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@myconstitution.bsky.social
. Opinions are my own.
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Nina Henry
CAC
10 days ago
The Trump administration's strikes on survivors of a boat strike could constitute a war crime or even murder. Watch more from
@elizabethwydra.bsky.social
on
@bloomberg.com
:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
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Raises Serious Legal Questions: Wydra on Boat Strike
Constitutional Accountability Center President Elizabeth Wydra weighs in on the second strike by the United States of an alleged drug boat while survivors were in the water and states these events rai...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-12-02/raises-serious-legal-questions-wydra-on-boat-strike-video
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Nina Henry
CAC
10 days ago
The unlawful dismantling of USAID has caused the deaths of over half a million people, most of them children.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-deaths/
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Nina Henry
CAC
10 days ago
The Trump Administration cannot unilaterally dismantle USAID. Read our brief explaining why history and foundational constitutional principles are on USAID’s side:
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/p...
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Personal Services Contractor Association v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/personal-services-contractor-association-v-trump/
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CAC
10 days ago
#SCOTUS
found "pretty big holes" in President Trump's justifications for unilaterally imposing tariffs. Watch more from
@elizabethwydra.bsky.social
on
@bloomberg.com
:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
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Raises Serious Legal Questions: Wydra on Boat Strike
Constitutional Accountability Center President Elizabeth Wydra weighs in on the second strike by the United States of an alleged drug boat while survivors were in the water and states these events rai...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-12-02/raises-serious-legal-questions-wydra-on-boat-strike-video
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Nina Henry
CAC
10 days ago
CAC is hiring legal interns for Summer 2026! If you're a law student who's passionate about the progressive promise of our Constitution, apply to join our team:
www.theusconstitution.org/legal-intern...
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Nina Henry
CAC
10 days ago
CAC is looking to host an externally sponsored fellow on our litigation team in the Fall of 2026. Apply now:
www.theusconstitution.org/sponsored-le...
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Nina Henry
CAC
9 days ago
As our amicus brief explains, Trump's "Asylum Shutdown Policy" is unlawful.
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/a...
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Al Otro Lado v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/al-otro-lado-v-trump/
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Nina Henry
CAC
9 days ago
"President Trump doesn't have the authority to bar people from applying for asylum at ports of entry." Read more from
@eeksmita.bsky.social
in
@law360.bsky.social
:
www.law360.com/articles/241...
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Court Urged To Revive Asylum Claims At Southern Border - Law360
An advocacy group supporting asylum-seekers urged a California federal court to rule in favor of two nonprofits challenging President Donald Trump's proclamation blocking noncitizens' entry at the sou...
https://www.law360.com/articles/2417118/court-urged-to-revive-asylum-claims-at-southern-border
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onion person
about 1 month ago
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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Come work with the best team ever, not that I'm biased or anything.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
CAC is looking to host an externally sponsored fellow on our litigation team in the Fall of 2026. Apply now:
www.theusconstitution.org/sponsored-le...
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
The law protected Damon Landor's religious freedom to grow out his dreadlocks, but prison employees threw the case he showed them in the trash and cut his hair. Before
#SCOTUS
hears argument today, read our brief explaining why Landor can seek damages:
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/l...
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Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/landor-v-louisiana-department-of-corrections-and-public-safety/
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
"A right without a remedy is pretty meaningless." Read more from
@mbeckercohen.bsky.social
about the important religious liberty case in which
#SCOTUS
is hearing oral argument today:
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court will hear religious freedom argument for former inmate
The justices will hear oral arguments Monday in a case involving the violation of religious rights while in prison
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/11/09/supreme-court-religious-liberty-landor-louisiana/
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
Are you a scholar who would be excited to help CAC fulfill the progressive promise of the Constitution? If so, apply to be our Scholar-in-Residence!
www.theusconstitution.org/scholar-in-r...
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Nina Henry
Fa-la-la-la-Laurie 🎄
about 1 month ago
I know the sandwich throwing trial is more "fun" but I hope folks will pay attention to this trial in Chicago today. People held at Broadview share details of the disgusting, inhumane conditions. A man said agents told him to sign self deportation papers and lied to him about what they were.
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
No, Trump cannot serve a third term. The Constitution is clear. Watch more from CAC's Praveen Fernandes:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-X...
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Politics & Power: Will Trump follow the Constitution or cause commotion by running for 3rd term?
YouTube video by News4JAX The Local Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-Xr-OFDzo
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
Are you a scholar who would be excited to help CAC fulfill the progressive promise of the Constitution? If so, apply to be our Scholar-in-Residence!
www.theusconstitution.org/scholar-in-r...
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
CAC is hiring legal interns for Summer 2026! If you're a law student who's passionate about the progressive promise of our Constitution, apply to join our team:
www.theusconstitution.org/legal-intern...
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
CAC is looking to host an externally sponsored fellow on our litigation team in the Fall of 2026. Apply now:
www.theusconstitution.org/sponsored-le...
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
Congress set aside mandatory funding for environmental justice programs, but the Trump administration unilaterally cancelled them. Read our brief explaining why plaintiffs must be able to bring their constitutional challenge to the administration in court:
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/a...
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Appalachian Voices v. Environmental Protection Agency | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/appalachian-voices-v-environmental-protection-agency/
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
“The stakes of this case are extremely high.” Before
#SCOTUS
hears oral argument tomorrow, learn more about the Trump tariffs case from
@elizabethwydra.bsky.social
:
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Trump's tariffs face 'most important case ever' in U.S. Supreme Court | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff regime faces its biggest legal test yet. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on Trump's unprecedented use of an emergency powers law to slap broad...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-economic-emergency-powers-9.6960531
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
The law doesn’t give Trump the authority to single-handedly set global tariffs. Read more about our amicus brief to
#SCOTUS
in
@justsecurity.org
:
www.justsecurity.org/123818/scotu...
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A SCOTUS Bench Memo for the Trump Tariff Case: Separation of Powers, Delegation, Emergencies, and Pretext
By enacting IEEPA, did Congress authorize the president to impose tariffs? If so does, is that delegation of authority lawful?
https://www.justsecurity.org/123818/scotus-trump-tariff-separation-powers/
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 1 month ago
Congress didn't grant Trump the authority to impose his unlawful tariffs. Read more about our amicus brief to
#SCOTUS
in
@scotusblog.com
:
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/the-...
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The other arguments in Trump’s tariffs case
When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Wednesday in the challenges to the tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in a series of execu...
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/the-other-arguments-in-trumps-tariffs-case/
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Nina Henry
about 1 month ago
YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE. Protect it and report any problems at the polls to the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline. The hotline provides one-on-one assistance to voters with questions or problems that may arise.
#ElectionProtection
https://866ourvote.org/
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Homepage - Election Protection
https://866ourvote.org/
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Rachel Maddow
about 1 month ago
this is insane.
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Jon Seidel
about 2 months ago
Ellis: "These kids, you can imagine, their sense of safety was shattered on Saturday. And it's gonna take a long time for that to come back, if ever." She said it "should have been a really happy day."
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
If the Trump administration wants to end lawlessness in the District of Columbia, it should start with its own actions. Before oral argument tomorrow, read our amicus brief explaining why deploying armed soldiers to police DC was unlawful:
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/d...
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District of Columbia v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/district-of-columbia-v-trump/
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Nina Henry
ProPublica
about 2 months ago
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-food-cuts/?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1761188408&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
Trump can’t defund vital programs based on his dislike of Congress’s choices. Before oral argument in the 4th Circuit tomorrow, read our brief explaining why plaintiffs can bring their constitutional challenge to the administration’s actions in court:
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/t...
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The Sustainability Institute v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/the-sustainability-institute-v-trump/
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
We went all the way back to the War of 1812 to explain how Trump is misrepresenting
#SCOTUS
precedent. Read our amicus brief to
#SCOTUS
:
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/i...
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Illinois v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/illinois-v-trump/
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
Trump's argument that courts can't review his unlawful use of the National Guard is all wrong, as we explained in our amicus brief. Read more from
@mjsdc.bsky.social
:
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Trump’s Crackdown on Portland Is Bad Enough. One Judge Has a Plan to Make It Worse.
As bad as Monday’s decision was, it could have been far worse.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/trump-portland-crackdown-bad-judge-supreme-court.html
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
CAC is looking to host an externally sponsored fellow on our litigation team in the Fall of 2026. Apply now:
www.theusconstitution.org/sponsored-le...
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
CAC is hiring legal interns for Summer 2026! If you're a law student who's passionate about the progressive promise of our Constitution, apply to join our team:
www.theusconstitution.org/legal-intern...
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I need someone who is not me to adopt Mozzarella, because I can NOT get a cat right now. (If you adopt Mozz, please let me come visit her and spoil her with presents)
www.awla.org/pet/mozzarel...
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Mozzarella - Animal Welfare League of Arlington
Mozzarella is just about the sweetest little cat you’ll ever meet – and she’s got the personality to match her cheesy-cute name! This friendly girl is wonderful with kids and…
https://www.awla.org/pet/mozzarella/
about 2 months ago
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Every day like five things happen that my constitutional law professor would have put on the exam as a hypo to be deliberately ridiculous
about 2 months ago
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I love DC because people’s protest signs are like “THE UNITARY EXECUTIVE THEORY HAS BEEN DISCREDITED”
#nokings
about 2 months ago
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
Also today the Court is considering whether police may enter homes w/o warrants based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring. Read our brief explaining why allowing such entries would be at odds w/ the 4A’s text & history:
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/c...
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Case v. Montana | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/case-v-montana/
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
CAC’s
@davidhgans.bsky.social
explained why this should be an “open-and-shut case” in
@slate.com
:
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again
The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/supreme-court-history-test-fail-voting-rights.html
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Nina Henry
CAC
about 2 months ago
Today,
#SCOTUS
is hearing Louisiana v. Callais, a case with enormous implications for the Voting Rights Act. Read our brief explaining that the Constitution gives Congress broad enforcement power to prevent impairment of the right to vote.
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/l...
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Louisiana v. Callais | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/louisiana-v-callais/
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Sophie Sherry
2 months ago
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/neighbor-shielded-7-year-old-during-south-shore-federal-raid-i-didnt-want-them-to-take-her
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Nina Henry
CAC
2 months ago
Next Wednesday,
#SCOTUS
is hearing a case with enormous implications for voting rights. More than 150 years after Black people fought to make America a multiracial democracy, does the Court still respect this fundamental aspect of our constitutional order?
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again
The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/10/supreme-court-history-test-fail-voting-rights.html
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Nina Henry
CAC
2 months ago
Next week,
#SCOTUS
is hearing argument in three important cases in which CAC filed amicus briefs.
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Nina Henry
CAC
2 months ago
Stephen Miller's claim about plenary power is "flat wrong." Read more from CAC's Brian Frazelle in
@huffpost.com
:
www.huffpost.com/entry/stephe...
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Yes, Stephen Miller Said Trump Had 'Plenary Authority' In A CNN Interview
A bizarre moment during a cable news interview saw one of the president's closest advisers make a wild assertion.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-miller-plenary-authority-trump-cnn_n_68e69daae4b0c6dbe0ed75d0?origin=top-ad-recirc
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Nina Henry
CAC
2 months ago
If the Trump administration wants to end lawlessness in the District of Columbia, it should start with its own actions. Read our amicus brief explaining why deploying armed soldiers to police DC was unlawful:
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/d...
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District of Columbia v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/district-of-columbia-v-trump/
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Maggie Blackhawk
2 months ago
"The colonists sought not just territory, but unchallenged dominion. To achieve this, they needed to erase the legitimacy of Native governance and justify dispossession. It was precisely because Natives mirrored the colonists’ own ideals (autonomy, law, liberty) that they had to be cast as savages."
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Maggie Blackhawk
2 months ago
New essay in the Atlantic today: How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution by Ned Blackhawk (with many lessons on how we ended up where we are as a nation, and a gift link)
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution
The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/11/native-nations-colonization-american-revolution/684328/?gift=KPpScP1fyihSYxzCAl9PZcR1azGTQM7-62vO-c12vcE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Today is your daily reminder that queer kids are absolutely perfect just the way they are. Pass it on.
2 months ago
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Nina Henry
CAC
2 months ago
The First Amendment doesn't prevent states from being able to protect their residents from harmful "conversion therapy." Read more from CAC's Praveen Fernandes in
@bloomberglaw.com
:
news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Conversion Therapy Ban Case Tests Traditional State Police Power
A therapist’s challenge to Colorado’s ban on treatment the state says harms LGBTQ+ youths may seem like just the next battle in the culture wars, but the case presents the US Supreme Court with an opp...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/conversion-therapy-ban-case-tests-traditional-state-police-power
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Nina Henry
CAC
2 months ago
Trump can’t unilaterally withhold federal funding from sanctuary jurisdictions. Read our brief explaining why courts should be able to review plaintiffs’ constitutional challenge to the administration’s actions:
www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/s...
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San Francisco v. Trump | Constitutional Accountability Center
https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/san-francisco-v-trump/
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