by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Jun 30, 2026 | Athletes, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Donald Trump, News, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Transgender, transgender athlete bans
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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by Chris Walker | Jun 25, 2026 | Asylum, Elena Kagan, immigration, News, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Temporary Protected Status
The conservative-controlled U.S. Supreme Court rendered two anti-immigration decisions on Thursday, allowing the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the border and stripping hundreds of thousands of people of temporary protected status. In a case titled Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the court sided with a Trump administration policy to turn away asylum seekers at the U.S.
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by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Jun 23, 2026 | green card, Human Rights, News, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Trump Administration
On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in a case that weakens protections for permanent residents, in the latest attack on legal immigration to the United States. In a 6-3 decision, the Court gave the government more flexibility to make permanent residents who have been accused of a crime vulnerable for detention and removal when reentering the U.S.
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