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NEW YOR stanley cup K AP ?A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked House Republicans from questioning a former Manhattan prosecutor about the criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump, the latest twist in a legal battle between Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Braggs office an stanley nz d the House Judiciary Committee.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an admi stanley france nistrative stay late Wednesday, hours after a lower court judge ruled there was no legal basis to block the Judiciary Committees subpoena to former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz. Committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, had sought to question him Thursday.In issuing the stay, Judge Beth Robinson noted that her order reflects no judgment regarding the merits of the case. A three-judge panel will ultimately weigh whether to uphold or overturn the lower-courts decision. Robinson, a Biden appointee, set an aggressive briefing schedule, ordering Braggs office to file court papers detailing its appeal by Friday and for the Judiciary Committee to submit its response by Saturday.Braggs office appealed to the 2nd Circuit hours after U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil rejected his request for a temporary restraining order, ruling Wednesday that Jordan had a valid legislative purpose in issuing the subpoena. It is not the role of the federal judiciary to dictate what legislation Congress may consider or how it should conduct its deliberations in that connection, Vyskocil wrote in a 25-page opinion. Mr. Pomerantz m Fdus Another storm hits winter-weary New England
At the U.S. Capitol and in most statehouses nationwide, supporters of LGBT rights are unable to make major gains these days. Instead, theyre notching victories in seemingly unlikely venues, such as Morgantown, West Virginia, and Birmingham, Alabama.They are among scores of cities and towns in Republican-governed state stanley cup s that have acted on their own, passing resolutions and ordinances pledging nondiscrimination protections for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in the absence of comparable statewide laws.De Pe stanley cup re, Wisconsin ?a Green stanley cup Bay suburb not noted for LGBT activism ?took a big step last week toward joining the movement. After an intense public meeting, its city council gave preliminary approval on a 5-4 vote to a measure that would broaden the local nondiscrimination ordinance to cover transgender people. The measure would prohibit businesses, employers and landlords from discriminating against people due to their gender identify.Alderman Casey Nelson, who introduced the measure, said he wasnt sure if anti-transgender bias was a problem in De Pere, but he wanted to send a message that the city of about 25,000 was welcoming and tolerant. Can you imagine living in a community that refuses to accept you for who you are Nelson asked.Advocacy groups say several hundred municipalities across the country have LGBT-inclusive anti-bias measures ?many of them in the 31 states that lack fully inclusive statewide laws.Skeptics say the local laws, in some cases, are
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