As the U.S. military began launching strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean last year, a young Trinidadian man who was in Venezuela for work was searching…
Read more Families of two men believed to have been killed in military strike on boat sue US government over ‘unlawful’ attacksThe American Civil Liberties Union is filing a new class action lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of three Minnesotans – two Somali men and one Latino…
Read more ACLU of Minnesota to file class action suit for constitutional rights violations by federal agentsThe Palmyra police department is the first municipal department in Wisconsin to sign a 287(g) agreement with the federal Immigration Customs Enforcement agency. | Photo via Palmyra Public…
Read more Police agreement with ICE ‘taking it a step further’ than other Wisconsin agenciesAn Indianapolis-based refugee resettlement nonprofit is arguing that Attorney General Todd Rokita’s recent civil subpoena is “unjustified retaliation” and violates its First Amendment rights, according to a lawsuit…
Read more ACLU sues Indiana AG Todd Rokita to block probe into refugee nonprofit ExodusSupporters of the DACA program rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court, circa 2023. (Photo by Robin Bravender / States Newsroom) New Mexico Democratic U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and…
Read more Heinrich, Luján challenge Trump ‘targeting’ of DACA recipients for deportationA federal judge ruled last week that 11 Texas school districts, including Cypress-Fairbanks, Fort Bend, and Houston ISDs, don’t have to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom…
Read more Paxton Says Houston ISD Has to Display Ten Commandments Despite Federal Judge’s RulingWhen hundreds of books got hauled away in a dumpster from the library of the New College of Florida on Thursday, the tiny liberal arts college with a…
Read more Florida College Fills Dumpster Full Of Gender Studies Books For DisposalA University of Michigan proposal aimed at deterring disruptions on its Ann Arbor campus after anti-Israel protesters interrupted an honors convocation is sparking backlash from free speech advocates.Violations…
Read more University of Michigan policy on protests could quell free speech effortsA pro-Palestine student group on Thursday sued the state of Florida with help from the American Civil Liberties Union, after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration moved to bar the…
Read more DeSantis Sued By Students, ACLU Over Pro-Palestine Crackdown On CampusFile: Nusrat Choudhury testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee at confirmation hearing, Apr. 27, 2022. Screenshot Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Civil rights lawyer Nusrat Chowdhury has been confirmed by…
Read more Nusrat Chowdhury confirmed as first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. historyCNN — A transgender teen in Mississippi missed her high school graduation after a federal judge denied a motion requesting she be allowed to wear a dress and…
Read more A transgender girl misses her high school graduation after Mississippi judge denies emergency plea to permit her to go in a dress and heels | CNNMontana has officially become the first state in the country to ban TikTok after Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law on Wednesday, May 17. The…
Read more Montana has become the first state to ban TikTok. Here’s what happens next.Oklahoma on Monday became the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors as Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that makes it a felony for…
Read more Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kidsLydia Nobles, a New York-based artist, thought everything was going smoothly with the installation of her artwork at Lewis-Clark State College’s Center for Arts and History, in Idaho.…
Read more Citing State Law, an Idaho College Censored an Art Exhibit That Mentioned AbortionTwenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. A case coming…
Read more What is Section 230, the rule that shaped the modern internet?CNN — The Supreme Court of Kentucky ruled Thursday that a lower court wrongfully stopped the enforcement of two state abortion laws, according to court documents. The two…
Read more Kentucky Supreme Court ruling allows state’s near-total abortion bans to remain in place for now | CNN PoliticsUtah Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill Saturday that bans hormone replacement therapy and gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth, making Utah the first state in 2023 to ban such…
Read more Utah becomes first state to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth in 2023SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has temporarily banned San Francisco from clearing homeless encampments, saying the city violated its own policies by failing to offer other shelter.…
Read more Federal judge says San Francisco can’t clear homeless campsSAN FRANCISCO — Homeless people and their advocates are asking a federal judge for an emergency order to stop the city of San Francisco from dismantling tent encampments…
Read more Homeless people ask court to stop San Francisco tent sweepsST. LOUIS — A federal judge has denied a request from a 19-year-old woman to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, upholding a Missouri law…
Read more Judge denies 19-year-old’s ask to attend father’s execution
