Maryland school district didn't violate teacher's rights by requiring chosen pronoun use, appeals court rules
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/education/court-upholds-inclusive-pronoun-policy
Maryland school district didn't violate teacher's rights by requiring chosen pronoun use, appeals court rules
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/education/court-upholds-inclusive-pronoun-policy
A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed teams affiliated with #DOGE to gain #access to potentially sensitive #data on millions of Americans, overruling a lower court that had blocked that access in Feb.
By a 2-1 vote, a 3-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit granted the access to data stored at the #Treasury Dept, the #Education Dept & the Office of Personnel Management [#OPM], citing the June #SocialSecurity #SCOTUS decision.
Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on #Geofence #Warrants
Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming the lower court opinion in USA v. #Chatrie. The practical outcome of this sentence is clear: the #evidence collected from a geofence warrant issued to #Google can be used against the defendant in this case
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/appeals-court-sidesteps-big-questions-geofence-warrants
Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. The new opinion in Chatrie is a missed opportunity for the Fourth Circuit to join both other appellate courts to have considered the issue in finding geofence warrants unconstitutional.
On Tues, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit temporarily blocked the ballot verification process that had been ordered by the #NorthCarolina State #SupremeCourt. Many of the ballots in
question come from #Democratic-leaning counties, so their removal could lead to the election being overturned.
Judge #Wilkinson’s Fourth Circuit decision denying the government’s appeal in the Abrego-Garcia case, contains some important messages.
#AllisonGill highlights several passages from the decision that are must-reads.
Privacy laws need to be strong and not full of holes that leave us without protection because of a single click or some tiny fine print that no one reads. We need a strong data privacy law that prohibits waivers and mandatory arbitration requirements letting companies sidestep users’ basic legal rights.
#US #AppealsCourt #Dismisses #Conservative #Parents #Lawsuit Against #Trans-#Supportive #School #Policy.
The #decision, released Monday by the #US. #CourtofAppeals for the #FourthCircuit, #affirms a lower court’s #dismissal but offers different #reasoning
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Maryland #Education #Courts #Rulings #Conservatives #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.advocate.com/law/anti-trans-lawsuit-dismissed-montgomery