Alexis Waiss
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She/Her • Litigation Reporter @blaw • Formerly @azcentral, @statepress, @PolitiFact, @aajavoices • @cronkite_asu alum • Retweets are not endorsements
Washington, DC
Joined January 2021
Floyd Lawyer Takes on Renee Good Case: ‘This Fight Ain’t Over’
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Nearly six years after prolific Chicago-based attorney Antonio Romanucci joined the team representing George Floyd’s family, he and his firm have signed on to another Twin Cities matter with extrao...
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A woman was fatally shot by ICE while sitting in her car yesterday. But she’s not the only Minnesotan who’s faced violence from ICE officer during “Operation Metro Surge.” More on the lawsuit @blaw:
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The Department of Homeland Security faces a lawsuit alleging federal officers used excessive force and retaliated against Minnesota residents who observed and spoke out against local ICE arrests.
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New Orleans will be the next city where the administration will be sending ICE. Now the state’s AG says people who protest or obstruct that sweep could be fined or imprisoned. My latest @BLaw looks at a new lawsuit that’s arisen from this landscape: https://t.co/nzFOaZcryp
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Louisiana’s attorney general faces a lawsuit from a legal nonprofit for allegedly threatening to prosecute New Orleans residents protesting against ICE’s “Operation Swamp Sweep.”
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The US Supreme Court declined to reconsider its 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, turning away an appeal by a former Kentucky county clerk who was ordered to pay $360,000 for defying the ruling.
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The US Supreme Court declined to reconsider its 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, turning away an appeal by a former Kentucky county clerk who was ordered to pay $360,000 for defying the...
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The Trump administration Friday asked the US Supreme Court to block a federal district court’s nationwide class injunction that allows “passport applicants to self-select the sex designation on their passports.”
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The Trump administration Friday asked the US Supreme Court to block a federal district court’s nationwide class injunction that allows “passport applicants to self-select the sex designation on their...
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Federal officials failed to escape a lawsuit brought by Democrat-led states challenging provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections, including his directive to require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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Federal officials failed to escape a lawsuit brought by Democrat-led states challenging provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections, including his directive to require proof...
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Planned Parenthood clinics remain protected for now from Medicaid cuts under the Trump administration’s tax law after a federal judge denied the government’s motion to stay a previous order pausing enforcement. Read more on the latest here for @BLaw:
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Planned Parenthood clinics remain protected for now from Medicaid cuts under the Trump administration’s tax law after a federal judge denied the government’s motion to stay a previous order pausing...
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A US judge ruled President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles during protests against his immigration crackdown violated federal law.
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President Donald Trump violated federal law by deploying National Guard troops and US Marines to carry out local law enforcement in Los Angeles over the summer as protests raged against his immigra...
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Years-long court challenges attempting to stop the federal government’s transfer of sacred tribal land in Arizona to a copper mining company show how US religious protections haven’t been equally applied, academics and attorneys say.
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Years-long court challenges attempting to stop the federal government’s transfer of sacred tribal land in Arizona to a copper mining company show how US religious protections haven’t been equally...
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Companies are increasingly worried about civil penalties, criminal investigations, and worker shortages as a spike in immigration enforcement funding stokes fears of more deportations and fewer available visas.
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Companies are increasingly worried about civil penalties, criminal investigations, and worker shortages as a spike in immigration enforcement funding stokes fears of more deportations and fewer...
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Incarcerated transgender women got court orders to prevent them from being transferred to male prisons under #EO14168. Now those orders may be at risk. More on the oral arguments I’m covering later this week:
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The Trump administration will defend its executive order enforcing the “biological reality of sex,” with the DC Circuit set to hear challenges to the transfer of transgender women to male prisons.
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Trump says he will send federal troops to 'hellhole' Chicago and Baltimore
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ICE can’t move any more new detainees into the Alligator Alcatraz, and the gov’t must remove all temporary fencing, generators, lighting, and other infrastructure installed within 60 days, @Tmmills01 reports on the latest injunction https://t.co/PSjI86YHXc
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The Department of Homeland Security is barred from expanding Alligator Alcatraz, the high-profile makeshift detention center in the Florida Everglades, after a federal judge ruled that doing so would...
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Kudos to my friend @drewjourno on her investigation of five major corporations backing out of their DEI efforts She’s rocking the corporate accountability beat! More @blaw: https://t.co/mbB3vWExQC
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I’m all torn up reading this, from @arizonaagenda. What will the Republic be without the great @maryjpitzl and its columnists. Thinking of all my journalism friends this week at the Republic and elsewhere. And our community.
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Scoop: USCIS has quietly ended a Biden-era program protecting undocumented workers who report workplace violations — posing a challenge for state and federal labor law enforcement. I report for @BLaw: https://t.co/a0shjWWVJe
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US Citizenship and Immigration Services is sunsetting a Biden-era program designed to encourage undocumented workers to speak out on labor violations, signaling the Trump administration won’t...
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NOTE: The Home Rule Act says @POTUS can have emergency control of police for 30 days unless Congress enacts a law authorizing an extension More from ✍️ @hlowenkron: https://t.co/cnZZ4GsJzl
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Employers that follow the Trump administration in promoting religious expression among workers must exercise caution to avoid claims they’ve created an unlawfully coercive or hostile environment, discrimination attorneys say.
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Employers that follow the Trump administration in promoting religious expression among workers must exercise caution to avoid claims they’ve created an unlawfully coercive or hostile environment,...
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Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe sued Huntington Beach United High School District for firing him from his coaching job after he protested a city council proposal to install a MAGA plaque. More on his story @BLaw:
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A former NFL player is suing a California school district for allegedly firing him from a coaching job after he publicly criticized plans to install a plaque honoring President Donald Trump’s “Make...
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Two federal appeals courts must lift multiple statewide blocks on President Donald Trump‘s executive orders that directed federal agencies not to fund gender-affirming care for young people, the administration said.
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Two federal appeals courts must lift multiple statewide blocks on President Donald Trump‘s executive orders that directed federal agencies not to fund gender-affirming care for young people, the...
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