She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s Tatiana Maslany has criticized a new law, implemented in her native Saskatchewan, Canada, which requires school staff to obtain parental consent before using a student’s new name or gender identity. The Parents’ Bill of Rights was signed into effect in October 2023, making it the first provincial education law that could […]
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s Tatiana Maslany has criticized a new law, implemented in her native Saskatchewan, Canada, which requires school staff to obtain parental consent before using a student’s new name or gender identity. The Parents’ Bill of Rights was signed into effect in October 2023, making it the first provincial education law that could […]
default Conservative bloc Alito – Majority Barrett – Majority Gorsuch – Majority Kavanaugh – Majority Roberts – Majority Thomas – Majority Liberal bloc The US supreme court has overturned one of its own most important precedents, the Chevron doctrine, that for the past 40 years has guided the work of federal government in critical areas […]
Rep. George Cleveland wants election integrity groups to help with voter roll maintenance (Photo: NCGA video stream). In the waning days of the legislative session, Rep. George Cleveland (R-Onslow) urged his colleagues on Thursday to greenlight legislation that would require the State Board of Elections to establish a new system for investigating and correcting data […]
Twitter: @deborahmoffattLast week, Louisiana ushered in a new, controversial law requiring a version of the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms. As you could expect, the law is already facing a lawsuit from parents, and heavy criticism online.— deborah moffatt (@deborahmoffatt) June 24, 2024Whatever happened to complete separation of church and […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday challenging Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. Opponents of the measure, which was signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry last week, had long warned of an impending lawsuit to fight the […]
Senate Democrats have added language to the annual defense authorization bill to require women to register for the draft, prompting a backlash from Republicans and social conservatives and complicating the chances of moving the bill on the Senate floor before Election Day. Conservatives led by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are certain to attempt to remove […]
Louisiana Republican State Rep. Lauren Ventrella rejected criticism on Thursday for co-authoring a bill that requires the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools, and said anyone offended should just not look at them. “What do you say to the parents of students, or even teachers, who don’t share your religious views?” CNN host Boris […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom in public schools and colleges — and stirs the long-running debate over the role of religion in government institutions. Under the new law, all public K-12 classrooms and […]
A bill passed by the New York legislature last week intended to increase retail worker safety and prevent workplace violence is causing a stir, as one major retailer has already said it heartily opposes it. In a certain section of the Retail Worker Safety Act, which has yet to be signed into law by Gov. […]
Local elected officials across Florida will not be required to disclose their net worth after a federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a new law requiring mayors and city commissioners throughout the state to file a more detailed financial disclosure form, called a Form 6, by July 1. In a June 10 preliminary injunction, U.S. […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages — one of numerous such statutes in effect across the country — is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry. In April, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request by the same group, the Free Speech Coalition, to […]