Some experts see the existence of the law as a tool to threaten groups that are already vulnerable to disproportionate punishment.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said his department is seeking a “permanent and preliminary injunction” prohibiting the law from being enforced.
Disasters like Ida increase the risk of sexual, domestic and gender-based violence, which disproportionately affects women, girls and LGBTQ+ people.
Abortion opponents say they expect Republican-led states to copy Texas’ six-week abortion ban, which so far has withstood legal challenges.
The decision, effective immediately, stated that Congress must authorize a federal moratorium in order for the ban to continue -- and that looks unlikely.
Seattle Storm players celebrated their victory and a less politically charged restoration of a sports tradition.
“I never had a case where I worried about the counting of the ballots, and whether there was going to be some subversion of the count. But now we see that that has become kind of standardized.”
Correspondents Dulcé Sloan and Desi Lydic joined The 19th and some of the women running the show behind the scenes for a conversation about how they bring humor to the country’s biggest problems.
Fewer visits, phone calls, wellness services and chances to move mean many women are confined to their cells all day. It takes a toll, research shows.