6 h. ago Lawsuit challenges new restrictions on initiative process in Arkansas

A federal lawsuit has been filed challenging several restrictions on the Arkansas initiative process

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13 h. ago Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Obamacare's preventive care coverage mandate

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a key preventive care provision of the Affordable Care Act

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13 h. ago A Wyoming judge suspends abortion clinic regulations while a lawsuit proceeds

Wyoming’s only abortion clinic can resume providing surgical abortions after a judge suspended two state laws

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15 h. ago Thousands of trans rights campaigners take to Cardiff streets to protest Supreme Court ruling

The march wound through the city centre, with participants waving flags and holding banners

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15 h. ago Iowa considers whether to change constitution to address how traumatized witnesses testify in court

Iowa’s top prosecutor is proposing an amendment to the state constitution to solve what one lawmaker called an “interesting conundrum.”

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16 h. ago Green MSP criticised for accusing Supreme Court of 'bigotry, prejudice and hatred' over gender ruling

Maggie Chapman made the comments while addressing trans rights protesters over the weekend

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16 h. ago JK Rowling's trans victory stuns her critical Harry Potter proteges Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint into silence

JK Rowling has been celebrating the Supreme Court judgment that trans women are not legally women - but actors who have opposed her stance have so far stayed silent.

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16 h. ago Netanyahu demanded loyalty before trying to fire me, Shin Bet chief claims

Ronen Bar, head of Israel’s internal security service, says he was also asked to spy on anti-government protestersThe director of Israel’s internal intelligence agency, Shin Bet, has alleged that Benjamin Netanyahu fired him for refusing to pledge his loyalty to the prime minister over the courts and use the agency to spy on anti-government protesters.The battle between Netanyahu and Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, has pushed Israel to the brink of a constitutional crisis, after the supreme court blocked a decision by the cabinet to dismiss Bar from his post – the first Shin Bet head to be fired. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago House Democrats land in El Salvador to push for return of Kilmar Ábrego García

Four representatives join effort to challenge the Trump administration’s refusal to facilitate the immigrant’s releaseWho is Kilmar Ábrego García, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador?A delegation of four House Democrats has arrived in El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Ábrego García, part of a mission to challenge the Trump administration’s refusal to comply with a supreme court order to facilitate the return of the immigrant to the United States.Representatives Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, Maxine Dexter of Oregon, Maxwell Frost of Florida and Robert Garcia of California touched down in Central America on Sunday, following a visit by the Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen last week. The lawmakers are seeking to meet with Ábrego García, who had lived in the US for more than a decade before being swept up in a 15 March operation. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago JK Rowling's Harry Potter proteges remain silent after landmark trans ruling despite public spat with author over gender identity

JK Rowling has been celebrating the Supreme Court judgment that trans women are not legally women - but actors who have opposed her stance have so far stayed silent.

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19 h. ago Home Secretary says damage to statues during trans rights protest 'completely unacceptable'

Plans are underway to remove the graffiti ,but will require specialist equipment, the Met Police said on Sunday

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20 h. ago Supreme Court to intervene as parents remove children from school over LGBTQ books

A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

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22 h. ago Defiant trans activists and drag queens brag 'where we do our business is none of your business' in video inside women's toilets after Supreme Court ruling

The landmark hearing on Wednesday ruled that the definition of a woman is based on biological sex, meaning transgender women are no longer considered women in the eyes of the law.

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23 h. ago JK Rowling praises Kemi Badenoch as the 'only political leader offering solidarity to women' with Keir Starmer STILL silent on Supreme Court ruling

JK Rowling said it was 'astounding' that Kemi Badenoch was the only UK political leader offering vocal backing to women 'defending their rights'.

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27 h. ago Scots women behind definition of woman challenge flooded with hate mail and threats

Campaign group For Women Scotland has been inundated with death threats and online abuse since the Supreme Court ruling last Wednesday.

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31 h. ago Thousands of protesters rally in London against the Supreme Court’s trans ruling

Thousands of protesters rally in London against the Supreme Court’s trans ruling  PinkNews

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32 h. ago 'You deserve death': Campaigners behind Supreme Court battle over the definition of a woman reveal death threats as statues vandalised

The women behind the Supreme Court battle over the definition of a woman have been inundated with death threats and abuse since the landmark judgment.

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33 h. ago ESTHER KRAKUE: Starmer's silence on gender ruling is an appalling betrayal of all women

As two frontbenchers are plotting to defy the Supreme Court's gender ruling, intervention by the the Prime Minister is more necessary than ever. But his silence shows he is as weak as water.

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34 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer under mounting pressure to publicly back Supreme Court gender ruling on what a woman is after five days of silence

Five days on, the Prime Minister was last night urged to back the judgement publicly and to promise it will not be unpicked after it emerged that two frontbenchers are plotting to defy the ruling.

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34 h. ago Amy Klobuchar calls on supreme court to hold Trump officials in contempt

Senator warns of US getting ‘closer to a constitutional crisis’ as Samuel Alito’s dissent signals deference to TrumpMinnesota senator Amy Klobuchar warned on Sunday that the US is “getting closer and closer to a constitutional crisis”, but the courts, growing Republican disquiet at Trump administration policies, and public protest were holding it off.“I believe as long as these courts hold, and the constituents hold, and the congress starts standing up, our democracy will hold,” Klobuchar told CNN’s State of the Union, adding “but Donald Trump is trying to pull us down into the sewer of a crisis.” Continue reading...

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