@heidilifeldman

#Legal

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""The opioid epidemic has ravaged communities... across the country. The companies and individuals who fueled this crisis must be held accountable... Attorney General Bonta...
“By holding Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family accountable for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic, we're bringing much-needed funds for addiction treatment, prevention, and recovery to those impacted by this crisis. "

That is great news! Now, do #BigOil and the #ClimateCrisis

But it said — crucially — that agents were not to make arrests of “noncriminal collaterals,”a reference to people who are undocumented but who are not known to have committed any #crime.

…For months, #Trump & his aides have said they would target all #immigrants without #legal status in the #US to make good on his campaign promise for #MassDeportations.

An internal memo & emails obtained by AP show that #Medicaid officials unsuccessfully sought to block the #data transfer, citing #legal & #ethical concerns.

Nevertheless, 2 top advisers to *#Health* Secretary #RFKJr ordered the dataset handed over to #DHS, the emails show. Officials at the Centers for #Medicare & Medicaid Services were given just 54 minutes on Tues to comply with the directive.

Casper cited arguments made by the #states that the requirements would “burden the States with significant efforts & substantial costs” to update procedures.

The ruling is the second #legal setback for #Trump’s election order. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., previously blocked parts of the directive, including the proof-of-#citizenship requirement for the federal #VoterRegistration form.

The #state AGs said the directive “usurps the States’ #constitutional #power & seeks to amend #ElectionLaw by fiat.” The #Trump admin defended the order as “standing up for free, fair & honest elections” & called proof of citizenship a “commonsense” requirement.

Judge Denise J. Casper of the US District Court in Massachusetts said in Friday’s order that the #states had a likelihood of success as to their #legal challenges.

Here is the 10 page indictment for RJ May. Buckle up.

https://www.fitsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2025/06/RJ-May-Indictment.pdf

The #Republican-led #Congress passed the resolutions in May to reverse #Biden’s approval of #California’s #EV efforts. When signed by the president, joint resolutions revoking federal rules carry the force of #law & are not subject to #judicial review.

Even so, the move is expected to draw an immediate #legal challenge from CA, as well as an #ExecutiveOrder from Gov #GavinNewsom directing state ofcls to find another path to move the state’s drivers toward EVs & encourage companies to make them.

…The plan also comes amid intensifying #legal efforts to block the admin from using #Guantanamo Bay to house #immigrant detainees altogether. A federal class-action lawsuit pending in Washington indicates that there are roughly 70 immigrant detainees currently held there & facing “punitive” conditions, such as insufficient food, weekly changes of clothes & rodent infestation.

The principle of #proportionality is a #legal doctrine that requires any action taken by authorities, especially in the context of surveillance & #LawEnforcement, to be #proportionate to the objective being pursued.

#Law enforcement officers should use only the amount of force necessary to mitigate an incident, make an arrest, or protect themselves or others from harm.

#Trump #UseOfForce #RulesOfEngagement #NationalGuard #LosAngeles #protests #protesters #tyranny
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/overview-police-use-force

Federal #military forces are not allowed to carry out #civilian law enforcement duties against #UScitizens except in times of *#emergency*.
An 18th-century wartime #law — the #InsurrectionAct is the main #legal mechanism a president can use to activate military or #NationalGuard during times of rebellion or unrest. But #Trump didn’t invoke the Insurrection Act.
Instead, he relied on a similar federal law, #Title10, that allows the president to federalize Guard troops under certain circumstances.

#California #Democrats have braced for months for the possibility that #Trump would seek to deploy #US #troops on American soil, in this way, particularly in Democratic-run jurisdictions. Privately, they have acknowledged that such a move, absent the state’s agreement, would have profound implications but that their #legal options appear to be limited.