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The US Supreme Court Has Formally Asked To Overturn Landmark Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

In 2015, former clerk Kim Davis refused to issue a marriage licence to a same-sex couple on religious grounds. She was jailed for six days and required to pay a fine and legal fees. Now, she’s petitioning to have the ruling overturned, claiming that it was her First Amendment right…

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Supreme Court asked to hear case that could upend same-sex marriage and absolve Kentucky clerk who refused to issue a license

The former county clerk says she should’ve been protected by the First Amendment and that a landmark 2015 ruling establishing same-sex marriage rights was wrongly decided

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Cop who tasered grandmother drops bid to get job back

A police officer who was suspended after killing a 95-year-old aged care resident won't push ahead to don his blue uniform again.

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Does Judge Boasberg Still Have Jurisdiction To Pursue Criminal Contempt Proceedings?

Judge Katsas says no, Judge Rao leaves open the possibility.

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Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Nixes Judge Boasberg's Criminal Contempt Order Against Trump Administration

Judge Katsas and Judge Rao disagreed on the reasons, but both agreed that Judge Boasberg overstepped; Judge Pillard dissented.

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Courts halted ICE’s armed patrols that stopped Latinos without cause — now Trump wants the Supreme Court to restart them

Justice Department argues speaking Spanish can mean you’re unlawfully in the U.S.

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Fifteenth Amendment Claim Against West Virginia State Bar's Reserving Board Seat for an "African-American Lawyer" Can Go Forward

An opinion Wednesday by Chief Judge Thomas Kleeh (N.D. W. Va.) in Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism, Inc. v. Pickens… The post Fifteenth Amendment Claim Against West Virginia State Bar's Reserving Board Seat for an "African-American Lawyer" Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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A temple elephant was finally rescued after decades of suffering and one priest’s death. But locals now demand her return

Jain community accuses animal rights group PETA of working in interest of powerful family running controversial wildlife sanctuary. But sanctuary and activists say Mahadevi was rightly rescued by court order after years of abuse. Maroosha Muzaffar reports

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Trans women to be banned from single-sex spaces under new EHRC guidance

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been criticised by trans rights campaigners for its response to the Supreme Court’s ruling

The Independent UK

Why Trump's Plan to Exclude Undocumented Migrants From Census Count Determining Apportionment of Congressional Seats is Unconstitutional

The Constitution requires apportionment to be based on a count of all "persons," excluding only "Indians not taxed."

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Trump orders colleges to prove they don't consider race in admissions

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum requiring colleges to prove they do not consider race in admissions

The Independent UK

Administration asks Supreme Court to lift restrictions on Southern California immigration stops

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to lift a court order blocking immigration stops a judge found to be indiscriminate in Southern California

The Independent UK

James Carville says Democrats need a radical plan to ‘save democracy,’ including new states

80-year-old strategist calls for expanding Supreme Court and adding Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico as states

The Independent UK

Patterson husband's poison fears pre-dated deadly lunch

Erin Patterson's estranged husband feared she was poisoning him on several camping trips in the years before she murdered his loved ones.

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Religious Hiring and Expressive Association

Does the First Amendment freedom of expressive association protect religious hiring?

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Ban on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Doesn't Violate Parental Rights

From Poe v. Drummond, decided today by the Tenth Circuit (Judge Joel Carson, joined by Judges Harris Hartz and Gregory… The post Ban on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Doesn't Violate Parental Rights appeared first on Reason.com.

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Married immigrants trying to get green cards could be deported, new Trump-era guidance says

Immigration authorities now say people seeking permanent lawful status through a citizen spouse or family member can still be removed

Reason

Vulgar Signs Condemning City Official, ~1200 Feet from Official's Home, Constitutionally Protected

Some excerpts from today's long decision by Judge Stacey D. Neumann in Roussel v. Mayo (D. Me.): Plaintiff Joseph… The post Vulgar Signs Condemning City Official, ~1200 Feet from Official's Home, Constitutionally Protected appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Government Seized 7 Horses From a Georgia 'Urban Cowboy.' A Court Says He Can Sue.

In a rare and significant decision, a federal court ruled Brandon Fulton can sue directly under the Takings Clause—without Congress creating a specific remedy.

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The Latest: Putin hosts Trump envoy Witkoff for crucial talks on Ukraine peace deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff for talks, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties that could also hit countries buying its oil

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Religious Hiring and Church Autonomy

Does the church-autonomy doctrine extend to hiring decisions outside the ministerial exception?

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The Voting Rights Act marks its 60th anniversary as its core provisions are being eroded

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago but has been slowly eroding for more than a decade

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India’s Supreme Court weighs blanket ban on online betting apps

Potential fallout for Indian esports and fantasy sports sectors.

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Elephant Madhuri’s relocation: Animal welfare or Vantara love?

Madhuri, a 36-year-old elephant living at a Jain monastery in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, has found herself at the centre of a jumbo-sized controversy. The Bombay High Court recently ordered that she be relocated to Vantara – the plush private animal sanctuary in Gujarat run by Anant Ambani of Reliance Group.

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Gun Rights Groups Sue To Overturn Federal Weapons Registration

The case argues that, since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated taxes on the transfer of certain weapons, the constitutional basis for registering those weapons no longer exists.

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