Texas, Louisiana and Indiana urged the full Fifth Circuit on Tuesday to reject a bid by several Native American tribes and the federal government to overturn a ruling that the Indian Child Welfare Act is unconstitutionally race-based, arguing that Congress’ power to legislate for tribes must be limited. Read the full article here.TweetShareShare0 Shares

A new U.S. Supreme Court is giving conservative legal groups the confidence to look beyond “Chevron deference” and attack the independence of agencies like the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission as part of their broader war on the administrative state. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares

A New Jersey lawyer who operates a debt-collection service has sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying the agency is unconstitutional and has harassed her firm and its clients by seeking privileged communications. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares

The Supreme Court should decline an appeal by married movie producers who say witness testimony suffices as proof they timely mailed a tax refund request because they didn’t follow IRS rules requiring supporting documentation, the U.S. has told the court. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares

Caleb Kruckenberg, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is representing Canosa in his suit against Coral Gables, said he is skeptical of that claim. “In practice, what they’ve done is they’ve set up at least 30 cameras around the city, and it’s not just the perimeter,” he said. “They have these cameras at…

A New York federal judge on Monday denied a former Xerox executive’s request for release from a 16-year-old gag rule in a securities case, telling him the request came far too late and didn’t actually challenge the court’s authority over him or make any claims of impropriety regarding due process. Read the full article here.…