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Twitter Will Not Automatically Transfer White House and Presidential Followers From Trump to Biden Updated: Published by:

Followers of institutional accounts will receive a notice asking them whether they want to continue following these accounts, which will technically start at zero followers.

Oregon Attorney General Files Complaint Against U.S. Federal Agencies Over Civil Rights Violations Updated: Published by:

On Friday, July 17, 2020, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Marshals Service, and the Federal Protective Service. The lawsuit is filed on behalf of Oregon citizens…

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Schedules Rehearing En Banc in Trump Emoluments Lawsuit Updated: Published by:

On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered rehearing en banc in District of Columbia v. Donald J. Trump. The lawsuit, filed by the attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia, alleges violations by President Donald J. Trump of the…

Civil Rights Groups Sue Trump Administration Over New Asylum Rule Updated: Published by:

Multiple civil rights groups filed suit today against the Trump administration, challenging its new rule seeking to severely limit the asylum protections that are available under US and international law to migrants at the US-Mexico border. The American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Center for…

Trump Administration Seeks to Deny Asylum Protections to Majority of Migrants at Southern Border Updated: Published by:

In a new rule that is planned to be effective Tuesday, the Trump administration is seeking to reverse decades of asylum policy by effectively denying protections to most migrants seeking asylum at the southern border of the US. The new policy, which the American Civil Liberties Union plans to promptly…

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Holds President Donald J. Trump Violated First Amendment by Blocking Users From Accessing Twitter Account Updated: Published by:

On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that President Donald J. Trump engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, in violation of the First Amendment, by blocking certain users' access to his Twitter account based on those users' speech on Twitter. The Knight…