Biden pivots away from old court battles, helps ignite new ones 22 Jan 2021 / 04:42 H.
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden in his short time in office already has turned the page on some major legal battles that consumed former President Donald Trump s administration while also taking actions certain to ignite new ones likely headed toward the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Democratic president, sworn in on Wednesday, quickly signed a flurry of executive orders that wound down some of his Republican predecessor s actions or set new priorities for his administration on issues ensnared in legal disputes such as immigration, the U.S.-Mexican border wall and LGBT rights.
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Bert Pavlicko of Struthers, who served in the Navy from 1950 to 1954 during the Korean War, walks Monday from the new Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic at 1815 Belmont Ave. in Youngstown that will be named for Carl Nunziato. The new facility will open Wednesday. Pavlicko learned when he got there that the new facility was not yet open, and the former VA facility up the street was closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
YOUNGSTOWN The new, larger and renamed Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic will open Wednesday, about a half-mile from its current location.
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How the Supreme Court could upend Biden’s green agenda Source: By Jeremy P. Jacobs and Pamela King, E&E News reporters • Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The incoming administration will need to think carefully about how to defend its environmental policies before a federal court system that President Trump has filled with conservative judges. Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News (graphic); Gage Skidmore/Flickr (Biden and Harris)
Federal courts could stand in the way of President-elect Joe Biden’s efforts to undo the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks and stymie any efforts to take bold climate action, legal experts say.
Bianca Smith becomes 1st Black woman coach in MLB history I think it s a great opportunity also to just kind of inspire other women who are interested in this game, Smith said.
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Bianca Smith made history when the Boston Red Sox announced her new official position with the Major League Baseball organization.
Smith is now the first Black woman to serve as a coach in the MLB’s over 150-year long history. The Boston team shared the news on social media, welcoming her with a congratulatory message.
“Bianca Smith will be joining the #RedSox organization this season, making her the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball history,” the tweet stated.
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