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Civil liberties groups say Adams' plan violates constitutional rights protecting people with mental illness from being confined against their will simply for existing.

The petrostate pitched a plan to cut carbon at COP27. And it’s covered in oil.

Small populations and strong conservative values often mean queer people in small towns face more scrutiny than their metropolitan counterparts. Advocates like Tiger Bird want services tailored towards the LGBTQIA+ community.

From Hans Bader (Liberty Unyielding): The Minneapolis Public Schools have adopted a race-based layoff provision that violates the Constitution and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. "A Minneapolis teachers union contract stipulates that white teachers will be laid off or reassigned before "educators of color" in the event Minneapolis…

As I mentioned yesterday, ten years ago I wrote a descriptive and analytical law review article called Private Employees' Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation, which aimed to catalog these often-little-known statutes. This year, I'm returning to the subject, trying to analyze the strongest arguments for and…

I've seen some people argue that the Supreme Court's objection to the picketing of Justices' homes about abortion is inconsistent with the Court's upholding the right to picket outside abortion clinics, or stressing the right to protest more broadly. It's worth noting, though, that bans on residential picketing have been…

Should the Thunder draft Paolo Banchero at No. 2?

There are plenty of candidates to choose from for people in WA looking to support a minor party, but many of them share similar policies.

Tony Crook, who held the seat between 2010 and 2013, says it is "ludicrous" that the Nationals will not be able to contest the enormous WA electorate.