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On this September 11, Trump's troops remain in Washington, D.C.

It's been more than a month now since President Donald Trump unleashed soldiers on the nation's capital. A lawsuit challenging their presence is moving forward, slowly.
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SCOTUS rejects S.C. request to enforce anti-trans restroom policy against trans student
The boy, known as John Doe, will be allowed to use the boys' restroom while litigation proceeds. Also: About the administrative stays Chief Justice…
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Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer over testimony in Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation
In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial…
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SCOTUS conservatives OK Trump admin's racial profiling of Latinos in low-wage jobs
Five of the six Republican appointees to the Supreme Court wrote nothing Monday. But their actions, and Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence, paint an…
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Two cases, involving 20 people, show how dangerous the attack on trans people has gotten
DOJ wants to send 19 trans women to men's prisons. South Carolina wants to keep one trans boy out of the boys' restroom. And, for paid subscribers…
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Holding vigil in "a post-USA America" as Trump orders the vigil gone
Philipos Melaku-Bello tells Law Dork that if the tent is taken out of the park, "then lawyers will get involved, and we'll do what we can to get it…
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Trump keeps moving the U.S. closer to being the fascist war machine he wants
Blowing up a boat on international waters and killing 11, extending federal troop presence in D.C. despite a new lawsuit, and an effort to rename the…
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Impoundment, the power of the purse, and the Trump admin — with Protect Democracy’s Cerin Lindgrensavage
"They've said that they can unilaterally cancel funds, and I certainly think that that's unconstitutional, to say the least."
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The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism
Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three…
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This weekend in Trump's effort to make fascism happen
The Trump administration tried to illegally send children to Guatemala as troops walked aimlessly around Dupont Circle. And, for paid subscribers…
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