Recent years have seen a record-breaking number of attempts to ban books. Here's how book banning emerged—and how it turned school libraries into battlegrounds.
Filibuster, in legislative practice, the parliamentary tactic used in the United States Senate by a minority of the senators—sometimes even a single senator—to delay or prevent parliamentary action by talking so long that the majority either grants con
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block an Illinois law from taking effect Monday that bans high-powered semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. But a federal judge recentlyblocked a California lawthat would have banned carrying concealed guns in many public places. Several state laws ...
Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on benefits for legally married same-sex couples. However, the Court indicated that it was taking no position on a state's authority to forbid same-sex marriages. Lower courts have interpreted Windsor broadly and have found such bans to violate equal ...
6/18/2014 - Today the U.S. patent and trademark office cancelled the trademark registrations of the Washington Redskins football franchise, suddenly claiming the trademarks are "offensive to Native Americans," reports the Chicago Tribune. (1) "Trademarks that disparage or belittle other groups are...
co-founder Tiffany Justice has told the Associated Press. But about 38% of book challenges that "directly originated" from the group have LGBTQ+ themes, according to the library association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. Justice said Moms for Liberty challenges books that are sexually explicit...
The table below provides an overview of the states and the major categories of products that are restricted or prohibited when intentionally added PFAS are present. References have been provided as there are different effective dates on the bans as well as restrictions and/or certain prohibitions....
A competing petition effort would add a constitutional amendment mirroring a law adopted last year thatbans abortion after 12 weeks, with some exceptions. A third effort for a measure that would ban abortion throughout pregnancy has struggled to raise money and is not expected to gather enough ...
Guttmacher data scientist Isaac Maddow-Zimet said that when bans go into effect, more people travel to less restrictive or non-restrictive states, but “not everybody is able to” travel. Traveling could mean pushing abortionslater into pregnancyas people try to get appointments and potentially ...
“They need more than books, obviously, but this is what we have,” Robbins said. “This is a thing I can do that is concrete.” Customers shop at Fabulosa Books. (Loren Elliott / For The Times) Books Not Bans operates with Fabulosa owner Alvin Orloff’s ...