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Judge Lewis Kaplan (S.D.N.Y.) on Wednesday issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from rescinding $34 million in counterterrorism funds from New York state because of its sanctuary city laws. (Order.)
President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday stating that the U.S. would defend Qatar in the event of an armed attack against it. (Executive Order.) (Politico.)
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced that it would withhold $18 billion in federal funds from two New York City infrastructure projects because of the city’s “discriminatory, unconstitutional contracting processes.” (NYT.)
The Trump administration on Wednesday fired several members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory group to the National Endowment for the Humanities. (NYT.)
The Trump administration invited nine universities to join the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” a 10-point memo promising preferential access to federal funding in exchange for meeting a set of conditions. (WSJ.)
Chris Geidner praised a ruling from Judge William Young (D. Mass.) finding that defendants violated the free speech rights of non-citizen plaintiffs. (Ruling.) (Law Dork.) See yesterday’s Roundup for background.
Nick Bednar explained why the Trump administration might struggle to lawfully carry out reductions-in-force during the government shutdown, updating his analysis from Sept. 29. (Lawfare.)
Pending Interim Order Applications Involving the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court
Noem v. National TPS Alliance: The government filed an emergency application on September 19 requesting the Supreme Court to stay a district court order granting summary judgement that blocked the termination of TPS protection. The application also requested an immediate administrative stay of the judgement while the Court considers the full stay request. The National TPS Alliance filed an opposition to the request on the same day. On September 29, National TPS Alliance filed a response. Noem filed a reply on September 30.
Trump v. Orr: The government filed an emergency application on September 19 requesting the Supreme Court to stay an injunction issued by a district court that requires the State Department to allow transgender and nonbinary people to choose the sex designation on their passports. Justice Jackson formally set a deadline of October 4 for a response to the application.