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Supreme Court Could Put An End To Public School Monopolies
The Supreme Court has a case before it that could strike another blow at ‘state establishment’ — not of monopoly in religion, but in America’s primary and secondary education.
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Federal Government to Restrict DOGE Access to Treasury Department Systems: Filing
Government lawyers agreed to a pause after union members sued over the access.
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More Than 40,000 Federal Workers Have Accepted Buyout Offer
On Feb. 6, a federal judge pushed back the deadline to accept the offer to Monday.
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Nashville Democrat Jeff Yarbro Wants Elon Musk in ‘Jail’ if DOGE ‘Hurts Tennesseans’ by Blocking Federal Grants
Tennessee State Senator Jeff Yarbro (D-Nashville) on Thursday filed legislation that he said could lead to the jailing of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk, if the government reformer’s work "hurts Tennesseans" by denying them grant funding through DOGE’s efforts to cut wasteful spending.
Senate Bill (SB) 1128 by Jeff Yarbro, submitted Thursday as the "Shielding Tennesseans from Oligarchic Power and Eliminating Lawless Obstruction of Necessities" (STOP ELON) Act, would create a new felony offense that would be applied to anyone who, according to a description of the bill, interferes "with an individual’s or entity’s receipt of a loan, grant, or financial assistance," to which the government previously said they were entitled.
Judge appears likely to block DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records…
The hearing followed a lawsuit filed by three federal unions that alleged DOGE employees violated federal privacy laws when they accessed data from the Treasury Department, including the names, social security numbers, birthdays, bank account numbers, and addresses of taxpayers.
The agreement allows two individuals associated with Musk but employed by the Treasury Department called special government employees to have “read only” access to the sensitive data.
Reagan-Appointed Judge Temporarily Stops Trump Admin from Pulling Men Out of Women’s Prisons
A Reagan-appointed federal judge temporarily stopped the Trump administration from moving three male inmates out of women’s prison facilities on Tuesday in part because they don’t “present any threat” to female inmates.
District Judge Royce Lamberth, who took the bench in 1987, ruled on Tuesday to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep men in men’s prisons even if they identify as women. The ruling was in favor of “three male-to-female transgender women” who sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Washington, D.C., district court to stop their transfer, alleging that Trump’s directive violates federal law and their constitutional rights.