The families of two transgender girls in New Hampshire sued high school and state officials in federal court on Friday, seeking to block HB 1205 from going into effect. That state bill requires schools to assess students’ eligibility for sports teams based on their biological sex, rather than their gender identity. In the complaint, the [...]
![US appeals court rejects challenge to NYC George Floyd protest curfews](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/George_Floyd_protests.NYC_.2020-06-01.Queens.Astoria_Park.5-1.jpg)
A US federal appeals court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of protest curfews in New York City. The curfews, established in response to demonstrations surrounding the murder of George Floyd by then-Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, were implemented for a one-week period in 2020. Lamel Jeffrey, Thaddeus Blake [...]
![Trump campaign sends cease and desist letter over US super PAC’s attack ad](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/Trump_speaks_in_Rose_Garden_after_the_Congressional_meeting.jpeg)
Donald Trump’s US Presidential Campaign sent a cease and desist letter on Friday to a political action committee known as The Lincoln Project, a self-proclaimed anti-Trump organization of former Republican voters. The dispute concerns a television advertisement released by the group on Thursday. Lincoln Project members say the Trump campaign was “unprepared” for President Joe [...]
![US Supreme Court denies Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students from taking effect](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/1024px-Supreme_Court_Of_The_United_States_193413861.jpeg)
The US Supreme Court on Friday denied the US government’s application to enforce a new Title IX rule that expands protections to LGBTQ+ students under the definition of “sex discrimination.” The court unanimously agreed that federal court injunctions blocking three provisions in the Title IX rule related to gender identity should remain in effect while [...]
![US appeals court partially blocks California child online safety law citing First Amendment concerns](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/internet_1585168265.jpg)
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday partially upheld a lower court’s decision to block key provisions of California’s landmark child online safety law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA). The appellate court on Friday held that California’s law, which mandates tech companies assess potential harm to children before releasing [...]
![US Homeland Security says asylum seekers at Canada border have less time with lawyers as part of new security policies](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/US-border-notice.jpg)
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared internal documents with CBS News on Tuesday concerning two incoming changes to border policies for the Canada-US border, which will aim to expedite the processing time on migrants’ applications for border officials. These changes include decreasing the time migrants are allowed with their lawyers from a minimum [...]
![Palestinian-American plaintiffs file suit against US Attorney General over placement on terrorism watchlist](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/10/Attorney_General_Merrick_Garland_delivers_remarks_to_DOJ_employees.jpg)
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit Monday against US Attorney General Merrick Garland and other officials alleging two Palestinian individuals were wrongly placed on a terrorism watchlist. The lawsuit claims that the plaintiffs were placed on the list due to their “work and activism opposing Israel’s ongoing military attacks.” The suit outlines [...]
![FBI investigates hacks of US presidential campaigns](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/02/Fbi_headquarters.jpg)
The FBI is currently investigating a cyber-attack on a Trump campaign website, according to an FBI statement to the Associated Press. Trump blamed the attack on the Iranian government but claimed that only publicly available information was compromised. Politico, the Washington Post, and the New York Times reported receiving internal Trump campaign documents from the hack. The material included [...]
![US State Department decides not to block aid to Israeli military unit](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/08/1167px-State_Department.jpg)
The US State Department announced Monday that it decided not to block aid to an Israeli military unit over human rights abuses, citing that it is satisfied with the measures Israel has taken since April to address the issue. According to a spokesperson, the State Department found that the human rights violations were effectively addressed, including by [...]
![US court sentences Jan. 6 rioter to 20 years imprisonment for attacking police](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/11/US-District-Court-for-the-District-of-DC.jpg)
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday sentenced California resident David Nicholas Dempsey to 20 years imprisonment for attacking police in the course of rioting at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. On September 9, 2021, Dempsey was indicted on 11 counts of crimes involving disruptive conduct in a restricted [...]