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May 28, 2025
Court Finds Trump鈥檚 Use of Obscure Immigration Law Provision to Detain Mahmoud Khalil Likely Unconstitutional
Court requests additional information before final ruling on preliminary injunction
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Khalil v. Trump
May 28, 2025
Families Challenge Kansas Ban On Medical Care for Transgender Adolescents
LAWRENCE 鈥� Two transgender adolescents and their parents have filed a challenge in Kansas state court against SB 63, a law passed earlier this year prohibiting access to gender-a...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 27, 2025
Residents sue City of Quincy to Stop Plan for Religious Statues on Public Building
Civil liberties groups say the plan violates state constitution, separation of church and state
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
May 23, 2025
Censored Patient Safety Research Must Return to Government Website, Judge Rules
Articles about diagnosing endometriosis and reducing suicide risk had been removed for mentioning the words 鈥淟GBTQ鈥� and 鈥渢ransgender鈥� in violation of the First Amendment
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Schiff v. Office of Personnel Management
May 22, 2025
Nevada Legislature Passes Resolution Urging Congress to Protect Places of Worship and Schools from ICE
LAS VEGAS 鈥� The Nevada Senate today approved Assembly Joint Resolution 9, marking passage of the bill in the Nevada Legislature and making Nevada the first state in the U.S. to o...
May 22, 2025
Health Care Providers File Lawsuit to Expand Abortion Access in Arizona
Lawsuit argues that several burdensome abortion restrictions 鈥� including a 24-hour waiting period 鈥� violate new state constitutional amendment
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Isaacson v. Arizona
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New HampshireJun 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Barbara V. Donald J. Trump. Explore Case.Barbara v. Donald J. Trump
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News & CommentaryJun 2025
Free Speech
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Live Coverage: Final Scotus Decision Day. Explore News & Commentary.Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day
The 吃瓜直播 has served as counsel or filed amicus briefs in more than half of the cases that the Supreme Court will decide today. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow To Trans Rights. Here's How To Take Action. Explore News & Commentary.The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow to Trans Rights. Here's How to Take Action
The decision in Skrmetti v. U.S. is not the end of the road. We can, and must, show up for trans youth in the courts and in our communities. -
Iowa Supreme CourtJun 2025
Criminal Law Reform
State V. Hidlebaugh. Explore Case.State v. Hidlebaugh
This case asks whether it violates equal protection principles to impose a prison sentence, instead of probation, based on a defendant鈥檚 inability to purchase a house. The 吃瓜直播鈥檚 State Supreme Court Initiative and the 吃瓜直播 of Iowa filed an amicus brief arguing that imposing a harsher sentence based on a criminal defendant鈥檚 inability to purchase a home impinges on the equal protection guarantees in the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and article I, sections 1 and 6 of the Iowa Constitution.