Tag: rights
Trump Seeks to Strip Away Legal Tool Key to Civil Rights Enforcement
President Trump has ordered federal agencies to halt their use of “disparate-impact liability,” which has been used to assess whether policies discrim [...]
Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile gets Philadelphia arena naming rights
Igor Golovniov | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThe Philadelphia home of the NBA's 76ers and NHL's Flyers is getting a new name.Beginning in September the [...]
Trump Wavers When Asked About Due Process Rights and His Constitutional Duties
President Trump repeatedly answered “I don’t know” when asked in a TV interview whether every person on American soil was entitled to due process, as [...]
Sex offenders to be denied asylum rights in new law
Asylum seekers will be denied the right to stay in the UK if they have been convicted of sexual offences, the government has announced.Terrorists, war [...]
Justices Appear Skeptical of School District in Student Disability Rights Case
The case is being watched closely by disability rights groups, which warned that arguments by a school district could threaten broader protections for [...]
Alarm at Changes to Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Office Prompts ‘Exodus’
Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape t [...]
Trump Administration Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into a Long Island Mascot Fight
President Donald Trump is weighing in on a school mascot dispute at Massapequa High School, where some parents are upset that a Chiefs mascot and logo [...]
Trump Challenges Migrants’ Due Process Rights, Undercutting Bedrock Principle
White House officials are eschewing normal legal processes as they rush to ramp up deportations, saying there is no time to afford unauthorized immigr [...]
Stuck for Hours on a Parked Plane? Here Are Your Rights.
Long tarmac delays are on the rise at U.S. airports. What airlines owe inconvenienced passengers depends on the length of the holdup and what country [...]
Federal Worker Unions Sue to Block Trump From Stripping Bargaining Rights
Labor unions are battling the Trump administration over its attempts to slash the federal work force and roll back the protections afforded to the civ [...]
Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights to Be Restored by Justice Dept.
People familiar with the decision said Mr. Gibson, a supporter of President Trump, would be among 10 people with convictions to get back their gun rig [...]
California introduces ’Bitcoin rights’ in amended digital assets bill
A Californian lawmaker has just added Bitcoin and crypto investor protections to a February-introduced money transmission bill aimed at securing crypt [...]
Kentucky governor signs ‘Bitcoin Rights’ bill into law
Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has signed a measure known as the “Bitcoin Rights” bill, into law, enshrining protections for crypto users, as two othe [...]
Trump Fires Nearly the Entire Civil Rights Branch of D.H.S.
The move guts the office responsible for oversight over President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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Trump Administration Prepares to Give Gun Rights Back to Some Convicts
After Justice Department officials sought to allow Mel Gibson to own a gun again, the administration is proposing a path for some people to have their [...]