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Cheer the Supremes' Grants Pass ruling that lets states clean up homeless encampments

In cities plagued by street living, the negative ripple effects are constant.

Groups sue to stop Georgia law barring charitable bail: 'Cruel and costly'

Two Georgia groups filed a lawsuit asking a judge to declare Section 4 of Georgia Senate Bill 63 unconstitutional and issue a temporary restraining order barring the law from taking...

It's absolutely shameful that the ACLU is now promoting ideology over free speech

Once billed as the premier defender of free speech, the American Civil Liberties Union is now targeting whistleblowers.

Justice system’s double standard, ACLU’s anti-free-speech turn and other commentary

“Our criminal justice system no longer treats the accused equally,” fumes Victor Davis Hanson at American Greatness.

Anti-Israel teachers getting away with blatant antisemitism as parents, critics decry ‘double standard’

James Parra, a paraprofessional at Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School in Williamsburg, shared a photo of himself on Instagram -- apparently inside the school -- wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf.

Why the ACLU is going to bat for Donald Trump

Kudos to the ACLU for separating politics from principles and opposing the gag orders. Every American, including Trump, is guaranteed freedom to speak out against government.

The NYPD-ACLU settlement will only bring the city more chaos

The NYPD is not the enemy of the people; it is the guardian of our city. We must defend our city, not allowing the far left to destroy it further.

CUNY Law valedictorians linked to anti-Israel groups — including one that sued the NYPD

Fatima Mousa Mohammed and Nerdeen Kiswani -- 2023 and 2022 CUNY Law grads, respectively -- are linked to a group calling for "the full decolonization of all illegally held Palestinian...

Pregnant women ate poppy seed bagels, then tested positive for drugs

Two pregnant women in New Jersey tested positive for opioids after giving birth because they ate bagels with poppy seeds, according to lawsuits.

Missouri woman can't watch her father's execution, judge rules

A 19-year-old woman is too young to witness the state of Missouri execute her father, who was sentenced to death for killing a police officer when he was a teen,...

ACLU pushes for court order over 'abysmal' conditions in LA County Jail

ACLU attorneys also claim inmates with serious mental health issues who need medical attention are often chained to chairs for days and are forced to sleep while sitting up. 

The ACLU's latest step to becoming just another progressive scold — at civil liberties' expense

Under Biden's new policy, borrowers earning up to $125,000 a year will be eligible for $10,000 in debt relief.

Arkansas can't ban treatment for transgender kids, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Arkansas can't enforce its ban on doctors providing certain types of care to transgender youth.

Profit beats wokeness, GOP's Trump focus could backfire and other commentary

Culture critic: Profit Beats Wokeness Outside coders got denounced for removing Pride flags from a new Spider-Man video game — yet they’d only allowed US users to use an international...

Federal ruling on skirts could put some of our best schools — charters — at grave risk

A federal court just handed the Biden administration a brand new weapon. 

'Cult' of fear harmed kids and other commentary

Alex Gutentag writes at Tablet that thanks to COVID-19 school closure policies the rate of chronic absenteeism is now 22 percent, 2.7 percent higher than it was prior to school...

Washington Post adds editor's note to Amber Heard's defamatory op-ed

The publication added the editor's note to the online version of Amber Heard's 2018 op-ed a day after a Virginia jury found that the actress had defamed Johnny Depp by...

Elon Musk chipped in for Amber Heard's ACLU donation: Depp trial testimony

The billionaire appears to have chipped in at least $500,000 to ex-girlfriend Amber Heard's donation to the ACLU, its general counsel testified in Johnny Depp's defamation trial Thursday.

Dem outrage 'Mrs.' mark: Don’t judge Clarence Thomas for wife’s 'insurrection' acts

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is not remotely connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as Democrats accuse his wife Virginia of contacting the Trump administration.

Texas judge blocks child service probes of trans youth parents

>A Texas judge on Friday blocked Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive for children service agents to investigate parents of trans children for child abuse.