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WEB3 days ago · August 31, 2024 07:04:17 pm. Six major book publishers Friday sued the Florida Department of Education, challenging a 2023 state law used to restrict books in school libraries. The six book publishers filed the lawsuit along with the Authors Guild, several prominent authors, two students and two parents. The plaintiffs are suing on the …
Dominican Republic Constitutional Court reviews challenge to ...
WEB2 days ago · September 1, 2024 05:07:57 pm. The Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic reviewed a legal challenge on Friday regarding laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relationships among police and military officers. The court’s decision remains pending. Notably, similar penalties are not imposed for heterosexual acts.
US federal appeals court dismisses LGBTQ+ suit against ...
WEB3 days ago · A US federal appeals court confirmed Friday a 2023 decision to uphold a Title IX exemption for sex-based discrimination at religious post-secondary institutions that receive federal funding. Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with the lower court’s dismissal of the suit and held that Congress ...
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WEB4 days ago · August 25, 2024 05:01:28 pm. Former Memphis police officer Emmitt Martin III pleaded guilty on Friday to three counts of US federal civil rights and conspiracy charges. An indictment issued in September of last year accused Martin of using excessive force against Tyre Nichols, an unarmed 29-year-old black man. On January 7, 2023, police …
Trump asks US federal court to intervene in hush money case
WEB4 days ago · August 30, 2024 02:07:37 pm. Former US President Donald Trump filed a motion on Thursday to move his New York hush money case to federal court, an attempt that could overturn his conviction and delay his sentencing date until after the presidential election in November. Trump’s legal team asked the US District Court for the Southern …
Revised indictment filed against Trump over 2020 election ...
WEB6 days ago · August 28, 2024 09:56:10 am. US federal prosecutors filed a superseding indictment Tuesday against former president Donald Trump on four criminal charges related to a federal investigation into interference with the 2020 presidential election. Special Counsel Jack Smith filed the indictment in response to a July Supreme Court decision …
US Supreme Court blocks Biden’s student loan relief plan
WEB5 days ago · August 29, 2024 11:22:15 am. The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to reinstate the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) student loan relief initiative by President Joe Biden. The decision keeps a lower court’s injunction in place, raising uncertainty for millions of borrowers. The SAVE plan had been designed as a more …