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      U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks before introducing President Joe Biden during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2023.

      US Judge Sets Hearing for 14th Amendment Case on Eve of Debt Limit X-Date

      While a DOJ attorney declined to disclose the government's position, one observer said it seems to be: "Stop trying to make us... get rid of the debt ceiling. That sort of thing is for high-level insiders only, not pesky labor unions that are going about it all wrong."

      Jessica Corbett
      May 23, 2023

      With a "significant gap" remaining between what House Republicans and White House negotiators want to resolve the debt limit fight, a federal judge on Tuesday scheduled a hearing next week for a related lawsuit brought by a union for government workers.

      Attorneys for the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE)—which represents about 75,000 workers across federal agencies—sued President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Yellen in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts earlier this month. The union's legal team requested emergency action by the court in a filing on Friday.

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      U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks before introducing President Joe Biden during a ceremony

      Watchdog to Biden DOJ: Don't Defend 'Unconstitutional' Debt Ceiling Against Lawsuit

      "Garland has no reason to defend the nonsense which is the debt ceiling, besides a vague sense of formality and tradition driven by elite political etiquette," said Jeff Hauser of the Revolving Door Project.

      Jake Johnson
      May 22, 2023

      A government watchdog on Monday urged the U.S. Justice Department not to defend the debt ceiling statute against a lawsuit recently filed by a union of federal employees and to support the group's effort to expedite its case as the crucial June 1 deadline nears.

      "Attorney General Merrick Garland must refuse to defend the unconstitutional legal incoherence that is the debt ceiling," Jeff Hauser, executive director of the Revolving Door Project, said in a statement. "The Justice Department should file papers supporting the National Association of Government Employees' request."

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      An American Airlines plane lands on a runway near a parked JetBlue plane at Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020.

      'Another Big Win for DOJ Antitrust': Judge Blocks JetBlue, American Airlines Alliance

      The ruling forces the airlines "to continue competing, eliminating anti-competitive revenue-sharing incentives and setting an important precedent against future consolidation in the industry," said one expert.

      Jessica Corbett
      May 20, 2023

      A Massachusetts-based federal judge on Friday sided with the Biden administration plus six states and the District of Columbia, which launched an antitrust challenge to American Airlines and JetBlue Airways' "de facto merger" for Boston and New York City.

      The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) along with the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and D.C. filed a civil lawsuit over the airlines' Northeast Alliance (NEA) in September 2021.

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