Transgender inmates who are trying to prevent their imminent transfers to an all-male housing unit have moved to keep “sensitive” information about themselves concealed after female prisoners from a separate but related case identified the biological males imprisoned alongside them as convicted sex offenders. The male litigants in Jane Doe v. Blanche, all of whom […]

The Trump administration’s 6-2 losing record in appeals courts over its mandatory immigration detention policy looks like an overwhelming streak of losses. However, a closer examination of the judges behind those decisions suggests the policy may be less legally doomed than the scoreboard implies. Several of the legal defeats against the revised Immigration and Customs […]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is attempting to shape California’s governor’s race before it fully takes form by making televised debates an early campaign issue, challenging Democratic frontrunner Xavier Becerra to meet him on stage as the candidates begin defining their campaigns. Hilton has repeatedly called on Becerra to participate in televised debates, arguing voters […]

Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) could be censured when the House returns from its August recess, as a House Ethics Committee report revealed a slew of inappropriate actions the married congressman allegedly took toward female staffers. According to the report, Edwards invited young female staffers to dinner, gave them gifts, wrote them notes, and repeatedly tried […]