“The individual defendants are dismissed because the #UnitedStates lacks #standing to sue them with respect to the #Sanctuary Policies; #CookCounty Board of Commissioners is dismissed because it is not a suable entity separate from Cook County … The United States’s complaint is dismissed in its entirety without prejudice,” Jenkins wrote.

U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins for the Northern District of #Illinois Eastern Division said the #Trump admin “lacks #standing” to invalidate the #state, #city
& county laws that limit cooperation w/ #federal #immigration enforcement, adding in her ruling that “contrary to the United States’s arguments, the #Sanctuary Policies here do not comparably regulate [Immigration & Customs Enforcement] operations or meddle with the contractual rights of private individuals working with #ICE.”
#law

A federal judge, in a ruling late Friday evening, has denied an effort to block #DOGE from accessing sensitive data from the Department of #Labor.

In his ruling, federal Judge John D. Bates found that the 5 federal employee #unions that alleged #ElonMusk's *cost-cutting* team sought to illegally access highly sensitive data, including medical records, failed to establish #standing.

#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #Trump
https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-decide-block-doge-accessing-sensitive-labor-department/story?id=118575362

#Black #Men #Rally for #VicePresident #KamalaHarris, and Confront an Elephant in the Room.

More than 40,000 #Black #men from across the country convened on a #virtual #fundraising #call to discuss what the moment required of them.

“Sometimes as Black men we get confused as to what #strength is, and sometimes we think that #standing #behind a #Black #woman as a #leader does not display #strength as Black #men”

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/black-men-rally-for-kamala-harris-and-confront-an-elephant-in-the-room/

Back to the #SocialMedia #moderation / #FirstAmendment case, #MurthyVMissouri, the vote was 6 to 3, w/ Justice #ClarenceThomas, Samuel A. #Alito Jr. & Neil M. #Gorsuch in dissent.

Justice Alito wrote in the #dissent which begins on p35 of the pdf. Alito made a point to restate much of the evidence specifically naming Biden ofcls. He does not address the matter of “injury in fact” (#standing) until p50.

#SCOTUS #law #disinformation
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-411_3dq3.pdf

In a 6-3 ruling, the majority said the challengers did not have legal grounds — or #standing — to bring the case against the #Biden admin.

The case, known as #MurthyVMissouri, gave #SCOTUS an opportunity to shape how govt ofcls interact w/ #SocialMedia companies & communicate w/the #public online. The dispute is one of several before the justices this term that tests #Republican claims that social media companies are working w/ #Democratic allies to silence #conservative voices.

Justice #ClarenceThomas knows that disrupting the #ThirdParty/associational #standing doctrine would have huge consequences for #abortion challenges... & indeed, any #CivilRights challenge. The costs of going public might deter someone from raising a challenge to a problematic #law.

& can be super-effective for preventing lawsuits & keeping problematic #laws on the books.

Murray7/7
#SCOTUS #law #ReproductiveRights #medicine #WomensHealth #MaleSupremacy #NewApostolicReformation #ActivistCourt

Similar dynamics are at work in #abortion #litigation.

Many patients are loathe to challenge #abortion #laws--because of the fear of reprisals, violence, or being ostracized in a small community. These fears have a #deterrent effect on rights litigation.

Which is why #ThirdParty #standing has been so important. Most of the abortion cases that have been litigated in federal courts have been brought by providers on behalf of themselves & their patients.

Murray6/
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt

That decision is widely credited with sowing the seeds for #ThirdParty/associational #standing--the idea that an association can present claims on behalf of its members.

This doctrine has been huge for #CivilRights. In the context of #JimCrow Alabama, few Black people would have risked challenging segregation in court--the consequences would have been swift & devastating. Instead, the NAACP could pursue claims on behalf of its members.

Murray5/
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt

In certain circumstances, the Court's #ThirdParty #standing doctrine allows a plaintiff to file a lawsuit or assert a defense in which the rights of 3rd parties are asserted.

This is also the case for associations/orgs, who are permitted to bring claims on behalf of members. There are lots of exceptions.

The origins of the doctrine can be traced to NAACP V. Alabama, 1958

AL was trying to get NAACP to stop work in the state — e.g. the Montgomery bus boycotts, etc.

Murray2/
#law #SCOTUS