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Lawsuits invoking First Amendment protections against government actions like credential revocations, content bans, or agency retaliation.
Judge Timothy Kelly turned his temporary order into an indefinite injunction against the White House ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW. He added two First Amendment findings to a due process claim that rests on binding D.C. Circuit opinions.
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Judge Timothy Kelly, whom Trump appointed, sounded unconvinced by the national-security case for keeping CNN, MS NOW and Politico off the grounds, and said he would rule as soon as possible. The exclusion is about a week old.
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The three outlets want a federal judge in Washington to declare Saturday's lockout unconstitutional, and their complaint pairs a First Amendment retaliation claim with a Fifth Amendment due process claim.
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The complaint was filed as a class action, so a ruling for the plaintiffs would reach every applicant the term searches touched. NIH's own head of extramural research has already described the practice in a court filing.
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The order denying xAI an injunction leans on a three-month filing delay rather than the First Amendment, which leaves the $500,000-per-image price live while the constitutional question the case turns on stays open.
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Judge Noel Wise found First and Fifth Amendment flaws in the provisions used to deport noncitizen students over speech, which leaves any institution whose own conduct rules track that framework tracking twice-voided law.
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The Justice Department says nothing irreversible happens when the FCC designates a broadcast licence for hearing. Disney's filing is about the remedy that gets harder once it does.
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