusing to support any short-term stopgap bill. This puts the country at risk of a shutdown, where federal workers would stop receiving pay until Congress can get the country open again.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Jon Meltzer |Maeve Sheehey |Greg Giroux
Some of the far-right dissidents threatening a government shutdown in two days represent districts full of federal workers who’d face furloughs and paycheck delays. As lawmakers work to fund the government past Sept. 30, a small group of House Republicans is refusing to support any short-term stopgap bill. This puts the country at risk of a shutdown, where federal workers would stop receiving pay until Congress can get the country open again.
