The US Supreme Court unanimously held Thursday that a transgender migrant may appeal a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision that denied her relief from deportation. The court reversed the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that it did not have jurisdiction over Estrella Santos-Zacaria’s request for judicial review. Santos-Zacaria petitioned the [...]
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Wednesday that will provide disability benefits to first responders who contracted COVID-19 before vaccines were available. House Bill (HB) 3162, known as the Act-of-Duty Bill, previously only provided disability pay for various physical and mental conditions, including heart attacks. Specifically, the law provides benefits for those [...]
The Ohio General Assembly advanced Senate Joint Resolution 2 on Wednesday, which would raise the required threshold from 50 percent to 60 percent to enact a constitutional amendment. The senate concurred with the house’s amendments to the resolution. The resolution would require a vote of at least 60 percent of electors to approve any constitutional amendment [...]
US Representative George Santos (R-NY) pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 13 federal crimes after a grand jury indicted him over alleged campaign finance and unemployment benefits schemes. Federal prosecutors charged Santos, who was elected to the House of Representatives for New York’s Third Congressional District in November, with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts [...]
South Carolina man Trevor Mullinax filed a complaint against York County, South Carolina, and the York County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday claiming he was shot at “around 50 times” during a wellness check in 2021. The complaint states relatives called in a wellness check on Mullinax as he contemplated suicide. Mullinax had a shotgun in [...]
A New York jury on Tuesday found former president Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s, and for defaming her by branding her a liar, assessing the damages at $5 million. According to court documents, the jury found that Trump sexually abused Carroll, causing damages that the jury assessed at [...]
The US Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday sent a letter asking conservative billionaire Harlan Crow to reveal previously undisclosed gifts he and his companies made to US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Crow is a well-known Republican mega donor who built his fortune through real estate development. Specifically, the letter alleges Thomas failed to abide by [...]
Following a mass shooting at a mall in Allen, Texas Saturday, lawmakers at all levels of government released statements regarding gun laws and policies. After ordering that the United States flag be flown at half-staff at all public buildings in the nation, President Joe Biden said in a statement: Republic Members of Congress cannot continue [...]
Lawyers for Florida State Attorney Andrew Warren Thursday filed a reply in support of a federal appeals court petition to reinstate Warren as part of an ongoing dispute between Warren and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. In August 2022, DeSantis suspended Warren from his position as the lead prosecutor in Hillsborough County Florida after Warren said [...]
The North Carolina Senate Thursday passed Senate Bill 20–also known as the Care for Women, Children, and Families Act–which would ban most abortions occurring after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Current North Carolina law allows abortions up to 20 weeks. While the bill reduces that 20 week limit to 12 weeks, the bill still allows abortions [...]
