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A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Friday against the Trump Administration’s ban on asylum requests for people who illegally cross the border. The Trump administration issued the rule in late 2018, suspending immigration under certain circumstances. Specifically, the rule prohibited immigrants from applying for asylum except at legal [...]

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The Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability of the Judicial Conference of the United States on Thursday denied petitions for review of misconduct complaints against former DC Circuit Judge and current US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The dismissed complaints alleged that Kavanaugh displayed bias and hostility during his 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The [...]

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A federal judge ruled on Monday that the state of Nevada cannot join in litigation against an Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision mandating employers to offer birth control to employees. Nevada attempted to intervene as a defendant in order to defend the provision. Originally, private citizens and companies sued the Department of Health and Human [...]

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement Wednesday with wholesale produce company Pete Pappas & Sons in regard to violations of the Immigrant and Nationality Act (INA). The antidiscrimination issue started when Pappas & Sons human resources required a new employee, who was a refugee, to produce more citizenship documentation than a [...]

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 233, legislation meant to protect sex workers from prosecution in certain situations, into law Tuesday. SB 233 will protect sex workers who report being a victim or witness of a serious felony, including sexual battery, assault, domestic violence, extortion and human trafficking, from being charged with certain offenses related [...]

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A federal judge in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday dismissed the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) lawsuit against the Trump campaign and various alleged Russian agents for hacking in the 2016 election. The DNC brought this suit hoping to hold members of the Trump Organization, WikiLeaks and the Russian Federation civilly liable for [...]

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A group of Republican redistricting organizations sued the Michigan Secretary of State Tuesday to block the implementation of a new nonpartisan commission to redraw voting districts in Michigan in advance of the 2020 election. The case was brought on behalf of 15 residents of Michigan who are barred from serving on the commission under the [...]

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US District Judge Peter Sheridan on Monday affirmed lower court’s ruling on a constitutional challenge to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s ban on 10 round gun magazines. Murphy signed the ban into effect in June 2018 in order to reduce the number of casualties in mass shootings. The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol [...]

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A new California law requires presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns in order to be on the state’s primary ballot. The law doesn’t explicitly name President Donald Trump, but it is clearly inspired by his failure to disclose his tax information. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the legislation, SB 27 or the Tax Transparency and [...]

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