WA Redistricting Challenge Heads to US Supreme Court Over Alleged Racial Gerrymander
OLYMPIA [Jerry Cornfield]—The state of Washington on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a challenge against the state’s political maps, then remand it to a lower court to determine if the way the lines were drawn complies with a recent ruling in a Louisiana case. “The lower courts should be given the first […]
WA LGBTQ Caucus and law makers respond to Supreme Court conversion therapy decision
WASHINGTON D.C.—Just yesterday, the US Supreme Court ruled, 8-1, that Colorado’s Conversion Therapy Law is unconstitutional, a decision that could upend similar laws in 22 other states including Washington State. “Conversion therapy is not health care & has been widely discredited by the medical community,” said Representative Suzane DelBene. “This decision will put LGBTQ+ children […]
Lynnwood’s Olympus Spa heading to US Supreme Court after Ninth Circuit denies rehearing of case
LYNNWOOD—The Ninth Circuit Court on March 12 denied petitions by Lynnwood-based Olympus Spa for a rehearing of its case in front of the original three-panel judges against the enforcement action by the Washington State Human Rights Commission (WSHRC), and a rehearing en banc by the full Ninth Circuit to not allow pre-op transwomen access to its female-exclusive […]
Learning Resources: The company behind the POTUS tariff lawsuit
In a landmark 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday invalidated most of President Donald J Trump’s IEEPA tariffs on imports, siding with family-owned educational toy company Learning Resources, Inc. and challengers. The decision upended a cornerstone of Trump’s America First economic agenda, potentially leading to hundreds of billions in refunds through litigation. But […]
