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Arkansas’ Ten Commandments Monument Law Ruled Unconstitutional
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (234+ words) An Arkansas law mandating a monument displaying the Ten Commandments be placed on the grounds of the state Capitol violates the First Amendment's establishment clause, a federal judge ruled. The plaintiffs who challenged the law presented undisputed record evidence showing…...
Louisiana Ten Commandments Order Gets Another Fifth Circuit Look
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (144+ words) Louisiana's requirement that the Ten Commandments must be displayed in its public schools will get a second look from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which granted a request for en banc review Monday. Louisiana's requirement that…...
Texas Sues School Refusing to Display Ten Commandments (1)
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (121+ words) A Texas school district is refusing to display a copy of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, drawing a lawsuit from the state for violating a statute that's being challenged as unconstitutional in separate litigation. A Texas school district is refusing…...
Arkansas Ten Commandments Law Ban Extends to New School District
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (242+ words) An Arkansas school district was temporarily enjoined Friday from implementing the state's law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in elementary and secondary school classrooms and libraries. An Arkansas school district was temporarily enjoined Friday from implementing the state's law…...
Arkansas Transgender Care Ban Upheld by Full Eighth Circuit (2)
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (227+ words) Arkansas didn't violate the constitutional rights of minors, their parents, and medical providers by banning gender-dysphoria treatments for the youths, a federal appeals court said. Arkansas didn't violate the constitutional rights of minors, their parents, and medical providers by banning…...
Walgreens Invokes Separation of Powers in Reload Receipt Fight
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (560+ words) Attorneys before the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday framed a dispute over class certification in sweeping terms, with Walgreen Co. warning justices that fundamental separation-of-powers principles are in play while the plaintiff urged them to remember they can remain independent…...
Judge Pauses Arkansas Law Banning PBMs From Owning Pharmacies
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (158+ words) A federal judge on Monday blocked Arkansas from enforcing a first-of-its kind law prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies while litigation over the statute continues. A federal judge on Monday blocked Arkansas from enforcing a first-of-its kind law prohibiting…...
NetChoice Asks SCOTUS to Pause Mississippi Online Age Gate Law
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (147+ words) NetChoice asked the US Supreme Court to vacate a Fifth Circuit order that allows Mississippi to enforce an online age-verification law against Meta Platforms Inc., YouTube LLC, X Corp., and other social media companies. NetChoice asked the US Supreme Court…...
Appeals Court Lifts Block on Arkansas Critical Race Theory Ban
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (221+ words) The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction blocking the law and remanded proceedings to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, according to an ... A pair of Arkansas students aren't likely…...
NetChoice Sues Arkansas for Restrictive Social Media Legislation
9+ mon, 4+ day ago (144+ words) Arkansas" legislation restricting social media access is unconstitutional, tech trade group NetChoice said in a new complaint filed Friday, and is subject to a federal court injunction that thwarted its previous restrictive efforts to institute age verification and other limitations....