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Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards The Supreme Court case First Choice Women’s Resource Centers Inc. v. Platkin revolves around whether crisis pregnancy centers can protect their donor records from disclosure to state authorities, despite being accused of deceptive practices. Crisis pregnancy centers are Christian nonprofits that appear […]
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Trump administration’s immigrant detention policy broadly rejected by federal judges
Trump administration’s immigrant detention policy broadly rejected by federal judges The Trump administration’s immigrant detention policy has been rejected by federal judges in over 350 cases across the US, with 350 challengers prevailing and 160 different judges sitting in about 50 different courts. The policy, which classifies virtually all undocumented immigrants as “applicants for admission” […]
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First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare
First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare The First Amendment’s free speech protections have not always been enough to safeguard individual rights, as seen during the Red Scare of the 1940s and ’50s. In 1947, the Hollywood Ten screenwriters and directors were subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities […]
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What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion
What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion Pope Leo XIV’s comments on the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plan to honor U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who supports abortion rights, highlight the complexity of what it means to be “pro-life” and how different people and organizations use the term. […]
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Gender is not an ideology – but conservative groups know learning about it empowers people to think for themselves
Gender is not an ideology – but conservative groups know learning about it empowers people to think for themselves Conservative groups are launching attacks on teaching about gender in colleges and universities, which they claim is an ideology that empowers people to think for themselves. However, experts argue that this is part of a larger […]
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Why free speech rights got left out of the Constitution – and added in later via the First Amendment
Why free speech rights got left out of the Constitution – and added in later via the First Amendment Free speech rights were not included in the original US Constitution, but were added later via the First Amendment. The First Amendment was included three years after the Constitution’s ratification, as a result of political compromise […]
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Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why
Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk due to the Biden administration’s efforts to widen protections, which were blocked by a federal court and are now being dismantled. The Department of Education’s Office for […]
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How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not
How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not The First Amendment protects Americans’ speech, including speech that may be distasteful or unpopular, as long as it does not incite violence, is not obscene, and does not constitute defamation or a true threat. The government can regulate speech through “reasonable time, […]
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Federal subpoenas for transgender care records raise medical privacy concerns and put providers in a legal bind – a health law expert explains what’s at stake
Federal subpoenas for transgender care records raise medical privacy concerns and put providers in a legal bind – a health law expert explains what’s at stake The US Department of Justice has issued over 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics treating transgender patients under age 19, raising medical privacy concerns and putting providers in a […]
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Jury trials, a critical part of democracy, are disappearing
Jury trials, a critical part of democracy, are disappearing Jury trials, a cornerstone of democracy, have declined dramatically over time, with only a tiny fraction (less than 1%) of criminal and civil cases decided by juries today. The decline of jury trials has been driven by private bargains between prosecutors and defendants, mandatory arbitration in […]
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