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Every edition of Legally Brief: Federal, preserved. Each was designed for a single moment in the legal landscape.

• April 19, 2026 at 07:00 PM

  Sunday Edition

  A divided D.C. Circuit ordered an end to the district court's criminal contempt probe over Venezuelan deportation flights, while the House rejected a war powers resolution on Iran and agencies moved on StubHub refunds, SEC settlements, and export-control prosecutions.

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• April 12, 2026 at 07:00 PM

  Sunday Edition

  The Third Circuit affirmed that CFTC-licensed prediction-market contracts preempt New Jersey gambling law, while the Second Circuit reinstated a $656 million terrorism judgment and the Supreme Court let Oklahoma's tribal income-tax ruling stand.

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• March 22, 2026 at 06:00 PM

  Sunday Edition

  EPA rescinded the 2009 greenhouse gas Endangerment Finding as the Supreme Court struck IEEPA tariffs and lower courts fought over CFPB funding, TPS, and tariff replacement authority.

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• March 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM

  Sunday Edition

  DOJ indicted Super Micro co-founder for conspiring to divert $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI servers to China, as federal courts blocked the $3 trillion spending freeze, VOA shutdown, and RFK Jr.'s vaccine schedule changes.

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• March 15, 2026 at 06:00 PM

  Sunday Edition

  Federal prosecutors charged Sinaloa Cartel leader Jesus Ibarra Felix under terrorism statutes for the first time, as courts blocked Trump's attempt to end NYC congestion pricing and ordered the Kennedy Center to include Rep. Beatty in a board vote.

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• March 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM

  Sunday Edition

  Federal courts issued four injunctions blocking Trump executive actions in seven days — on immigration appeals, university race data demands, offshore wind, and TPS termination — as an emergency application for 350,000 Haitian nationals awaited Supreme Court decision.

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• March 12, 2026 at 07:00 PM

  Sunday Edition

  Supreme Court granted an emergency 6-3 stay blocking New York's court-ordered congressional redistricting, while DOJ released its first department-wide Corporate Enforcement Policy extending prosecution declinations to voluntary corporate disclosures across all criminal divisions.

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• March 09, 2026 at 08:00 PM

  Weekly Briefing

  Launch edition — Legally Brief: Federal is now live.

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