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Judge Jamal N. Whitehead (W.D. Wash.) on Wednesday granted plaintiffs’ motion for class-action status in a case brought by refugee assistance groups challenging President Trump’s suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Judge Whitehead held that plaintiffs met the legal requirements to certify a class comprising individuals seeking admission to the United States as a refugee on their behalf or on behalf of a family member as well as some Afghan and Iraqi Special Immigrant Visa holders. (Order). (NYT).
Judge Royce C. Lamberth (D.D.C.) ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to produce a plan for how it intends to comply with the Court’s preliminary injunction requiring the government to restore funding to Voice of America. In a March executive order, President Trump called for the dismantling of the federally-funded news organization. Judge Lamberth wrote that defendants have “consistently refused to give the Court the full story regarding personnel actions” and “continue to provide cagey answers and omit key information.” (Order). (NYT).
Brown University entered into an agreement on Wednesday with the White House, becoming the third Ivy League school this month to ink a deal with the Trump administration. The agreement stipulates that Brown will contribute $50 million to “state work force development organizations” over the next decade and that the university will comply with the Trump administration’s policies on transgender issues and merit-based admissions. The agreement requires the government to restore millions of dollars in grant funding to the school that officials blocked this spring. (Agreement). (NYT).
In the month since the Supreme Court issued Trump v. CASA, the decision has spawned confusion over its meaning and debate regarding its impact on Executive branch wrongdoing, writes Georgetown law professor Marty Lederman. Lederman analyzes the decisions and distills subsequent litigation regarding Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. (Just Security).
Pending Interim Order Applications Involving the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court
National Institutes of Health, et al. v. American Public Health Association, et al.: Government filed application on July 24 to stay district court order that prevented the National Institutes of Health from canceling grants that, according to the administration, are related to DEI and “gender ideology.”