The Weekly Memo: On the Docket
SCOTUS Hears Trump Tariff Case
The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments on Wednesday regarding the legality of President Trump’s tariffs. In Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, the Court will determine whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorizes the President to impose tariffs.
The Hill, “Lutnick insists Trump will win tariffs case despite Supreme Court Skepticism”
Daily Caller, “Alan Dershowitz Shares What He Wishes Trump’s Lawyers Had Done Differently Arguing Tariffs Before Supreme Court”
Appeals Court Hands Trump Legal Win
On Thursday, a federal appeals court ordered a lower court to reconsider a decision to keep President Donald Trump’s ongoing case to erase his politically motivated New York hush money conviction in state court.
Fox News, “Appeals court hands Trump legal win, orders review of hush money case over presidential immunity”
SCOTUS Weighs Whether to Hear Key Cases
SCOTUSblog reports that justices met for their first private conference since mid-October and consider numerous petitions still waiting for action by the Court, including cases regarding fired employees and religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccination, the Second Amendment, same-sex marriage, and border asylum applications.
SCOTUSblog, “Six significant cases the justices are deciding whether to hear”
Vance Slams SNAP Court Order
Vice President JD Vance commented on a federal court ruling that rejected the Trump administration’s plan to provide partial payments without tapping additional funds, saying, “What we’d like to do is for the Democrats to open up the government of course, then we can fund SNAP and we can also do a lot of other good things for the American people… But in the midst of a shutdown we can’t have a federal court telling the president how he has to triage the situation.”
The Hill, “Vance calls court order to fully fund SNAP ‘absurd ruling’”
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Ep. 14: Fatherhood and Faithfulness with Johnie Hampton
In 2015, Johnie Hampton started a small gathering of men in Tulsa called the “Brotherhood Breakfast.” After a decade of monthly gatherings, the breakfast has grown to include hundreds and hundreds of men in attendance each month and has expanded to churches abroad who are now witnessing the same growth.