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We applaud the federal court’s decision to bar President Trump from changing the government policy that allows transgender people to serve in the military.
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Florida Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, and Rep. Ben Diamond, D-St. Petersburg, filed legislation — SB 694 and HB 481 — today that would create a safety valve, allowing judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentencing for low-level drug crimes.
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Each Saturday morning we send the Weekend Read, an SPLC newsletter, to subscribers.
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The neo-Confederate League of the South and its Nationalist Front allies are preparing to descend on Shelbyville, Tennessee, on the morning of Oct. 28 for the “White Lives Matter” rally.
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SPLC President Richard Cohen testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about the responsibility of universities to uphold the Fourteenth Amendment as well as the First Amendment.
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The U.S. Department of Education recently rescinded 72 guidance documents that were designed to help parents, educators and advocates understand how federal law protects services and accommodations for students with disabilities.
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A private company contracts with a municipal court judge and the city of Gardendale, Alabama to create an illegal probation scheme that exploits low-income defendants and violates their constitutional rights, the SPLC said in a federal lawsuit and a judicial ethics complaint that were filed this week.
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Florida’s third annual comprehensive study of alternatives to juvenile arrests for common youth misbehavior—called Stepping Up: Florida’s Top Juvenile Civil Citation Efforts 2017—shows three-quarters of all counties earned an F grade.
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Elord Revolte died a tragic death in Florida’s juvenile justice system after he tried to get a carton of milk without permission.
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The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) must conduct a meaningful analysis of the staffing it needs to address an unconstitutionally inadequate level of care for prisoners who have mental illnesses, according to a brief filed in federal court yesterday by the SPLC.
