Earlier this week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) indicated that he and other Republican lawmakers were exploring ways to reinterpret the meaning of the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause, following the Supreme Court ruling last month against President Donald Trump’s attempt to do so through executive order. In an appearance on Fox News on Sunday…
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The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that states may bar transgender athletes from girls’ sports, in a continuation of the Trump administration’s attacks on trans rights. The conservative judges’ written opinions were replete with transphobia — and even the dissenting, liberal position from the court failed to fundamentally uphold the rights of transgender athletes. The court ruled that laws in…
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When the Supreme Court overturned a temporary restraining order in September that kept U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials from questioning and detaining people based on their language, skin color, or occupation — effectively clearing the way for racial profiling — Guadalupe Cardona was not surprised. Cardona is a member of Unión del Barrio, a national organization that…
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