Twenty eight students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) in Parkland, Florida, and Florida State University (FSU) demanded Monday that Governor Ron DeSantis oppose efforts to lower the state’s minimum age to purchase a firearm after another deadly shooting last week. The letter sent Monday calls for DeSantis to reject attempts in Florida to [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the Maine Department of Education (DOE) on Wednesday over its policies that allow transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports. The lawsuit alleges Maine’s policies violate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which protects citizens under any education program or activity receiving federal funding from being [...]
A US federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked an order issued by the Trump Administration that sought to revoke the legal status and work permits of nearly 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Issued March 25 by the Department of Homeland Security, the Trump order intended to shut down a program instated [...]
US President Donald Trump’s administration targeted Houston-based law firm Susman Godfrey LLP in an executive order Wednesday, zeroing in on the firm’s previous defamation litigation related to the 2020 US election, as well as its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The administration has targeted other large law firms over similar programs, deeming them “unlawful [...]
A coalition of 19 attorneys general filed a 31-page amicus brief with the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, claiming a Maryland county’s policy of incorporating LGBTQ-inclusive books into their curriculum with no opt-out option for parents does not violate the US Constitution. The amicus brief asserted that the use of LGBTQ-inclusive books in the school [...]
A US federal judge ruled Tuesday that the White House must restore full access of the Associated Press (AP) to presidential events. “The Court simply holds that under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists — be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere — it cannot [...]
A union representing employees of 37 federal agencies and offices filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration, seeking to stop an executive order released on March 27 that would revoke two-thirds of the federal workforce’s collective bargaining rights. The executive order added more than a dozen federal departments and agencies to the list of [...]
The acting clerk of Ulster County, New York, rejected on Thursday the filing of a $100,000 judgment against a doctor who is accused of unlawfully providing abortion-inducing drugs to a Texas woman. Refusing to file the summary judgment, Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck invoked New York’s SHIELD Act. He further noted that Ulster County’s decision is [...]
A US federal judge on Tuesday granted a request for a temporary restraining order to stop efforts to deport a 21-year-old Columbia University student who had participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus. US District Judge for the Southern District of New York Naomi Reice Buchwald signed the order, preventing Yunseo Chung from being arrested or [...]
US federal agencies must rehire tens of thousands of fired probationary employees after a federal judge ruled Thursday their firings were carried out unlawfully. US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction, which broadened the previous temporary restraining order. Apart from reinstating the fired workers, the order also requires government agencies [...]
