DC #DistrictCourt lets #NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in #research grants
Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash
Plaintiffs argued NSF's cancellation of more than 1,700 research grants worth upwards of $1 billion were arbitrary, unlawful and would do irreparable harm to country's research ecosystem. They asked for #preliminaryinjunction that would have forced NSF to reinstate the money immediately while the case plays out
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/court_lets_nsf_keep_swinging/
Court lets NSF keep swinging axe at $1B in research grants

: Judge rules there’s no quick fix for 1,700+ axed grants, leaving labs scrambling for cash while the lawsuit plays out

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Statement on Denial of Preliminary Injunction for Florida SB 254’s Restrictions on Healthcare for Transgender Adults - GLAD A Florida federal district court judge denied a motion to temporarily block the state's restrictions on healthcare for transgender adults.

A Florida federal district court judge denied a motion to temporarily block the state's restrictions on healthcare for transgender adults.

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Federal Judge Staying Preliminary Injunction Against Anti-Transgender Health Care Ban

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8/23 MEDIA RELEASE: #PreliminaryInjunction motion for another bad "restoration" project.

A Western Shoshone elder: “If it looks like deforestation and defoliation, it will eventually be called that. And only then will this act be seen for what it is: ecocide for agriculture, a scorched earth attack on White Pine County to ultimately take its water, and the destruction of the natural world that supported my people for tens of thousands of years for a short-term gain.”
https://westernwatersheds.org/court-order-sought-to-block-clear-cutting-project-near-nevadas-great-basin-national-park/

#Arkansas is #temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed #criminalcharges against #librarians and #booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors. U.S. Dst Judge Timothy L. Brooks issued #preliminaryinjunction against the law, which also would have created a new process to challenge #library materials & request they be relocated to areas not accessible by #kids. Measure signed by Gov #SarahHuckabeeSanders earlier set to take effect Aug. 1 https://apnews.com/article/libraries-books-bans-arkansas-758f28c04c573d03b869ad2738e2b06d?taid=64c585db8166490001d29eb2
WA abortion pill ruling contradicts Texas decision
The Texas order does not go into effect for seven days, while Rice’s preliminary injunction takes effect immediately
The lawsuit argues that the FDA was actually too restrictive when it approved mifepristone, because it attached limitations such as requiring drugstores and doctors be specially certified to distribute or prescribe the drug.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/wa-abortion-pill-ruling-contradicts-texas-decision/ #Mifepristone #PreliminaryInjunction
WA abortion pill ruling contradicts Texas decision

A federal judge in Eastern Washington prohibited the FDA from pulling an abortion pill off the market, as a Texas judge's decision called access into question.

The Seattle Times