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A second ruling from U.S. Senior District Judge Nancy Freudenthal was issued Thursday to dismiss parts of Laramie Faith Community Church elder Todd Schmidt’s lawsuit against the University of Wyoming.

The ruling could restore a district similar to the one the Florida Supreme Court ordered last decade.

Supporters of felon voting in North Carolina are urging a federal court to expedite their case. They filed a motion Thursday in US District Court seeking a hearing on their requests for an injunction and summary judgment in the legal dispute.

“Withholding treatment, even up until the age of 18, and allowing puberty to occur consistent with the sex identified at birth is extraordinarily harmful to these children,” a lawyer for the ACLU and National Center for Lesbian Rights said in court Friday.

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From the blog of Joshua Z. Rokach at The Times of Israel

Since the SFFA opinion was handed down, legal scholars and practitioners across the country have been grappling with the full extent of the holding.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — An inmate from Evansville is at the center of a case that supporters say is necessary to protect transgender prisoners’ Constitutional rights. “Indiana has passed a statute that prohibits prisoners within the department of corrections from receiving gender-affirming surgery,” says Ken Falk, legal director for the ACLU of Indiana. The lawsuit […]

Governor Glenn Youngkin reaffirmed his stance that school boards in Virginia "don't have a choice" in adopting the state's latest transgender student policies.

FIRST ON FOX: A group of five Republican states led by Montana are formally warning 100 of the nation's most prominent law firms that their race-based hiring practices may be illegal.