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H-1B visa shock: Trump admin proposes hiking fee to over $100,000

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed raising the fee for certain H-1B visa petitions to $103,265. The proposal, posted in the Federal Register on Monday, would turn the controversial $100,000 H-1B payment introduced by the Donald Trump administration last year into a formal regulatory requirement.

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91 US higher education institutions back free speech rights of non-citizen students, faculty in appeals court

A coalition of ninety-one educational institutions has submitted a brief to an appeals court advocating for the protection of non-citizen students. This brief contests a policy that penalizes students and faculty for their speech. Previously, a district court ruled this policy infringed on First Amendment rights, prompting the government to…

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Somalia Is Down to Its Last Legal Lifeline — And Even That One Nearly Got Pulled This Week

Somalia's TPS survives a new court fight days after Burma and South Sudan lost theirs. Here's where every TPS-designated country actually stands now.

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Your State May Recommend More Childhood Vaccines Than the CDC Does. Here Is How to Find Out Which Schedule Applies

Most states no longer follow the CDC's January 2026 childhood vaccine schedule. Here is how to check which one applies to your child before school.

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Trump admin says $100k fee is not a tax, H-1B abuse raises national security concerns bringing 'aliens with foreign loyalties'

The Department of Homeland Security, in its filing to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit against the federal judge's order striking the $100,000 H-1B visa fee, argued that it is not a tax and not an unauthorized tax. Judge Leo Sorokin of the US District Court for…

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Use This One Weird Trick to Keep Your Name Out of an Upcoming Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against You

Or at least try: A court considered it, but ultimately said no.

Reason

After Mirabelli, The Other Foote Did Not Drop

Why was there no grant? Or at least a GVR to the First Circuit?

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Seventh Circuit Reaffirms: No Pseudonymity in Title IX Suits Claiming Wrongful Discipline

Many other courts do generally allow pseudonymity in those particular cases, but the Seventh Circuit disagrees.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Arkansas tooth picks, selective schools, and inconsistent travel plans.

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The First Circuit Is Not A Denny's

According to the Attorney General, the First Circuit's clerk refused to "offer any means of filing" an emergency brief after 5:00 p.m.

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Forum Shopping in the First Circuit

An interesting Reuters report on the new locus of lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration.

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First Circuit Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order is Unconstitutional

This is the second appellate court ruling against the order. So far, every court that has addressed this issue has ruled the same way.

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First Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Federal Marijuana Prohibition

Like it or not, Gonzales v. Raich remains good law, and federal prohibition is constitutional under current doctrine.

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Justices Alito and Thomas Dissent from Court's Declining to Hear "There Are Only Two Genders" School T-Shirt Case

From Justice Alito's dissent from the denial of certiorari in L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, joined (with a twist) by… The post Justices Alito and Thomas Dissent from Court's Declining to Hear "There Are Only Two Genders" School T-Shirt Case appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Much has been written about President Trump's executive order concerning birthright citizenship. I'll add a few thoughts here. First, this… The post The Birthright Citizenship Executive Order appeared first on Reason.com.

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Second Amendment Roundup: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Mexico v. Smith & Wesson

A cartel-dominated state blames America’s lawful gun industry for its violence.

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No Pseudonymity for Plaintiff Challenging Suspension Under Title IX

So holds the Eleventh Circuit, upholding the district court's decision—but the court's standard of review suggests that the exact oppose district court decision might have been upheld, too.

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Attempt to Entirely Seal Title IX Complaint on Privacy Grounds Rejected

From Judge Dale Ho's decision today in Doe v. Columbia Univ. (S.D.N.Y.): [T]hese cases concern allegations of sexual assault and that the events in question occurred from 2012 to 2014 or 2015, around the time that Plaintiff was an undergraduate student at Columbia University…. Plaintiff … filed identical letters seeking…

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A Family Affair for President Biden's Nominees To First and Sixth Circuits

CA6 nominee Karla M. Campbell was Judge Stranch's first law clerk, and CA1 nominee Justice Julia M. Lipez is filling the seat her father formerly held.

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Court Orders Unsealing of Documents in Lottery Winner's Lawsuit

The lottery winner is suing an ex-girlfriend based on a non-disclosure agreement aimed at concealing his identity. (The motion to unseal, at this point, is aimed at just unsealing various sealed documents in the case, not at disclosing the parties' names.)

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Initiative that aims to limit campaign contributions to super PACs certified to the Maine State Legislature

In Maine, a ballot initiative that aims to limit the amount of campaign contributions to super PACs was certified to the Maine State Legislature.

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Initiative that would limit campaign contributions to super PACs may appear on Maine 2024 ballot

In Maine, a campaign supporting a ballot initiative to limit the amount of campaign contributions to independent expenditure-only political action committees says that it has collected enough signatures to make the 2024 ballot.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Voting districts, work uniforms, and hunter harassment.

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Biden Nominee to the First Circuit Faces Potential Democratic Opposition Over Abortion

A nominee's work defending a state parental-notification law in 2005 may be a stumbling block to his confirmation.

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