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View More NewsSome excerpts from yesterday’s long decision in Planned Parenthood Great Nw. v. Comm’r, decided by Judge David Hamilton, joined by Judge Ilana Rovner: In 2017, Indiana passed what we call the “aid-or-assist” law, which forbids knowingly or intentionally aiding or assisting an unemancipated pregnant minor in obtaining an abortion without first satisfying Indiana’s parental consent and notice requirements. Plaintiff Planned Parenthood provides to its clients factually accurate information about abortion providers who operate lawfully in other states. Plaintiff provides such information to unemancipated pregnant minors who seek it. Defendants are Indiana state officials who maintain that providing such information violates…
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No true culture warrior worth his salt admits to reading The New York Times. Very Online conservatives refuse to read it because they think it hates Jews. Very Online progressives refuse to read it because they think it hates trans people. So intense is their loathing, it seems, that some of these hashtaggers cannot even tolerate the company of those who do read the Times. This includes one @claireyfaerie, who recently told Bluesky followers: “My parents have a [New York Times] subscription. Whenever I go to visit them and see the paper sitting on their coffee table, I remember the…
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from the raiding-parties-everywhere dept Things used to be normal. We used to be doing alright here in the United States, limiting ourselves to catching…
The Committee to Protect Journalists and partner organizations issued a joint letter on Wednesday urging members of the United States Congress to act on…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, is catching a lot of flak for granting clemency to former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a conspiracy…
Wall Street and payment giants are quietly taking over Solana, moving billions onto the network for tokenized funds and global payments even as the…
Key points:Bitcoin has pulled back to the $76,000 level, a crucial near-term support level to watch.Several major altcoins have broken below their near-term support…
Elon Musk’s latest legal challenge against OpenAI has collapsed in court, clearing one of the biggest legal threats facing the ChatGPT maker as competition…
Poor accountability, feeble control mechanisms, and insufficient legal frameworks have led to systematic human rights violations in the Americas, with no consistent remedy or…
Just when you think smartphone panic can’t get any more dumb, it always does. Case in point: People are insisting that phones are why…
Galaxy Digital became the second company this year to secure a New York BitLicense, following Strike’s approval in March. Read the full article here
Cryptocurrency investment products posted heavy outflows last week as investors reduced risk amid inflation fears and uncertainty over a lasting ceasefire between the United…