September 22, 2023
In the term beginning next week, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to return to some of the most hot-button issues concerning civil rights: guns, free speech, race discrimination, and potentially more.
November 16, 2022
A divided Eighth Circuit on Wednesday rejected a request by the state of Arkansas to revisit its August decision upholding a preliminary block on the state's law banning transgender health care procedures for minors, with five judges registering their dissent from the appellate court's decision.
October 14, 2022
A Republican coalition of states led by Alabama's attorney general asked the full Eighth Circuit to review a preliminary block on Arkansas' state law banning transgender health care procedures for minors, arguing a panel overstepped by holding the statute to higher scrutiny just because treatments depend on a person's sex.
August 25, 2022
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a preliminary block on an Arkansas state law banning transgender health care procedures for minors, holding a lower court didn't err in finding those who sued to permanently stop enforcement were likely to prevail on claims of unconstitutional sex discrimination.