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Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means
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The Latest: Class action lawsuit challenges Trump’s crackdown on student visas
President Donald Trump's administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to block the university ...
Live updates: Law firms fighting Trump to ask judges to permanently block executive orders
Two law firms are expected to ask separate judges to permanently block Trump’s executive orders designed to hurt their ...
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Connecticut Department of Education declines to sign Trump administration’s DEI compliance orders
In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Education, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) declined to sign the Trump administration’s DEI compliance request, citing that the ...
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Top court overturns death sentence, orders new trial
The Supreme Court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Liang Yu-chih (梁育誌), who was convicted of murdering a Malaysian university student in 2020, and ordered a new trial. The ruling by the High ...
Opinion: We must end this child abuse and human rights violation in Connecticut
If you believe that every girl deserves to grow up free from lifelong complications and trauma, now is the time to act.
CT says no to feds on signing DEI letters. There’s hundreds of millions at stake.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Education Craig Trainor said “federal financial ...
What happens if a president and the federal government fail to follow a judge's orders?
Separately, the federal judge presiding over the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the government wrongly deported to El ...
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Hungary: Fundamental Law Changes Attack Rule of Law, Rights
(Budapest, April 17, 2025) – The amendments to Hungary’s Fundamental Law represent yet another escalation in the Orbán government’s ongoing efforts to dismantle rights, undermine the rule ...