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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge in Kansas has refused to block the nationwide enforcement of a Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers to do background checks of buyers at gun shows, leaving Texas as the only state so far where a legal challenge has succeeded. U.S. District Judge Toby Crouse’s ruling this week came in a lawsuit brought by Kansas and 19 other states, three individual gun collectors and a Wichita, Kansas-based association for collectors. They sought an order preventing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from enforcing the rule that took effect in May through...

This will be a weekly post. Count remains at 218 judges confirmed. 2 Trade Court judges 161 District Court judges 53 Circuit Court judges 2 Supreme Court justices Senator McConnell did file for cloture for several judges this week, but with at least two senators testing positive for coronavirus those votes will likely be put off. The democrats are trying to use the president's diagnosis to delay the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett to be Supreme Court justice. But Chairman Graham can simply move the hearings to Zoom (and should). Judiciary Committee members Lee and Tillis both tested positive...