/nativeamerican?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Native American Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 23:47:18 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2372544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2372544 A Manhattan federal judge on Friday rejected a request from 16 states to block the Trump administration from cutting millions of dollars in grant funds from the National Science Foundation for scientific research and programs aimed at enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields and environmental justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:58:11 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371280 In this special edition of Wheeling & Appealing, we're spotlighting key decisions and developments in every circuit court during the first half of 2025, while also previewing August's most intriguing oral arguments, including a remarkably "fierce" showdown between Edible Arrangements and 1-800-Flowers with millions of dollars in attorney fees on the line. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:53:54 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2372255?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2372255 A bipartisan group of former federal lawmakers is urging the Third Circuit to continue preventing New Jersey gambling regulators from taking action over KalshiEx's sports contracts, saying Congress intended for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have the final say on event contracts trading on federally regulated markets. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:26:26 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2372400?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2372400 The D.C. Circuit on Friday backed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to limit its review of a Texas pipeline to a 1,000-foot section near the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the agency had reasonably explained why a broader review wasn't required. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:02:35 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2372408?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2372408 The Trump administration has improperly "weaponized" federal laws against drug misbranding, false claims and female genital mutilation as part of a pressure campaign to undermine state protections for gender-affirming care, a coalition of state attorneys general argued in a new suit Friday. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:50:56 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371976?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371976 A California federal court won't order the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to remove the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians from a noncompliance list over the alleged sale of cigarettes to non-Native customers while the tribe appeals the decision to the Ninth Circuit. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:50:25 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2372228?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2372228 An Alaska judge threw out a breach of trust claim against the federal government and a mining company in a challenge to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to issue a permit for an open gold mine near the Yukon border. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:33:33 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371390?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371390 The North Carolina General Assembly has pushed through another round of hurricane relief aid to help the western swath of the state while lawmakers remain in talks to repeal a long-standing healthcare law that critics say hampers competition. Here are five North Carolina bills from the year's first half that saw the governor's stamp of approval or remain up for debate. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:15:46 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371349?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371349 A Florida federal judge has allowed the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida to intervene in a lawsuit filed by green groups against the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" constructed in the Everglades after the tribe argued the facility poses a direct threat to its livelihood. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:09:35 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371774?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371774 Several state utility regulators have urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject a regional grid operator's $21.8 billion transmission development plan, saying the plan's benefits are overstated and wrongly forces them to subsidize the clean energy goals of other states. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:07:20 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371683?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371683 A federal judge denied a renewed bid by the New York State Gaming Commission to dismiss a challenge by the Cayuga Nation that looks to block the entity from operating lottery games on the tribe's self-proclaimed reservation, saying the commissioners failed to establish a lack of equity jurisdiction. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:14:12 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371760?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371760 The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has advanced a bill aimed at strengthening border security and expanding career opportunities for Native American law enforcement agents on tribal lands through the Shadow Wolves program. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:35:34 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371936 Public interest groups say the Federal Communications Commission is poised to reverse progress that it made in recent years in gauging the affordability and adoption of broadband service across the country. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:41:07 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371617?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371617 The American Bar Association urged an Illinois federal court to throw out a lawsuit from The American Alliance for Equal Rights alleging the association's Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund constitutes race-based discrimination, arguing that the claims are simply a "'desire to vindicate' a particular 'view of the law.'" Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:22:58 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2369190?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2369190 A recently enacted law reforming the California Environmental Quality Act has been touted by state leaders as a fix for the state's housing crisis — but provisions including a new theoretically optional traffic mitigation fee could offset any potential benefits, says attorney David Smith. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:05:25 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371415?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371415 A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday questioned the Trump administration's assertion that it has not redirected funds allocated by Congress for natural disaster mitigation efforts toward other Federal Emergency Management Agency programs, even as the government was objecting to states' narrow request to protect the funds for now. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:42:07 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2343351?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2343351 Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:29:01 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371098?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371098 The Eighth Circuit has granted blue states' bid to vacate a ruling that faulted the White House Council on Environmental Quality for issuing binding regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act, following the Trump administration's decision to withdraw those regulations. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:23:47 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2371087?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2371087 The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are fighting a bid by a fellow California tribe to pause their challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to take 70 acres into trust for a casino project while a sovereign immunity order is appealed to the Ninth Circuit.