A look at the major state ballot measures voters will decide in the midterms
Voters will decide more than 140 ballot measures in 40 states next month, covering issues from abortion to voter ID to transgender rights.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
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Voters will decide more than 140 ballot measures in 40 states next month, covering issues from abortion to voter ID to transgender rights.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court's conservative majority rulings have weakened democracy and undermined voting rights ahead of the midterms.
Source: TIME (time.com)
New Zealand High Court ruled a puberty blocker ban is unjustified discrimination, saying decisions about this healthcare are best made by patients and their doctors.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
A New Jersey school board dropped a transgender student privacy policy to settle a Moms for Liberty lawsuit.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
An anti-LGBTQ+ group asks the Supreme Court to fast-track a national blanket trans sports ban through an emergency appeal.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
The Supreme Court rejected a Trump bid to halt care for incarcerated trans people, a rare win for transgender rights.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
LAPD data released Tuesday confirms a rise in hate crimes against gay men and transgender people in Los Angeles, and many more may be going unreported.
Source: them (them.us)
A Cornell case highlights shifting Federal Title IX enforcement, with ideology shaping interpretation of the law banning sex discrimination.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
Six workers allege in a lawsuit that Planned Parenthood Southeast fired them for speaking out for abortion rights and inclusion.
Source: Prism (prismreports.org)
A California immigrant and a Nevada group, joined by top Democrats, sue over federal election probes, alleging coercive threats against state officials to assert federal control over the midterms.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
The Supreme Court rejected the Trump admin's request to immediately end gender-affirming medical care for trans people in prison; only Thomas and Alito sided with the admin.
Source: Law Dork (lawdork.com)
The Progress Action Fund is running ads calling out GOP for monitoring children's bathrooms to disrupt the right-wing media bubble.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The Supreme Court refused to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in prison, leaving a lower-court block in place.
Source: PBS NewsHour Politics (pbs.org)
7 in 10 Americans doubt Trump will accept midterm results; the president has said he will accept them only if he deems them honest.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The Supreme Court released a brief order on October 21 that ruled against the Trump administration's request to deny gender-affirming care to transgender prisoners.
Source: Vox (vox.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's bid to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender people in federal prisons, preserving access while a legal challenge continues.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's bid to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender people in federal prisons, preserving access while a legal challenge continues.
Source: them (them.us)
The Supreme Court rejected Trump's order to end hormone treatments for transgender prisoners.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
The Supreme Court left in place an order prohibiting the Federal Bureau of Prisons from enforcing a policy preventing healthcare for transgender inmates, including hormone therapy.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
The Supreme Court rejected a Trump administration appeal seeking to immediately enforce medical care restrictions for transgender people in prison.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)