Legalectric

On the road, and catching up, this little ditty landed in the inbox on Friday:

In short, it didn’t issue a Record of Decision, but promises to do so. We shall see.

Here is the EQB’s Letter of Transmittal with the requirements — let’s see that Record of Decision, PUC:

YEAAAAAAAAAAA! Injunction against yet another horrible tRump “policy” — that of ejecting, deporting, foreign students with valid F, J, and M non-immigrant visas for educational, vocational or technical study following the tRump administration’s August 9, 2018 Policy Memorandum, PM-602-1060.1:

Policy Memorandum: Accrual of Unlawful Presence and F, J, and M Nonimmigrants

Bottom line, INJUNCTION nationwide:

This case is about when the “unlawful presence” clock starts ticking for students with these visas:

Now thanks to this Order and Injunction, we’re back to the status quo, when the clock starts ticking after “unlawful presence” has been adjudicated.

In the meantime, the tRump administration is also refusing to allow students with valid visas INTO the country — so now we’re waiting for injunction to stop this practice:

Harvard Student Says He Was Denied Entry to the U.S. Over His Friends’ Political Opinions on Social Media

9 Arizona State students from China detained at LA airport, denied admission to U.S.

Remember that unConstitutional, immoral, unethical, and obscene campaign promise? He’s still working on that, this time with a “Proclamation.” It was announced informally 4 days ago, and I was searching for it, couldn’t find anything, and I’m on the Federal Register alert list…

Today, there it is on “Public Inspection,” which is the “pre-publication” Federal Register heads up.

It’s not an “Executive Order,” but a Proclamation. What’s the difference? A recent court order made much of the authority of the President in issuing Executive Orders, so maybe that’s why this one wasn’t an Executive Order?

Here it is:

IMPROVING ENHANCED VETTING CAPABILITIES AND PROCESSES FOR DETECTING ATTEMPTED ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES BY TERRORISTS OR OTHER PUBLIC-SAFETY THREATS, 9983

Here we go again, let the lawsuits proceed…

This Thursday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will decide on Association of Freeborn County Landowners’ Petition for an Environmental Worksheet. We’re last on the agenda.

AFCL’s Petition for EAW – Freeborn Wind

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Here’s the letter from EQB explaining to PUC what they’re to do:

RGU Transmittal Letter_Freeborn Wind_PUC

We’ll see whether they’ve learned anything from the decisions of the Appellate Court over their decisions regarding environmental review.

And just for yucks, here’s what toadies MCEA and Fresh Energy had to say:

MCEA, Fresh Energy don’t want EAW for wind!

Environmental review? Can’t have that now, can ya…