Blocking the governor's order, the #4thCircuit Court of Appeals required #SouthCarolina to include #PlannedParenthood in their #Medicaid program, granting residents the right to choose their #healthcare providers.

#SCOTUS reversed that decision on Thursday.

#law #ActivistCourt #poverty #insurance

With Trump losing the support of one of the LIONS of the #FederalistSociety, Republican and Conservative movements, Judge #HarvieWilkinson, who warns #America in a scathing rebuke of Trump from his perch on the #4thCircuit, that Trump could try to deport US CITIZENS youtu.be/MyDVN31Hk4w?...

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🤬 #4thCircuit clears the way for #Trump to fire #FederalWorkers again

In a win for Trump, a panel of judges on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a lower court ruling ordering 20 #FederalAgencies to reinstate tens of thousands of employees they had fired.

#law #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #Musk #DOGE #Project2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357415/trump-federal-probationary-employees-firings

Trump administration argues judge can’t order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

A federal judge didn’t have authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison, government attorneys argued Saturday as they urged the #4thCircuit to suspend the ruling.

US District Judge Paula Xinis on Friday ordered the administration to “facilitate and effectuate” #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s return to the US.

“A judicial order that forces the Executive to engage with a foreign power in a certain way, let alone compel a certain action by a foreign sovereign, is constitutionally intolerable,” DOJ lawyers responded.

Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, was deported despite a 2019 ruling that shielded him from #deportation to El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs.

AP / https://archive.li/oTWfB #deportations #uspol

South Carolina Ignores 4th Circuit Court Ruling, Senate Bans Trans Care

Days after a 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling stating that discrimination against transgender medical care is unconstitutional, the South Carolina Senate passed a trans care ban.

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Court rules transgender care policies as ‘obviously discriminatory’ - Philadelphia Gay News

A federal appeals court ruled that certain health care providers may not exclude coverage for gender-affirming medical care.

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4th Circuit: Gender Identity Is A Protected Characteristic, Blocks State Coverage Bans

In a landmark ruling, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that gender identity is a protected characteristic, and that Medicaid bans on treatments for gender dysphoria are unconstitutional.

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Biden nominates first LGBTQ candidate for 4th Circuit

SEIU General Counsel Nicole Berner lives in Md.

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EXCLUSIVE — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R-MT) filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit over a Maryland county law he says is defying the ...

EXCLUSIVE — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R-MT) filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit over a Maryland county law he says is defying the Supreme Court's landmark Second Amendment test by establishing "unconstitutional" gun-free buffer zones.#4thCircuit #ATF #ArunaMiller #AustinKnudsen #BidenATF #Bidenadministration #Bruen #Churches #ClarenceThomas #FirearmsPolicyCoalition
Montana leads 19 states in court to strike down Maryland 'buffer zones' gun law

Montana leads 19 states in court to strike down Maryland 'buffer zones' gun law

EXCLUSIVE — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R-MT) filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit over a Maryland county law he says is defying the Supreme Court's landmark Second Amendment test by establishing "unconstitutional" gun-free buffer zones.

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