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Appeals court rejects Trump bid to pause federal funding freeze ruling
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Appeals court rejects Trump bid to pause federal funding freeze ruling

By Jack Birle | Washington Examiner A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration‘s efforts to pause federal aid through an Office of Management and Budget memorandum Wednesday, upholding a lower court’s ruling. The Trump administration attempted to pursue a blanket pause of federal aid disbursements pending a review of the various spending items in January, but the order was blocked by a federal circuit court after several lawsuits, including one by more than a dozen state attorneys general. Despite the Trump administration rescinding the memo, the court still pushed forward with haulting the blanket pause. READ THE FULL STORY AT WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Appeals court says reduction in parenting time, even a substantial one, is not a ‘restriction’
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Appeals court says reduction in parenting time, even a substantial one, is not a ‘restriction’

By Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics Colorado's second-highest court ruled for the first time on Thursday that even if a judge substantially reduces the amount of time a parent may spend with their child, it is not a "restriction" that requires a heightened justification. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals acknowledged that under its interpretation of the law, a judge could theoretically slash a parent's time with their child to a single overnight visit a year without having to find the child's health or development is endangered. "In any event, if the General Assembly wishes to establish some threshold of purely quantitative change that would require more than merely being in the child’s best interests, it is of course free to do so," wrote Judge Ted C. Tow III in the ...