The US House of Representatives voted 237-187 Tuesday to approve HR6, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which would create a path to citizenship for so-called DREAMers who entered the country illegally as minors. According to the Migration Policy Institute, HR6 would help around 2.7 million, of an estimated 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants, [...]

The Tennessee Court of Appeals held Tuesday that the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) do not have standing to prevent the removal of Confederate statutes at parks the City of Memphis had sold to Memphis Greenspace. In December 2017 the city of Memphis sold parkland to Memphis Greenspace, after which Memphis Greenspace removed statutes of [...]

The Illinois House of Representatives voted 64-50 in favor of the Reproductive Health Act (HB2495) on Tuesday. The bill will move to the Illinois Senate for consideration as an amendment to SB0025. As drafted, the amendment to SB0025 would repeal some Illinois laws, including the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 and the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban [...]

A group of women filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging gender discrimination in the FBI training academy. The complaint contends that the FBI’s employment and evaluation techniques violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act [...]

The Rochester City Council in New York unanimously voted Tuesday to approve an amendment to the city charter to include a Police Accountability Board. The initiative will now be added to the November ballot. The amendment would provide Rochester civilians with an instrument to oversee the police department as well as investigate police misconduct. The [...]

Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday ordered the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s search warrants relating to Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for President Donald Trump. The order comes in response to a motion filed by a group of media conglomerates seeking to compel [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday vacated a previous ruling that had deemed a Virginia law, which required a physician to perform an abortion, unconstitutional. Last week, Judge Henry Hudson granted a motion for summary judgment that held Virginia Code § 18.2-72 posed an undue burden [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa and Planned Parenthood of the Heartland filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Polk County District Court over Iowa’s recent enactment of House File 766. House File 766 prevents entities that provide abortions, or advocate for abortion rights, from receiving grant money earmarked for sex education. According to Erin [...]

The US House Committee on the Judiciary voted Wednesday to find Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena to produce the full Mueller Report. The vote comes after Barr refused to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee last week. In response to the proposed vote of contempt, [...]

The Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday approved HB 7093 (School Safety Bill), which will expand opportunities for teachers to become armed school guardians. The bill will be passed on to Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it. The School Safety Bill will loosen the requirements of the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program, which was enacted in [...]