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...Challengers in Hawaii and Maryland responded today to the government’s request to have the Supreme Court intervene....

...“We’re hopeful the Supreme Court will agree with our coalition that the travel ban is lawful and constitutional, and should be enforced in its entirety.”....

...the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday night to lift the lower courts' blockades....

... The Ninth Circuit on Monday partly granted an emergency motion by the Trump administration and lifted a preliminary stay on most aspects of President Donald Trump’s ban on entry into the United States ....

...repeals the state and local tax deduction for income and sales taxes and caps the SALT deduction for property taxes at $10,000. The home mortgage interest is grandfathered in and preserved for new homes up to $500,000....

...California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, and Washington today filed a motion to intervene....

"...State Street is in the process of reimbursing all funds fraudulently transferred out of a separate account which is managed and administered solely by the RMI Government...."

...meanwhile Trump Set to Appeal Hawaii Court Rejection of Travel Ban 3.0....

“The federal government has significantly increased its immigration enforcement activities, including, for example, a nearly 40 percent increase in arrests within the first four months of 2017,” the complaint states....

...U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson of the District of Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order against the ban Tuesday....

...the Hawaii AG office denied the public interest fee waiver request and charged $28,396.30 to complete the document search....

...Tuesday’s order strongly suggests that the justices will dismiss the Hawaii case once the refugee resettlement provision terminates....

'...it continues to effectuate the President’s unrepudiated promise to exclude Muslims from the United States...."

"...This new ban still discriminates on the basis of nationality...." -- AG Chin

...Chamorro Land Trust (CLT) is modeled on DHHL--but CLT is vulnerable to this litigation because, unlike DHHL, CLT not an act of the US Congress written into the Admission Act of a State....

...Hanabusa said operationalizing Aegis Ashore on Kauai would interfere with PMRF's missile testing and compromise the military's relationship with the local community....

...The likely practical effect, it appears, would be that the planned review simply will not occur, and that the new action would be met with new lawsuits, starting all over in the lower federal courts. ...

...Justice Anthony Kennedy acted quickly on the government’s request: This afternoon he stayed the lower court’s ruling and ordered the challengers to respond by noon tomorrow....

...I will be going as part of the Red Cross Shelter Management Team.  We’ll be setting up and managing a shelter for Florida families affected by Hurricane Irma....

...The ceremony will be held on Monday, September 11, beginning at 10 a.m. in front of the Eternal Flame Monument on the front lawn of Honolulu Hale featuring Honolulu’s first responders and airline representatives....

...The celebration may be short-lived however, as the Supreme Court will take up the legality of the travel ban with oral arguments slated for Oct. 10....

...Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggests DACA is on shaky legal ground....

"...Our undocumented students are an integral part of our community...."

...Whatever the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, it will have a limited shelf life as the Supreme Court will take up the travel ban’s constitutionality on Oct. 10....

...Interior, Census Launch 2018 Enumeration of Compact Migrants in Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa To Determine Distribution of Compact Impact Funds....

...Trump's refusal Saturday to specifically condemn by name those Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi white supremacists was morally deficient....

...technical assistance grants totaling $467,095 to continue support for the Micronesia Resource Center One Stop Shop on Guam and the We are Oceania Hālau Ola One Stop Center in Hawaii...

...Would you like to see a Trump/Kim summit in Hawaii?....

...Since the 21st Century Flood Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 2874) passed out of committee in June, it has been subject to intense industry lobbying....

... Supplements $30 Million Provided Previously ....

...a hyper-partisan, publicity-seeking, grandstander....

...And Hawaii Attorney General Chin is preparing his appeal to the 9th Circuit to admit the 24,000 Muslims....

... Hawaii must explain itself to the Supreme Court before 6AM Tuesday ....

...A dozen Micronesian students are headed to prestigious private schools this fall, thanks to Habele K-12 tuition scholarships....

... “The Supreme Court has had to correct this lower court once, and we will now reluctantly return directly to the Supreme Court to again vindicate the rule of law and the executive branch’s duty to protect the nation,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said ....

... Judge Derrick K. Watson “lacks authority…to grant additional relief beyond what the Supreme Court permitted” ....

“This court will not upset the Supreme Court’s careful balancing and ‘equitable judgment’ brought to bear when ‘tailor(ing) a stay’ in this matter....”

...Guam, like the other four inhabited U.S.-governed territories, lacks even a semblance of political representation back on the mainland....

...despising Trump, conservatives and America so much they’re willing to risk the country for a political win....

...Pave Way to Release $150 Million for Infrastructure Projects across Micronesia....  

...Hawaii’s motion asks the court to clarify that the federal government may not enforce the controversial bans against fiancés, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins of people currently living in the United States....

Domenech’s nomination has been endorsed by all four Governors of the U.S. territories....

...“Today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security,” the president said.... 

...“Benign neglect,” were the words Lieutenant Gov. Ray Tenorio used to describe Washington’s relationship with his island. “The feds view Guam only as a military asset. Nothing more.”....

The justices ordered the latest round of briefing after the 9th Circuit ruled for Hawaii June 12....

...urging the justices to reinstate key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order....

"...rulings from other courts across the nation (enforce) a fundamental principle that protects all of us from government condemnation of our religious beliefs,” Omar Jadwat said....

"We should all be proud of these kids, who’ve been at it since 2011," explained regional newspaper publisher Lee Weber....

Last month, the NSA announced it is ending its collection of Americans’ Internet communications that merely mention identifying terms for foreign targets....