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Federal appeals court hearing arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

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Amanda Smith

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court will hear arguments Thursday over Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors, ...

Texas appeals court blocks state from probing transgender kids’ parents

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Amanda Smith

(Reuters) – A Texas appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court’s injunction blocking the state from investigating parents who provide their ...

Ex-court ‘fixer’ says he was ‘forced’ out after stopping side jobs for judge. Now he’s suing.

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Amanda Smith

PROVIDENCE – A former state District Court administrator is suing the chief judge and other judicial officials, accusing them of forcing his ...

Newly sworn in, Louisiana’s governor calls for special session to draw new congressional map

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Amanda Smith

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In his first hours in office, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Monday called a redistricting special session, ...

Trump lawyers urge court to hold special counsel in contempt

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Amanda Smith

Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the federal district court in Washington to consider holding special counsel ...

Appeals court rules Texas can ban emergency abortions in spite of federal guidance

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Amanda Smith

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Texas can ban emergency abortions even though the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...

Federal appeals court upholds but narrows the gag order in Trump’s D.C. election interference case

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Friday upheld but narrowed the gag order that had been imposed on ...

Appellate court sends teacher sexual abuse case back for trial

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Amanda Smith

Nov. 8—CHEYENNE — The federal question of a school district’s responsibility to investigate inappropriate student-teacher relationships was recently put back on the ...

Supreme Court blocks restrictions on Biden administration efforts to get platforms to remove social media posts

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked in full a lower court ruling that would have curbed the Biden administration’s ability ...