Civic & Geopolitics Pulse

[LA] [Policy]

What changed: BGR report warns HB 911/SB 217 could risk public safety, constitutional rights, and higher justice costs by eliminating 9...

[LA] [US] [Courts]

• What changed: Unanimous SCOTUS ruling allows oil firms to remove certain coastal lawsuits from LA state to federal court, citing...

[US] [Policy]

What changed: Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025 EO limits birthright citizenship to children of U.S.-domiciled parents; oral arguments in Trump v....

[US] [Policy]

Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account

What changed: Trump EO mandates transition to electronic payments for all...

Supreme Court Hearings

• 🔥 Migrant Parole Case: Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in Blanche v. Lau on parole admissions and DHS...

What changed: NYT published leaked internal memos from justices on shadow docket use in decade-old EPA case (post-Michigan v. EPA), criticizing agency...

[US] [Policy]

• What changed: White House follow-up executive order creates Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, shifting from broad policy to actionable...

[US] [Policy]

What changed: President Trump signed an executive order accelerating research and access to psychedelics like ibogaine for mental...

[US] [Policy]

What changed: Supreme Court decision on April 20, 2026, in Sripetch v. SEC acts as major scalability filter for SEC's enforcement.

Authority: Supreme Court.

Impact: High.

Next: Ruling issued today.

[US] [Policy] Supreme Court migrant parole arguments

What changed: Justices hear oral arguments Wednesday on whether DHS must prove immigrant...

[US] [Policy]

What changed: DOJ extends compliance deadlines for public entities (colleges, state/local govs) under ADA Title II for web/mobile...

Louisiana Coastal & Energy Deltas

• [LA] [US] 🔥 SCOTUS Shifts Oil Suits to Federal Court: Supreme Court in 8-0 decision ruled oil companies like...

• What changed: New OFAC advisory signals heightened scrutiny of sham transactions and indirect dealings with sanctioned entities.
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[US] [Policy]

• What changed: Newly launched National Fraud Enforcement Division stops $340M in taxpayer fraud schemes during first phase.
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[US] [Policy]

• What changed: White House chief of staff met Anthropic CEO over new AI rollout, featuring sector-specific pathways starting with...

Delta: Entergy Louisiana filed March 26 for LPSC certification of three gas plants (2,262 MW total) tied to Meta power agreement, opening docket...

Procedural win for oil firms like Chevron in 40+ Louisiana environmental cases.

• Venue change: Overturns state court rulings, accepting WWII federal...

Federal Agency Updates

• [US] [Policy] 🔥 Banking Regulators Revise Model Risk Guidance: FDIC, Federal Reserve, and OCC issued revised model risk...

What changed: Trump nominated physician-lawyer Erica Schwartz, ex-deputy surgeon general, to lead CDC after 8-month vacancy amid leadership...

[US] [Policy]

What changed: DOJ's April 7 directive consolidates fraud-enforcement components under the new National Fraud Enforcement Division,...