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FILE - Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen holds a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

People with felony records can now vote in Nebraska — and it could help tip the balance in November

By Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, photo, activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington. A federal court in Washington told the Trump administration Friday, March 30, 2018, that the government can't interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Illegal immigrants in Texas struggle to get abortions, ACLU says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This image taken from police dashcam video shows Gregory Bombard getting arrested on Feb. 9, 2018 n St. Albans, Vt. Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of Bombard who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (American Civil Liberties Union/Vt. State Police via AP)

He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000

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A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway at the Georgia State Capitol Building Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. Louisiana has become the first state in the country to require the Ten Commandments are are displayed in all public schoools. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

By Sara Cline - Associated Press

Migrants seeking asylum from India walk towards a staging area before being transported and processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the border

By Seung Min Kim and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Border Patrol agents talk with migrants seeking asylum as they prepare them for transportation to be processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

ACLU, immigrant rights groups sue to stop Biden border policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

TikTok has promised to sue over the potential U.S. ban. What’s the legal outlook?

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips - Associated Press

The ACLU and devil's school agenda illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The ACLU’s after-school satanic agenda

By Robert Knight

Demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian rally and march wave signs at Westlake Park, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

ACLU urges universities to reject calls to investigate Students for Justice in Palestine

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Settlement over Trump family separations at the border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years

By Rebecca Santana and Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Migrants navigate around concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande after crossing from Mexico into the U.S., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal officials, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

DHS offers rent payments, medical care, chance at asylum to separated migrant families

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Judge rules Florida law banning some Chinese property purchases can be enforced

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Stephanie Mitchell, a certified professional midwife, speaks at a press conference in Montgomery, Ala. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. A group of midwives and doctors filed a lawsuit challenging what they described as Alabama's de facto ban on freestanding birth centers by requiring the facilities be licensed as hospitals. The lawsuit was held in front of an art installation honoring enslaved women who were forced to participate in medical experiments. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Lawsuit challenges Alabama’s ‘de facto ban’ on freestanding birth centers

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

Sasha Andrews throws her jacket off while performing as Selena during the Legendary Rose Room Drag Show, Oct. 8, 2022, at the Rose Room in Station 4 in Dallas. On Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, a group of drag performers and LGBTQ+ rights advocates filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a new Texas law that expands what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, arguing it is meant to target drag shows and could also criminalize ballet and even cheerleading. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Drag artists and LGBTQ+ advocates sue to block Texas law expanding ban on sexual performances

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

The Supreme Court is seen behind flowers, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Washington, as decisions are expected. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Charter school lost case over skirts rule for girls, but debate over charter autonomy isn’t over

By Ben Finley - Associated Press

The Ruination of Womens Sports Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Introduce a new category for transgender athletes

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Border Patrol agents hold a news conference prior to a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge in Donna, Texas, May 2, 2019. The U.S. Border Patrol has agreed in a legal settlement announced Friday, May 19, 2023, to not set up interior checkpoints in a northern New Hampshire town just under 100 miles from the Canadian border before Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

U.S. Border Patrol agrees not to set up checkpoints in New Hampshire town

By Wilson Ring - Associated Press

Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, sits in a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee in the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. on Monday, May 1, 2023. Rep. Zephyr asked a court Monday to allow for her return to the House floor after she was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)

Montana judge rejects Zooey Zephyr’s bid to return to House floor after censure

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Trans-rights activists protest outside the House chamber at the Oklahoma Capitol before the State of the State address, Feb. 6, 2023, in Oklahoma City. On Monday, May 1, Oklahoma became the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors as Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that makes it a felony for health care workers to provide children with treatments that can include puberty-blocking drugs and hormones. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

ACLU sues over newly signed Oklahoma law banning gender-transition treatment for minors

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, alone on the house floor, stands in protest as demonstrators are arrested in the house gallery, Monday, April 24, 2023, in the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. The banishment of transgender lawmaker Zephyr from Montana's House floor has showcased the rising power of hardline conservatives who are leveraging divisive social issues to gain political influence. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

ACLU sues to block Montana Legislature’s censure of transgender Rep. Zooey Zephyr

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times