ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } DOJ Nominees and Senate Judiciary Democrats Spar Over Obeying Court Rulings – BCI 24 News Network
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DOJ Nominees and Senate Judiciary Democrats Spar Over Obeying Court Rulings

27 February 2025 9:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 26 grilled several individuals poised to take top positions in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on whether officials should always obey court rulings.
“It would be too case specific for me to say, to make a blanket statement about that,” Aaron Reitz, who has been nominated to lead the DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy, told the Senate Judiciary Committee during a confirmation hearing in Washington.
“That’s an incredible statement by someone who wants to be part of the Department of Justice,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said.
Durbin, the top Democrat on the panel, had pointed to Reitz’s 2020 social media post in which he expressed disagreement with a court decision and appeared to suggest Texas officials defy it….