U.S. Civil Rights Policy Digest

Rhode Island Immigrant Protections

• 🔥 New State-Level Bivens Remedy: Governor McKee signed legislation creating a state civil cause of action...

The Supreme Court's June 29, 2026 decision in Trump v. Slaughter overruled 91-year-old precedent, allowing presidents to remove leaders of...

New DOJ guidance revises 2017 rules to expand religious protections, interpreting the Establishment Clause by history and tradition while covering...

Rhode Island became the latest state to counter federal immigration enforcement with new civil-liberties protections.

• Civil cause of action:...

Education Civil Rights Enforcement Limits

• 🔥 Education Department narrows investigations: The Education Department announced limits barring...

The Education Department will no longer treat racial disparities in school discipline, AP enrollment, or admissions as evidence of civil rights...

A federal three-judge panel denied a preliminary injunction against Tennessee's congressional redistricting, ruling the challenge unlikely to succeed...

A federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Kentucky voters' dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers, marking...

The Trump DOJ's first religious liberty update since 2017 directs agencies to prioritize constitutional and statutory protections in rulemaking,...

Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse introduced the Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act on July 22 to close the loophole allowing...

Supreme Court Rulings

• 🔥 Birthright Citizenship Decision: The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s order in Trump v. Barbara, preserving automatic...

• Michigan Supreme Court suppressed post-invocation statements, citing both federal and state constitutions after police gave "confusing and...

The Second Circuit reversed Mohsen Mahdawi's release order, ruling that a Vermont judge lacked jurisdiction over his habeas petition while removal...

The Supreme Court declined to review the City of Grand Rapids' appeal, leaving in place rulings that the Department of Civil Rights has no statutory...

Current fights over transgender rights, reproductive access, and voting trace directly to post-Civil War structural imbalances.

• Majority...

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Senator Peter Welch have reintroduced the Inclusive Democracy Act to end felony disenfranchisement in federal...

MLB can enforce neutral uniform rules against player alterations like Bible verses on Pride caps, as the First Amendment constrains only government...

Voting Rights Litigation Update

• 🔥 Renewed Injunction Request: Voting rights groups filed a renewed request for a preliminary injunction in LWV...

Voter suppression tactics have evolved but retain the same goal of deterring eligible voters, especially people of color.

• Post-Reconstruction laws...

Civil rights advocates are mounting legal challenges to two Trump administration actions targeting immigrant access to benefits.

• The July 17 public...