SACRAMENTO, Calif.– California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) and Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) Friday announced a bill to protect immigrants from irrelevant disclosures of their immigration status in open court. SB 785 requires that any questions about the immigration status of any witness, victim, or defendant first be deemed by a judge…
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam Friday signed into law HB 1111 — a measure that could undermine certain protections under state law for women and LGBTQ people in an effort to challenge the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision on marriage equality. The new law requires courts and agencies apply a so-called “natural” meaning interpretation…
Donald Trump’s nominee for Army Secretary, Mark Green, announced Friday he would remove himself from consideration. “It is with deep regret today I am withdrawing my nomination to be the Secretary of the Army,” Mark Green said in a statement. The decision by Green, Trump’s second pick for the post, came after his nomination ran…
