Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: 14th Amendment

Supreme Court term narrows civil rights tools while preserving birthright citizenship

A series of rulings on immigration, voting rights, and transgender students shows how the court is reshaping legal protections for vulnerable communities.

Supreme Court splits on civil rights

The justices blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship order while upholding state bans on transgender students in girls’ and women’s sports.

Supreme Court takes up Trump attack on birthright citizenship

A clash over the 14th amendment heads to the justices with consequences for millions of families.

Federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order, calling it ‘blatantly unconstitutional’

"You are an American citizen if you were born on American soil—period. Nothing that the president can do will change that.”

Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship faces backlash as unconstitutional and...

Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship sparks constitutional challenges and condemnation as discriminatory and un-American.

Lawsuit challenges Trump’s eligibility for Oregon ballot citing 14th Amendment insurrection...

Non-profit Free Speech for People files legal challenge, arguing Trump violated the 14th amendment and should be barred from the Oregon ballot

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.