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Three steps Brandon Johnson can take to move quickly on police reform

Once he’s in office, Johnson has a chance to take Chicago in a new direction to achieve better public safety for everyone, writes Alexandra Block of the ACLU of Illinois. But it will take immediate action.

Chicago Sun-Times

US Supreme Court justice temporarily halts abortion pill curbs

Government says restrictions on mifepristone would deny people ‘lawful access’ to drug deemed safe by US regulators.

Al Jazeera

Why New Mexico has one of the highest rates for killings by police

A shooting last week in Farmington, N.M., where police went to the wrong house and killed a man, is just the latest example of lethal force being used against civilians in the state.

WEKU

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ACLU sues North Carolina over harsher riot punishments

A prominent civil rights group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new North Carolina law that will increase punishments for violent protests

The Independent UK

Satan Clubs Should Be Allowed in Schools

“After School Satan Clubs” cause no direct harm—they merely challenge the relationship between religious institutions and public schools.

Reason

US Supreme Court lets trans girl stay on track team

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has let a 12-year-old transgender girl continue competing on her middle school track team, acting for the first time on a wave of new state restrictions on athletic participation.

Bangkok Post

Former Illinois inmate finally has gender-affirming surgery following four-year fight

Cristina Nichole Iglesias had the surgery March 30 and is recovering well, according to the ACLU, the organization representing Iglesias in her legal battle.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Supreme Court says 12-year-old transgender girl may compete against girls in West Virginia

WASHINGTON — In its first decision involving transgender students and sports, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused West Virginia’s bid to bar a 12-year-old transgender girl from competing on the girl’s track team at her middle school.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court won't enforce West Virginia law banning trans athletes from girls' teams

The state's law was challenged by a 12-year-old transgender girl named Becky Pepper-Jackson, who has lived as a girl since fourth grade, according to court papers.

WEKU

Did an AI harvest your Facebook photos?

In a BBC interview, Clearview's CEO admitted to scraping user photos for its software

Salon

The governors from Indiana and Idaho sign bans on gender-affirming care

Governors in Indiana and Idaho sign into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors, as Republican-led legislatures continue to curb LGBTQ+ rights this year.

WEKU

Free speech looms as next key battleground for abortion rights

The ACLU is suing the Idaho Attorney General for "threatening health care providers" over abortion care.

Axios

Utah abortion clinic ban: Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue

Republican Gov. Spencer Cox last month signed HB 467 — effectively closing all abortion clinics in the state.

Axios

TikTok ban: "Patriot Act on steroids"

Gen Z, progressives and libertarians can all agree on one thing: Bipartisan effort to ban TikTok is "garbage"

Salon

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Reason

Senators Ask DEA To Stop Buying Its Way Around Civil Liberties

Plus: Senate Republicans spar over TikTok and free speech, Americans can't agree on how to cut spending, and more...

Miami Herald

Federal judge weighs whether Miami needs to redraw voting maps before November election

MIAMI — When attorneys challenging the constitutionality of Miami’s voting map need to back up their allegation that district boundaries were drawn along racial lines, they just turn to the tape.

The Texas Tribune

Texas bill advancing in the Senate would block minors from updating gender on birth certificates

Opponents of the bill call it a “power play aimed at making the lives of transgender children as difficult as possible.”

Los Angeles Times

Three inmates died in Los Angeles County jails in just over a week

LOS ANGELES — Three Los Angeles County inmates died in an nine-day period this month, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, a grim milestone that comes even as the county is facing scrutiny in court for using a cash bail system that can keep poor people behind bars.

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The Independent UK

Indiana bill banning gender-affirming care sent to governor

Indiana’s Republican General Assembly is advancing a measure to ban virtually all gender-affirming medical care for minors in the state

The Independent UK

ACLU: Lawsuit likely if Nebraska bill on trans health passes

The American Civil Liberties Union says that parents and children likely to be affected by a Nebraska bill to ban gender-affirming treatments for minors are preparing for a legal fight if it's enacted

Tribune News Service

‘Aspect of his heritage’: ACLU blasts school that told Native American boy to cut his hair

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina school fired back after a civil rights group blasted its short hair rule as “discriminatory.”

Reason

Hospitals Are Still Reporting New Mothers for Neglect Based on Drug Tests Triggered by Poppy Seeds

Two New Jersey women who gave birth last fall suffered harrowing ordeals thanks to their breakfast choices.

Reason

Cert. Petition on the First Amendment and Coercive Government Threats in NRA v. Vullo

William Brewer, Sarah Rogers & Noah Peters of Brewer Attorneys & Counselors and I filed a petition earlier this month asking the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit decision in NRA v. Vullo; I think many of our readers will find it interesting (my apologies for the delay in…

The Independent UK

Two new mothers sue after eating poppy seed bagels ‘led to child abuse probe’

Poppy seeds come from a species of poppy plant called opium poppy, which is used to develop narcotics such as morphine, codeine, heroin, and oxycodone

The Guardian - US

Two US mothers sue hospitals over drug tests after eating poppy seed bagels

New Jersey mothers allege hospitals performed tests without consent and say poppy seeds were reason for false positive results

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