YOU WONT BELIEVE: 22 | Mind Blowing Facts

GOP pushes "flood" of anti-LGBTQ bills

State legislatures introduced a record 500+ bills in 2023. Advocates warn this year could be even more "horrendous"

Salon · Jan 6, 2024

School board members could soon be blocked from blocking people − and deleting their comments − on social media

If a school board member has a social media account, would it be wrong for them to block someone and delete their comments? That’s a question the Supreme Court has decided to take up after public officials, including two school board members, blocked constituents from seeing their accounts or removed…

The Conversation · Jan 4, 2024

Federal judge blocks Idaho gender-affirming care ban for minors

The ruling came days before the prohibition was supposed to go into effect

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2023

Congress Renews Warrantless Digital Spying Program as Part of $886 Billion Spending Bill

Section 702 will continue until April, when Congress will have another shot at seriously reforming a program that desperately needs it.

Reason · Dec 14, 2023

Woman suing Kentucky over abortion laws learns her embryo no longer viable

Woman, referred to as Jane Doe in court documents, was about eight weeks pregnant when she filed lawsuit against state

The Guardian - US · Dec 13, 2023

Pregnant Kentucky woman dismisses abortion lawsuit weeks after filing after no heartbeat discovery

Jane Doe dismissed her case less than 10 days after filing it after an unexpected health issue cropped up

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023

NRA and ACLU Teaming up on the First Amendment in NRA v. Vullo

I'm delighted to report (as Adam Liptak wrote in today's New York Times) that the ACLU will be representing the NRA in this important First Amendment case, and that the ACLU's Legal Director David Cole—an experienced Supreme Court advocate—is (the Times notes) planning on arguing. The issue in the case…

Reason · Dec 9, 2023

Federal Judge Orders Halt to Migrant Family Separations at US Border for 8 Years|

This follows the controversial "zero tolerance" policy implemented by the Trump administration

Latin Times · Dec 9, 2023

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at the border

The settlement says migrant families cannot be separated at the border for the next eight years, a policy of the Trump administration. Around 1,000 children remain separated from their parents.

WEKU · Dec 8, 2023

LGBTQ+ rights group sues over Iowa law banning school library books, gender identity discussion

Several families are suing to stop Iowa’s new law that critics say violates the rights of LGBTQ+ students and educators

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023