Jane M. Beckering

The Trump administration argued that it marked an attempt to usurp federal authority over egg regulations.

US District Court Judge Jane Beckering, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden, tossed the challenge, finding that the administration lacked standing.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel celebrated the dismissal.

She said that the Trump administration had incorrectly blamed the state's animal welfare law for high egg prices.

Michigan does not allow the sale of eggs in the state that do not meet its cage-free standards.

US filed suit in January claiming the state law is preempted by the Egg Products Inspection Act and that only the federal government can regulate the, quote, "quality and inspection of eggs sold in interstate commerce." US District Judge Jane Beckering said the mere existence of the Inspection Act does not give the government legal standing to bring the complaint.

In the opinion, Beckering said Michigan has not violated EPIA or the Constitution Supremacy Clause merely by enacting the sales ban.

As the Supreme Court has explained, federal preemption operates by regulating private conduct, not by directing the states how to legislate.

Morris and his lawyer allege Colonel James Grady instead put a Black officer in charge of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division as part of a pattern of unlawfully trying to diversify the top ranks of the MSP.

But in a Tuesday ruling, US District Court Judge Jane Beckering said both Morris and First Lieutenant Keon Whitfield were qualified for the job.

Morris did not show that race was behind the decision, the judge said.

Morris' attorney, Jim Fett of Ann Arbor, said he will appeal.

And, and here's what happened.

The US district judge, her name is Jane Beckering in Grand Rapids, dismissed an antitrust lawsuit that Michigan Attorney General Dana Neseff, who's a Democrat, filed way back in January against, listen to these companies: Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, American Petroleum, and BP.

Now, the ruling came down on Tuesday, and the state claimed that the companies colluded to hold back competition from renewable energy, including, uh, electric vehicles.

Now, the, the complaint also said that the companies tried to restrain, get this, the emergence of electric vehicles and renewable primary energy technologies in the United States.