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Hotel Sex Trafficking Suit Can Proceed, Inviting Hotels to Profile and Harass Guests

Can a hotel be guilty of sex trafficking just because it didn't surveil its customers enough?

Reason · Aug 11, 2025

Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers

A federal judge in Texas struck down guidance from a government agency specifying protections against workplace harassment based on gender identity and sexual orientation

The Independent UK · May 16, 2025

Judge rejects case against Jack Smith

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sought to prevent Jack Smith from destroying records related to Trump cases

Salon · Nov 27, 2024

Will Abortion Issues Return to the Supreme Court?

The Court has been asked to intervene in cases involving abortion pills and criminal prosecution of abortion doctors.

Reason · Dec 7, 2023

Federal court rules in favor of Biden ESG retirement rule

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia · Sep 26, 2023

Challenging the FDA's authority isn't new – the agency's history shows what's at stake when drug regulation is in limbo

Political pressure is nothing new for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency has frequently come under fire for its drug approval decisions, but attacks on its decision-making process and science itself have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Conversation · Apr 26, 2023

California leaders celebrate abortion pill access after Supreme Court decision

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California leaders commended Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that will temporarily preserve access to abortion pills, doubling down on their push to protect reproductive services in the Golden State.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023

SCOTUS: Abortion pill is safe — for now

SCOTUS reversed a federal judge's previous ruling that banned mifepristone, a pill intrinsic to medication abortion

Salon · Apr 21, 2023

Supreme Court sides with FDA on abortion pills, blocks Texas rulings for now

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration to preserve legal access in most of the nation to an abortion pill that is part of the most common method of ending early pregnancies.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 21, 2023

A Mifepristone Suspension Would Have Significant Ripple Effects Beyond Abortion

Mifepristone is currently used to treat a handful of conditions, including Cushing’s syndrome. A suspension would affect more than those seeking medication abortions.

Inverse · Apr 20, 2023