Trump bragged about his administration seeking to ban flag burning, which is protected speech.
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Since the early 2010s, amid a sea change of public acceptance of LGBTQ people, state after state banned the use of conversion therapy—the debunked, harmful practice of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity—on children and teenagers. And for just as long, a tiny contingent of therapists on the fringes of their […]
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The outcome of “Chiles v. Salazar” could have major implications for conversion therapy bans across the country.
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Will SCOTUS Greenlight Conversion Therapy Even Though the UN Calls It “Torture”? Read Post »
Perhaps the most brazenly illegal action of President Donald Trump’s second term so far took place on his first day in office: an order to deny birthright citizenship to thousands of newborns. Within months, the question had reached the Supreme Court. But rather than affirm the right to birthright citizenship, which is plainly enshrined in […]
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The Supreme Court’s Republican appointees on Friday let the Trump administration end the legal status of 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants who were granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a type of humanitarian relief for people whose home countries are in crisis, even as this group’s case continues to wind through the courts. The order is extraordinary—not least […]
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The Supreme Court Just Took Legal Status from 300,000 Venezuelans Read Post »
Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now. In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself. Some effects are already visible in our everyday lives, others are only now coming into focus. “This is […]
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Taking Stock of the Roberts Court at 20—and the Shadowy Forces That Built It Read Post »
Trump has picked a corporate litigator to defend a Supreme Court case that could unleash unlimited political spending.
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Inside the Campaign to Dismantle the Last Remaining Limits on Campaign Spending Read Post »
On Thursday evening, around the same time the Justice Department overruled career prosecutors in order to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division sued six states—California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania—for failing to hand over their full, unredacted voter registration lists. The new legal actions signify […]
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The Justice Department Is Ramping Up Trump’s Election-Rigging Efforts Read Post »
When a 41-year-old Nigerian mother of two appeared before an immigration judge in New Jersey this January, she was ready with her life story. Laura, as her friends call her, arrived in the United States on a tourist visa in 2020. She was fleeing domestic violence and in-laws who she believed would kill her because […]
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They’ve Won In Court, But ICE Is Still Detaining and Trying to Deport Them Read Post »
When a 41-year-old Nigerian mother of two appeared before an immigration judge in New Jersey in January, she was ready with her life story. Laura, as her friends call her, arrived in the United States on a tourist visa in 2020. She was fleeing domestic violence and in-laws who she believed would kill her because […]
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They’ve Won in Court, But ICE Is Still Detaining and Trying to Deport Them Read Post »
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a one-time ally turned critic of President Donald Trump, observed recently that Trump has torn down the traditional barrier between the president’s personal ambitions and the Justice Department’s power to investigate and prosecute criminal wrongdoing. “He absolutely rejects the idea that there should be separation between criminal investigations and […]
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The Supreme Court Greenlit the President’s Political Prosecutions—Even Unlawful Ones Read Post »
On October 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that threatens to reshape American politics by making elected leaders whiter and locking communities of color out of power. The case concerns the constitutionality of the 1965 Voting Rights Act’s requirement that minority communities have an equal opportunity to elect representatives of […]
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The Supreme Court Says ICE Can Consider Race, But Colleges Can’t. Read Post »
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