‘Right to Care’ ordinance, anti-discrimination amendments pushed 

Supreme Court Rules States Can Exclude Transgender Athletes from Female Sports

(NaturalNews) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 30 voted 6-3 to uphold state laws in West Virginia and Idaho that bar transgender girls and women from competi...

Supreme Court upholds trans sports bans. Here’s what it means for Washington state

The Supreme Court ruled states can bar biological males from girls' sports, upholding Idaho and West Virginia laws as Washington voters weigh IL26-638.

Equality Court rules Ngizwe Mchunu’s anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks amount to hate speech

Equality Court rules Ngizwe Mchunu’s anti-LGBTQIA+ remarks amount to hate speech

White teacher gets new life for race discrimination suit vs Evanston D65 – Legal Newsline

In the June 23 ruling, U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp Jr. said the Supreme Court rulings make clear that racial segregation is always problematic under the law, no matter if it is being practiced to help a socially disadvantaged group or correct longstanding gaps and inequities caused by past societal discrimination. So, the judge said, teacher Stacy Deemar has a valid claim against Evanston-Skokie School District 65 for creating a hostile anti-white work environment in schools.

WATCH: Controversial SCOTUS decision strikes a divide among lawmakers

The 6-3 Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment drew sharp reactions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

Supreme Court Upholds Transgender Athlete Bans in Idaho and West Virginia

The Supreme Court upheld Idaho and West Virginia laws restricting girls’ and women’s school sports teams to biological females, delivering a major legal victory to states defending transgender athlete bans.

Denver Advocates, Councilmembers Propose Ordinance to Shield Trans Residents from Federal Government

A new proposed ordinance in Denver would aim to shield transgender people from federal persecution.

Congressional Republicans split over Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. While many Republicans called for congressional action in response to the ruling, other Republicans celebrated the decision as “well-reasoned.” “This decision affirms that anyone born in the United States is []

Federal Appeals Court In Georgia Upends Alabama Family Restrictions For Convicted Parents

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a major ruling Monday, declaring that the fundamental right of parents to live with their children extends to all parents, including those with past convictions for child pornography. In an en banc decision, the court tackled a challenge to the Alabama Sex Offender Registration [] Federal Appeals Court In Georgia Upends Alabama Family Restrictions For Convicted Parents

The Supreme Court’s Trans Athlete Ruling Is a Threat to Gender Equality

In a widely anticipated defeat for transgender rights, the Supreme Court upheld state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender girls from playing on girls’ school sports team. The decision, issued on Tuesday, does not impose a nationwide ban on trans athletes. But it does preserve laws passed in 27 states by GOP []

What the Supreme Court did not decide in the trans sports case

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court held in West Virginia v. B.P.J. (decided together with Little v. Hecox) that neither Title IX nor the Equal Protection Clause prevents states from barring transgender girls from girls’ sports. But the majority opinion, written by Justice Kavanaugh, is a narrow one, and its limits are significant. Here are the most important.

Supreme Court agrees to hear parental case involving runaway transgender youth

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up an appeal from parents in Washington who are seeking to challenge state laws permitting runaway minors to receive transgender care without parental notice. By granting the appeal, the 6-3 conservative court is taking up transgender rights for the third time in as many years. At issue are []...Click to read more

Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school sports

The court's conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, ruled that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don't violate the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education.

"We Continue to Fight": Chase Strangio on the Supreme Court's Ban on Trans Girls & Women in Sports

The Supreme Court has ruled that states can prohibit transgender student athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports teams, with the court’s conservative justices finding that such bans — currently introduced in Idaho and West Virginia — do not violate the Constitution, and all nine justices agreeing that they do not violate Title IX, the federal anti-sex discrimination statute. These bans are part of an “effort that we’re seeing escalate to push trans people out of public life,” says Chase Strangio, co-director of the ACLU’s LGBTQ HIV Project. They have the ultimate effect of “increasing the legitimacy of the Trump administration’s authority over every aspect of our bodily autonomy and everyday life.”

California professor wins permanent victory against DEI policies at Bakersfield College

Professor’s anti-DEI views protected by First Amendment, court rules A federal judge in California has issued a permanent order protecting Bakersfield College History Professor Daymon Johnson from punishment for refusing to endorse “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” and “anti-racism” ideologies in a Tuesday ruling. “Professor Johnson’s speech regarding political and social issues, including his speech []

Alito and Thomas dissent in case involving race and law enforcement

The court’s senior GOP appointees wondered about the limits of racial considerations if officers and courts “must craft special rules for black persons.” The post Alito and Thomas dissent in case involving race and law enforcement appeared first on MS NOW.

Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender women in female athletics

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Idaho’s and West Virginia’s bans on transgender athletes playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for the LGBTQ+ community before the high court. The ruling is among several in recent terms that are consequential for the LGBTQ+ movement. The Supreme Court []

London council under fire over decision not to fly Pride flag

Enfield Council has defended the decision not to fly a flag for the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month

Diocese, pregnancy center ask appeals court to protect right to hire consistent with faith

An Illinois law forces religious organizations to hire employees who violate their religious beliefs on reproductive issues like abortion. The post Diocese, pregnancy center ask appeals court to protect right to hire consistent with faith appeared first on ZENIT - English.

‘Golden rule’: Parents advised to not discipline anyone else’s children

Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand says it’s a “golden rule” amongst parents to not discipline anyone else’s children.

Adam Zivo: Why American transgender athletes lost the right to play female sports

New U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld protections for sex, not gender

Jewish Groups Threaten to Sue Somerville, MA, Over Anti-Israel Boycott Ordinance

ADL and Brandeis Center Lawyers: We urge the Council and City to reject the Ordinance. Should the Ordinance be enacted in its current form, our clients are prepared to pursue all available legal remedies to prevent its enforcement. The post Jewish Groups Threaten to Sue Somerville, MA, Over Anti-Israel Boycott Ordinance first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Coalition split as VVD moves to ban warden religious symbols

The right wing liberal VVD party has submitted a bill to ban street wardens, known as boas, from wearing religious...

“Nuclear Family Month” shows that MAGA is still coming for same-sex marriage

Red state anti-Pride proclamations demonize most straight people along LGBTQ folks

New NC law tightens campus DEI bans, placing new limits on 'divisive concepts'

RALEIGH, N.C. — A new North Carolina law, enshrined Wednesday, cements existing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the state’s public universities and community colleges. It also bars the promotion of “divisive concepts...

Azalina tables sweeping amendment to Act 792 expanding child sex crime law and closing loopholes overseas

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — The proposed amendment to the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 (Act 792) seeks to...

Harmeet Dhillon Details DOJ Civil Rights Offensive Targeting Antisemitism and University DEI

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon confirmed that the Department of Justice is prioritizing a massive federal offensive against antisemitism and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Speaking on the current mandate of the Civil Rights Division, Dhillon detailed a multi-pronged legal strategy aimed at protecting Jewish and Christian communities []

The Trans Flag Flies Over the Teachers Union 

Teachers unions continue to embrace woke gender ideology and force it on young children. When a transgender flag flies over a building, make no mistake: That building has been conquered by left-wing extremists. Today, a rainbow flag flies over the building of the nation’s largest teacher union, the National Education Association, in Washington, D.C. The union is publicly declaring its dedication to gender ideology over and above...

SCOTUS upholds state bans on transgender sports participation, paving way for further restrictions

The court decided 9-0 that the state laws do not violate the Title IX civil rights statute that bars discrimination in education on the basis of sex.

US Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Girls and Women Participating in Female School Sports

WASHINGTON (AP), Jun 30: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgende...

U.S. Supreme Court upholds bans on trans women and girls in women’s sports

The 6-3 decision sets a new precedent for Title IX and legislation restricting trans people in sports

Dalits suffer discrimination despite its abolition

Kathmandu, June 21: Despite the abolition of untouchability in the country over a decade ago, caste-based discrimination...

Radical Bill Will Make It Easier For ‘Trans’ Kids To Cut Legal Ties With Parents

Advocacy groups are warning that a radical new bill could make it easier for gender-confused children to legally cut parents out of their lives. The California proposal, AB 1967, would allow minors to initiate legal emancipation from their parents while living in residential facilities like drug rehabilitation programs, youth shelters, and private alternative boarding schools. The ...

Justice Dept says USDA’s benefits for 'socially disadvantaged' farmers are illegal

Agriculture Department's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices excluding whites are unconstitutional, according to DOJ

The divided Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision exposes sharp rifts among justices

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s divided ruling that children born in the U.S. are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment — even if their parents are in the country unlawfully or only temporarily — exposed deep fissures in the justices’ views on the issue and toward each other. The court’s two Black justices notably [] The post The divided Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision exposes sharp rifts among justices appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Congress moves to end disability-based transplant denial

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee recently approved a bill that would prohibit discrimination by members of the national organ transplant network on the basis of an individual's disability, ensuring that all Americans have the ability to receive life-saving care regardless of disability.

Stormont leaders’ stand-off stalls updated racial equality laws

TEO’s Race Equality Bill was supposed to introduced to the assembly before recess

Trans prisoner verdict should be 'wake-up call' for Naomi Long, says Doug Beattie

A Scottish judge’s ruling that it is unlawful for trans women to be housed in female-only prisons should be a “wake-up call” for authorities in Northern Ireland – including Justice Minister Naomi Long.

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Bans On Trans Athletes In School Sports

The U.S. Supreme Court, in an opinion released Tuesday, voted 6-3 in support of two state laws that ban trans girls and women from playing women's sports at public schools and universities. The ruling applies directly to bans in two states—Idaho and West Virginia—while bolstering similar bans in more than two dozen others. Writing for the three votes against—all of which came from the court's liberal wing—Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that to the court's majority the facts do not matter, even though the consequences are serious. Sports, of course, are often zero sum, Sotomayor wrote, but the law need not and should not be.