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Voters decided 10 affirmative action-related ballot measures since 1996

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Partisan Control Of US State Governments Surges, Republicans Lead In Triplexes

Republicans hold 24 triplexes, Democrats have 20, marking the highest number for both parties since 2010

Zenger

Danny Westneat: In the Washington v. Idaho abortion wars, data shows Idaho is losing

SEATTLE — Now that a year has passed since women lost the right to abortion, we can assess how our neighbor Idaho's near-total ban on it is faring.

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Biden v. Nebraska and the DACA Litigation

Is the longstanding deferred action policy a major question?

Reason

US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills

The U.S. citizenship test is changing, with rollout expected late next year

The Independent UK

Conservatives go to red states, Democrats to blue as the country grows more polarized

Colorado and Idaho represent two different poles of state-level political homogenization

The Independent UK

Darren Bailey announces bid for downstate congressional seat held by Trump-backed Republican

Darren Bailey, a GOP farmer from Xenia, will challenge five-term incumbent Rep. Mike Bost in the 12th District, pitting two far-right Republicans against one another.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Trump stays home as Republican presidential candidates march in July 4 parades in key states

Ron DeSantis was in New Hampshire. Mike Pence was in Iowa. And Donald Trump was home at his New Jersey golf course.

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Biden administration ordered to limit social media contacts

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Louisiana ordered key Biden administration officials and agencies not to contact social media platforms to suppress speakers and viewpoints they disagree with in a major development that could curtail efforts to combat misinformation about health and other issues.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court Bars Publicly Funded Universities From Considering Race

Landmark decision ends decades of debate, impacting affirmative action policies and minority applicants

Zenger

Judge limits Biden officials' contact with social media companies in First Amendment case

The "government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian 'Ministry of Truth," judge wrote of anti-disinformation efforts.

Axios

Say Farewell To The "Diversity Benefits" Rationale For Affirmative Action

The majority and dissent state the quiet part out loud: affirmative action was never about the educational benefits from diversity.

Reason

US judge bars Biden officials from contacting social media firms

Judge says government overstepped in its efforts to address false claims about COVID-19 vaccines and the 2020 election.

Al Jazeera

Injunction blocks Biden administration from working with social media firms about 'protected speech'

A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling

The Independent UK

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‘Rage-baiting’ leftist Twitter account is probably fake, expert says

Twitter has struggled with fake accounts under leadership of Elon Musk

Reason

The Declaration of Independence Promotes Individual Liberty More than Collective Self-Determination

This is true despite claims to the contrary by some on both the left and right.

Al Jazeera

US Supreme court continues conservative lurch in recent decisions

Analysts say trust in the US’s highest court is wavering as a conservative supermajority reshapes constitutional law.

Axios

2024 challenger candidates flex athletic abilities

"There’s an inherent contrast — that none of them will come right out and say."

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Noah Feldman: Supreme Court’s conservative revolution comes into sharper focus

The Supreme Court’s conservative judicial revolution is taking on a recognizable, three-pronged structure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court opens the door to gut civil rights, fair housing laws

Substitute “African American” for “LGBT+” in the case of Colorado web designer Lorie Smith, and you’ve got a return to the bad old days of Jim Crow when so many alleged Christians insisted their religion required separation of the races, a lawyer writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

In 2024, Democrats could see a ‘Mississippi miracle’ in governor’s race

Brandon Presley, a pro-life Democrat who endorsed George W. Bush in 2004, is aiming for the nomination to run against unpopular Mississippi GOP Gov. Tate Reeves.

The Guardian - US

‘You’re able to vote now’: Minnesota Democrats pass raft of progressive reforms

The state was one of a few to secure a Democratic trifecta in 2022, and since then has passed abortion rights along with voting rights and democracy reform legislation

The Guardian - US

US investigators zone in on Trump election-plot lawyer John Eastman

Experts say Eastman, faces possible disbarment in California, under increasing scrutiny in federal and state inquiries

The Guardian - US

Man accused of attacking Capitol officer as January 6 arrests pile up

Jeremy Rodgers, 28, arrested in Florida a day after armed man wanted over riot detained near Barack Obama’s Washington home

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: On affirmative action, Justice Jackson blasts her colleagues' 'let-them-eat-cake obliviousness'

There is no way around this: The Supreme Court's split decision overturning affirmative action in college admissions is a perfect example of how racial diversity enriches us, and why it should be enshrined as a goal in our laws.

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