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Federal appeals court rules professors do not to have to respect student pronouns

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Alabama is on track to pass a bill that would make providing any gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth a felony. The post Federal appeals court rules professors do not to have to respect student pronouns appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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Justices take up challenge to purported racial gerrymander in South Carolina’s congressional map

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When the GSA declined to turn over some of the requested documents, the members went to federal court. He agreed with the government that the members lacked standing – that is, a legal right to bring the case. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed. District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed the case.

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A Reform DA Fights Back

The Crime Report

Last May, in an ongoing legal challenge to Becton’s authority first filed in 2020, five white female prosecutors — Mary Knox, Alison Chandler, Mary Blumberg, Rachel Piersig and Jill Henderson — filed a federal lawsuit against Contra Costa County and its DA’s office. She was this little tiny girl, but she had this sense of courage about her.

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