Senior US District Judge Roger T. Benitez declared Califonia’s assault weapon ban unconstitutional on Thursday because it violates the right to bear arms enumerated in the US Constitution’s Second Amendment. The case is in the US District Court for the Southern District of California. The California law makes it a felony to manufacture, distribute, import, [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Tuesday in favor of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation’s dispute with the state of Idaho regarding the tribe’s hunting rights on US land. The court found that an 1868 treaty between the Shoshone and the US allows tribe members to hunt on [...]

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Chief District Judge Brian Morris issued a preliminary injunction on Friday that blocked the state of Montana from instituting and enforcing its restrictions on drag performances in public venues. The case is in the US District Court for the District of Montana Butte Division. Morris found that the plaintiffs in the case were likely to [...]

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The Wisconsin State Assembly passed three bills on Thursday that ban gender-affirming care for minors and limit transgender participation in sports. In order for the new bills to become state law, they must pass through the other chamber of Wisconsin’s legislature, the State Senate, and be signed by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. However, Evers stated [...]

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in case involving racial gerrymandering claims against South Carolina’s congressional map. The case is an appeal from a three-judge panel decision in the US District Court for the District of South Carolina Columbia Division, which found that South Carolina’s Republican-led legislature’s design of that state’s First [...]

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills on Tuesday that compel California public universities to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001 (Repatriation Act), which requires state agencies that receive state funding to provide a process for the identification and repatriation of Native American remains and cultural items to the [...]

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On Friday, New Mexico District Judge Fred T. Van Soelen rejected a Republican challenge to the state’s congressional map that argued the map favors Democratic candidates. The case was in the New Mexico County of Lea Fifth Judicial District Court. Soelen concluded that the congressional map does not violate Article II, Section 18 of the [...]

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A three-judge panel in Alabama chose a new congressional district map on Thursday in response to a lawsuit arguing that the Alabama legislature’s congressional map was racially gerrymandered. The decision comes only a few weeks after the US Supreme Court rejected a petition from the state government, which sought to appeal a court order prohibiting [...]

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A Wisconsin state judge struck down on Tuesday a public school district policy that allowed students to request to transition to a different gender identity at school without parental consent and over parental objection. Judge Michael Maxwell ruled that the policy violated the fundamental parental right to direct the care of their child. Maxwell found [...]

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On Saturday, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit temporarily blocked a venture capital fund’s program that would have awarded grants to Black women-run businesses. The program, Fearless Strivers Grant Contest, was set up to promote diversity in business and set aside grant money specifically for minority-owned businesses. The case is an appeal [...]

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