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Supreme Court blocks California law that barred schools from notifying parents if their children are transgender

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The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student’s approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.  The order blocks for now a state law that bans automatic parental notification requirements if students change their pronouns or gender expression at … Read more

Supreme Court could loosen law barring marijuana users from owning guns

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to loosen a federal law that bars marijuana users from owning guns in a case that crossed typical political lines. A majority of justices appeared to lean toward a narrow ruling in favor of a Texas man who argued he shouldn’t have been charged with a crime … Read more

Supreme Court seems open to loosening law barring marijuana users from owning guns

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The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to loosen a federal law that bars marijuana users from owning guns in a case that crossed typical political lines. A majority of justices appeared to lean toward a narrow ruling in favor of a Texas man who argued he shouldn’t have been charged with a crime just because … Read more

Supreme Court hears challenge to law barring drug users from having guns

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday hears its latest gun rights case concerning a federal law that bars frequent users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms. Gun rights advocates argue the law falls afoul of the Constitution’s Second Amendment, which protects the right to bear arms. The case puts a spotlight on the Trump … Read more

Heightened security threat in U.S. after Iran strikes, federal law enforcement officials warn

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Heightened security threat in U.S. after Iran strikes, federal law enforcement officials warn – CBS News Watch CBS News Could Iranian so-called sleeper cells in the U.S. prepare to retaliate after the strikes on Iran? Jericka Duncan looks into security precautions. Source link

2 trans men sue Kansas over law invalidating their licenses and about 1,700 others

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TOPEKA, Kan. — Two transgender men are suing Kansas over a new law that invalidated their driver’s licenses and about 1,700 others for reflecting people’s gender identities and not their sex assigned at birth, arguing that the measure is “dehumanizing.” The men filed their case Thursday, the same day the law took effect, and argue … Read more

Transgender Kansans sue over new law invalidating their driver’s licenses

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Two transgender people in Kansas have filed a lawsuit to block a new state law that invalidated hundreds of residents’ driver’s licenses by requiring they reflect the holders’ biological sex rather than their gender identities. The law, which took effect Thursday, allows those in violation of the law to “surrender” their licenses in exchange for … Read more

5th Circuit clears Texas to enforce drag show law in front of minors, Paxton claims ‘major win’

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An appellate court found on Wednesday that Texas can enforce a law regulating drag shows in public places and in the presence of minors, scrapping a lower court order that had enjoined the state from doing so. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the … Read more