The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution Monday requiring the Taliban to honor their commitment to let Afghans and foreign nationals freely leave Afghanistan and to facilitate safe passage for those seeking to do so. The resolution called for the Taliban to allow humanitarian access to the country and to uphold human rights, including [...]

The US Department of Education announced Monday that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had launched investigations in five states to determine whether statewide prohibitions on universal indoor masking are discriminatory against students with disabilities.  The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to mixed state responses to indoor masking and vaccination requirements. Some states such as [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday that requiring voters to pay for their own postage and stamps for both mail-in-ballots and ballot applications would not be considered an unconstitutional poll tax. In April 2020 the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit claiming that Georgia’s postage [...]

In a case addressing the extent of obligations owed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held on Friday that intelligence agencies are not required to confirm nor deny the existence of records relating to whether the agencies were aware of an imminent threat [...]

A two-person panel of the California Board of Parole Hearings on Friday recommended for parole Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Sirhan was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the killing of RFK. Sirhan’s sentence was reduced to life with the possibility of parole when California [...]

Circuit Court Judge John Cooper on Friday verbally ruled against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ (R) planned retribution against local school districts that implement masking requirements. Judge Cooper’s ruling will effectively prevent DeSantis from sanctioning school districts that impose such requirements because doing so would violate H.B. 241, also known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights. [...]

Seven US Capitol police officers (“the plaintiffs”) filed a complaint in federal court on Thursday against former president Donald Trump and one of his corporations, Stop the Steal LLC, domestic and international Proud Boys groups, and other far right extremist groups (“the defendants”) for allegedly causing injuries to more than 140 police officers on January 6. [...]

The Gloucester County School Board agreed to pay $1.3 million on Wednesday, settling a six-year discrimination case against Gavin Grimm, a transgender student who the school refused to let use the boys’ restroom. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) representing Grimm filed a lawsuit in 2015 after the student, who was a sophomore at the time [...]

On Wednesday, New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit in federal district court alleging that the maker of a highly popular mobile game knowingly collects and sells the personal data of children under the age of thirteen. Hector Balderas filed the lawsuit against Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the Angry Birds franchise. The game was [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exceeded its authority in issuing a moratorium order on evictions in counties with heightened levels of community transmission. The CDC order issued earlier this month was the latest in a series of moratoriums that has been either newly issued or extended [...]