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Moms for Liberty claims more than 2,000 schools should have federal LGBTQ protections blocked
The far-right group submitted a list "of the K-12 schools attended by the children of its members" in a Title IX rule lawsuit. Also: Alliance Defending…
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SCOTUS conservatives made clear they will consider anything. The right heard them.
Three moves this week show how the real lesson of this Supreme Court term isn't what most journalists were writing about.
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DOJ asks SCOTUS to allow most of new sex discrimination rule to go into effect
Solicitor General Prelogar also strongly backs the trans-inclusive sex discrimination definition in the Title IX education rule, quoting repeatedly from…
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It happened. It's Harris. Now, let's do this.
Joe Biden is not running for president, Kamala Harris is, and she must defeat Donald Trump. We can talk around the drama of Sunday, but it all comes…
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Judge denies Moms for Liberty request to block federal LGBTQ school protections in 850+ counties
Also: The Guardian connects Leonard Leo to the anti-trans Bud Light boycott efforts through a group that issues "Woke Alerts." Did Sam Alito get one?
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Full Fifth Circuit upholds Mississippi's lifetime voting ban for some felony convictions
Also: The Sixth Circuit tosses challenge to Tennessee's anti-drag law on standing grounds.
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Appeals courts keep new Title IX rule blocked in 10 states during appeals
The Fifth and Sixth circuits rejected DOJ's requests on the Biden administration's new sex discrimination rule. Also: SCOTUS stopped an execution on…
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Groups argue Kansas injunction blocks new Title IX rule at nearly 700 colleges
There is still a lack of clarity about the July 2 injunction issued by U.S. District Judge John Broomes, a Trump appointee. Also: Biden taking on…
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Judge Aileen Cannon does Trump's bidding in dismissing Mar-a-Lago case
A day bookended by reminders that Donald Trump expects and rewards obedience — from Cannon's Florida ruling to Trump's VP pick, J.D. Vance.
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A man with a gun is not — and cannot be — in charge of our democracy. We are.
We must maintain the hope that a better future is possible — and do the work to get there.
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Moms for Liberty seeks order blocking federal LGBTQ school protections nationwide
A Friday filing from the extremist organization seeks a ruling that would block the Biden administration's Title IX rule in more than 850 counties…
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Challengers score a win in fight against Florida's anti-trans classroom pronoun ban
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker allows sex discrimination claims after the Justice Department weighed in to back the teachers who sued. Also: Law Dork…
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