Texas Democrats on Sunday vacated the state in order to break quorum and prevent a vote on legislation that would allow Republican lawmakers to draw a district map with five new Republican-leaning seats. Many Democratic lawmakers chose wait out the legislative session in Chicago, due to its party ties. Illinois Governor and Democrat JB Pritzker [...]
The US Departments of Education (DOE) and Health and Human Services (HHS) launched parallel civil rights investigations into Duke University on Monday, citing potential violations of key federal anti-discrimination statutes. The investigations center on allegations that Duke has used race-based criteria in student journal selection, medical admissions, hiring, and programming. The agencies suggest that these [...]
The US Supreme Court held on Thursday that states are permitted to prevent Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood. The case involved two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina that served both Medicaid and non-Medicaid patients. In 2018, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order banning public money for abortions, excluding Planned [...]
Judges Amy St. Eve and Michael Scudder appeared before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government on Tuesday for a discussion centered around the fiscal accountability and oversight of the federal courts. The judges spoke on topics such as calls for impeachment of federal judges, budgetary concerns, and the need for increased [...]
Two state lawmakers were shot Saturday morning in their homes in Minnesota, one fatally. Representative Melissa Hortman, Senator John Hoffman, and their spouses are said to be the victims of politically motivated violence. Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband Mark were killed in the attack on their home. Images [...]
A US federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s March 25 executive order (EO) that sought to alter requirements for voting and election procedure. In granting a preliminary injunction, the judge stated that this is not a dispute about whether non-citizens can vote in federal elections, but whether documentary proof of citizenship can be [...]
A bill being pushed through the Italian legislature by Giorgia Meloni’s government resulted in protests in Rome on Saturday. The bill is being criticized for its alleged reduction of human rights protections in the criminal justice system. The law strengthens protections for police accused of violence and doles out harsher punishment for protesters. Legal aid, [...]
Victims of state violence in Argentina’s Jujuy province deserve justice two years later, Amnesty International said in a report Friday. In 2023 the province of Jujuy underwent a constitutional reform initiated by Governor Gerardo Morales, which resulted in protests. Those protesting included teachers’ unions, Indigenous communities, leftist parties, and the dissenting wing of the Jujuy [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court’s decision to return books that had been removed from the library system in Llano County, Texas. Judge Kyle Duncan, who wrote the majority opinion for the case, reasoned that the plaintiffs have a right to receive information but that this [...]
A US federal district court judge on Friday permanently enjoined President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) targeting law firm Jenner & Block LLP (Jenner), ruling that the order violated the First Amendment to the US Constitution because it engaged in viewpoint discrimination. Judge John D. Bates of the US District Court for the District of [...]
