The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by X (formerly Twitter) after a District of Columbia court denied its challenge to a nondisclosure order preventing the company from sharing details with Donald Trump of a Department of Justice warrant against the former president’s activities on the social media platform. In the summary [...]
Aaron Carr, the director of the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI), announced a mass civil rights complaint against 203 real estate companies in California for illegally discriminating against Section 8 renters. Section 8 renters refer to those eligible for rent subsidy under the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Vouchers program. The [...]
The Supreme Court of Georgia temporarily re-instated an abortion ban while it considers whether the abortion law is unconstitutional. The new law, which took effect at 5 PM October 7, bans abortion following the sixth week of pregnancy when a fetus has a detectable heartbeat. The law, known as HB 481, or the Georgia LIFE [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments on Monday in a civil rights lawsuit alleging St. James Parish’s land-use policies have discriminated against majority-Black neighborhoods, resulting in pollution and other harms. St. James Parish, located outside New Orleans, is accused of implementing a 2014 land-use plan that “effectively codified” racist [...]
The US Supreme Court denied a request on Friday to place a hold on a lower court’s decision upholding two EPA rules while the decisions are under appeal. The denial means that the EPA rules must be followed until the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decides the cases. The first [...]
The state of Texas on Thursday sued social media platform TikTok for violating a Texas law enacted to protect children’s online privacy. The lawsuit alleged that TikTok breached provisions of the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, which came into effect on September 1, 2024, and places obligations on digital platforms to provide [...]
Three former Memphis police officers involved in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols received a mixed verdict on Thursday. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith faced charges of excessive force, failure to intervene, and obstruction of justice. Haley was found guilty on all counts, while Smith and Bean were acquitted of civil rights violations [...]
The US District Court for the Eastern District of California on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction, blocking a law allowing the subjects of election-related deepfakes to sue the creators for damages. The case concerns California Bill 2839, signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 17. The law prohibits the malicious distribution of “materially deceptive [...]
A US federal court on Thursday blocked the Department of Education’s revised student debt relief plan from taking effect in six states. The preliminary injunction came on the final day of a temporary restraining order that was set to expire. Effective immediately, the ruling stops the Department of Education from mass cancellation of student loans [...]
US federal prosecutors on Wednesday released a redacted motion arguing that former president Donald Trump does not have immunity from prosecution for crimes related to the 2020 election because they were committed outside of official presidential conduct. This case is a remand of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States on July [...]
