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Supreme Court sides with Trump in dispute over immigration judges' speech restrictions
9+ min ago (304+ words) The justices overturned a lower-court ruling that had allowed the case to proceed and raised questions about whether a complaint system for federal employees is still working as intended after the Republican president fired some of its top officials. Immigration…...
Redistricting blues: GOP's new maps blocked in two Southern states
16+ min ago (606+ words) Republicans" redistricting offensive suffered a series of setbacks Tuesday when South Carolina"s GOP-run legislature rejected a new map and federal judges tossed out Alabama"s redrawn congressional districts. The South Carolina state Senate blocked a redistricting measure that would…...
Three Reasons Why the Supreme Court Should Protect Mail-in Voting
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (276+ words) In March, the Supreme Court heard'oral arguments in'Watson v. RNC,'a case that threatens'the'freedom to vote by mail'in more than a dozen'states'especially for rural and military voters.' This case originates in Mississippi, which counts ballots'that are postmarked by'Election Day'that are received…...
US Justice Department sues UCLA alleging anti-semitic educational environment
37+ min ago (344+ words) UCLA was accused of breaking the law "through its deliberate indifference to this pervasive on-campus anti-semitism." Published'May 27, 2026, 03: 46 AM WASHINGTON - The US Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against the University of California Los Angeles on May 26, alleging…...
WV and PA agree in amicus brief, say one city cannot set energy policy for the entire US
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (340+ words) Tri-State Alert WASHINGTON, DC- Both Pennsylvania's Attorney General Dave Sunday and West Virginia's JB Mc Cuskey are in agreement in a recent amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States. In the brief, West Virginia, Alabama and a 24-state…...
US Justice Department sues UCLA alleging antisemitic educational environment
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (339+ words) By Jasper Ward and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) " The U. S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against the University of California Los Angeles on Tuesday, "alleging it tolerated a hostile educational environment for Jewish "and Israeli students....
Roundup: Records dispute / Alabama congressional map / BRCC chancellor
48+ min ago (297+ words) Baton Rouge Business Report Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Back in court: The Louisiana 23rd Judicial District Court will hold a hearing in the ongoing case of Rural Roots and Louisiana Bucket Brigade versus the Ascension Economic Development Corporation, a suit alleging that AEDC…...
Trump-Appointed Judges Deal Blow to President By Blocking Alabama's GOP-Favoring Congressional Map as "Intentionally Discriminatory'
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (419+ words) A three-judge panel " two of whom were appointed by President Donald Trump " shot down Alabama's redistricted congressional map in a ruling released Tuesday after finding it to be "intentionally discriminatory." It's far from certain how the new district lines will…...
Remembering a great dissenter | Manila Bulletin - newspaper - Read this story on Magzter. com
29+ min ago (416+ words) The late Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee's children: (from left) Roberto, Priscilla, and Claudio Jr. The Claudio Teehankee Foundation and the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation recently held a book preview of "Veritas Integritas Justitia: The Life and Times of Claudio Teehankee…...
KMT proposes caning as legal punishment
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (209+ words) The legislature is scheduled to review an opposition-backed referendum proposal that would allow caning as a judicial punishment for people convicted of certain crimes. The motion, jointly sponsored by all 52 lawmakers of the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday, proposes…...