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• January 14, 2026

  DHS Can Axe '11th Hour' Venezuelan Protections, 9th Circ. Told

  The Trump administration urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to vacate its summary judgment loss so that the government can continue to unwind temporary protected status for 600,000 Venezuelans, arguing that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had the authority to terminate the Biden administration's "eleventh hour" protections.

• January 14, 2026

  Full 5th Circ. Will Revisit PWFA's Constitutionality

  The Fifth Circuit late Wednesday vacated a split panel opinion allowing enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, granting an en banc rehearing to consider whether the U.S. Constitution required House lawmakers' physical presence to have a quorum when the statute was approved.

• January 14, 2026

  Colo. Ex-Clerk Asks Appeals Court To Overturn Convictions

  The former clerk and recorder of Mesa County, Colorado, asked the state's appellate court to overturn her convictions for a 2020 election-related scheme, arguing immunity during Wednesday's oral arguments that pressed the state on evidentiary and sentencing issues.

• January 14, 2026

  Calif. Again Asks 9th Circ. To Unleash Kids' Privacy Law

  California's attorney general was back before the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday, urging the court to vacate a new preliminary injunction blocking a landmark law requiring tech giants to bolster privacy protections for children, and arguing the lower court wrongly found the entire statute likely implicates the First Amendment.

• January 14, 2026

  Fla. Tribe Urges 11th Circ. To Uphold Detention Center Block

  A federally recognized Florida tribe has asked the 11th Circuit to uphold a lower court's preliminary injunction halting operations of an immigrant detention center in the Everglades, arguing that environmental safeguards are at stake rather than immigration policy.

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