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Plaintiffs in 2023 redefining sex lawsuit seek to add on similar 2025 law

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state challenging the constitutionality of a 2023 law passed by the Legislature redefining sex have now filed to challenge a similar 2025 law. Senate Bill 458 (2023) and Senate Bill 437 (2025) are two similar laws, both sponsored by Sen. Carl Glimm, R-Kila,

Cancelled Clancy event becomes example of censorship at U.S. Senate hearing

At a Democrat-led Congressional hearing in late February, children’s author and former TV writer Bess Kalb used a previously unreported incident in Clancy where she had to cancel a book reading event to illustrate a point about the broader impacts of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on the

75 years after she led a student strike that helped end school segregation, Barbara Rose Johns now stands in the US Capitol where Robert E. Lee once did

75 years after she led a student strike that helped end school segregation, Barbara Rose Johns now stands in the US Capitol where Robert E. Lee once did

The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence isn’t the only important anniversary in 2026. This year also marks the 75th anniversary of an extraordinary case of student activism that helped lead to the Supreme Court’s decision outlawing segregated schools. In April 1951, 16-year-old Barbara Rose

Federal election observers once played a key role in securing voting rights for all − but times have changed

Federal election observers once played a key role in securing voting rights for all − but times have changed

President Donald Trump appeared on former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino’s podcast in February 2026, where he stated: “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over, we should take over the voting.’ The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.” Trump’s call to nationalize elections, to transfer the

Law firm files request to add new redefinition of sex law to older lawsuit

Upper Seven Law has submitted a request to add a recently signed bill redefining sex in state law to an older lawsuit with a very similar piece of legislation signed in 2023. Gov. Greg Gianforte signed Senate Bill 437 into law earlier this month, legislation that is very similar to

Bill redefining sex signed nearly a year after it passed

Gov. Greg Gianforte last week signed the final bill passed during the 2025 legislative session defining sex in state law, likely spawning a protracted legal fight. Senate Bill 437, which defines sex as only male or female, was signed on March 24, 2026, but sat on Republican House Speaker Brandon

What Americans can learn from other civil activism movements against authoritarian regimes

What Americans can learn from other civil activism movements against authoritarian regimes

On Feb. 24, The Conversation hosted a webinar titled, “What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism movements.” Executive editor and general manager Beth Daley interviewed John Shattuck, professor of practice at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and Oliver Kaplan, associate professor at Josef