May 17, 2024
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court said "extraordinary" and "far-reaching" attacks on administrative enforcers can skip agency tribunals and go straight to federal district court, ambitious challenges to regulatory powers are rapidly gaining traction, and the high court is poised to put them on an even firmer footing.
March 29, 2024
A highly anticipated Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's tribunal body could lend support to Walmart and SpaceX in immigration enforcement proceedings, and it may even have the potential to strike the foundation of immigration courts.
March 25, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice has defended its investigation into allegations that SpaceX refused to hire asylum-seekers and refugees, telling a Texas federal judge that its authority stems from a constitutionally sound provision of federal immigration law barring workplace discrimination based on citizenship status.
November 09, 2023
A Texas federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to pause administrative proceedings against SpaceX over its refusal to hire refugees and asylees, finding that a provision in a federal immigration law barring discriminatory employment practices is unconstitutional.
November 06, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice refuted SpaceX's efforts to end an agency review of its refugee hiring practices, telling a Texas federal court that the judge overseeing the probe was constitutionally authorized.
October 26, 2023
SpaceX has continued to push for an injunction to halt an administrative case that accuses the company of discriminating against refugees and asylees, saying the case remained unconstitutional despite a recent "band-aid" rule introduced by the U.S. Department of Justice.
October 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Texas federal court that SpaceX cannot halt the department's administrative case accusing the company of discriminating against refugees and asylum-seekers, saying the underlying proceeding passes constitutional muster.
September 27, 2023
SpaceX asked a Texas federal judge this week to pause the U.S. Department of Justice's underlying administrative proceeding alleging the company discriminated against refugees and asylum-seekers in its hiring practices, referencing the U.S. Supreme Court's Axon Enterprise Inc. v. FTC decision to argue the proceeding is illegitimate.
September 18, 2023
SpaceX has sued two U.S. Department of Justice administrative law judges and Attorney General Merrick Garland in Texas federal court in response to the government's claims the company illegally discriminates against refugees and asylum-seekers in its hiring practices, challenging the constitutionality of the government's underlying administrative proceeding.