President Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order that restricts federal recognition of gender to biological sex, declaring that the United States will only recognize two sexes—male and female. According to the Executive Order, these sexes are immutable. This move has been met with widespread backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates, who see it as a…
Joe Ligon was 83 when he was released from prison in 2021 after serving nearly seven decades for crimes he committed as a 15-year-old in 1953. When he was freed, he made headlines for his record-breaking sentence and his profound transformation. Ligon’s release, which occurred after Pennsylvania authorities granted him freedom, has prompted a larger…
The trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz, a White couple from West Virginia, has begun, with the pair facing more than a dozen charges related to the forced labor and civil rights violations of the Black children they adopted. Allegations have emerged that the couple coerced their adopted children into performing labor…
In their critical analysis of Trump v. Anderson, William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen argue that the U.S. Supreme Court mishandled a pivotal constitutional case with far-reaching implications. The case questioned whether Donald Trump, following the January 6 Capitol attack, was disqualified from the presidency under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court narrowly…
A U.S. District Court in Seattle has halted President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order restricting birthright citizenship for children of non-citizens. Judge John Coughenour issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday, January 23, 2025, calling the directive “blatantly unconstitutional” and finding it likely to cause irreparable harm to states and their residents. Ruling Against the…
In a provocative response to restrictive abortion laws, Mississippi State Senator Bradford Blackmon has introduced the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” a bill aimed at spotlighting men’s accountability in reproductive decisions. The legislation proposes making it unlawful for men to “discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo,” marking a dramatic shift in…