An eight-person jury ruled that Walmart violated the Americans with Disabilities Act after firing a sales representative with Down syndrome due to changes in her work schedule. According to the New York Times, after a four-day trial, a jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin found that the company did not take into account Marlo Shpet’s disability when she asked to change her schedule. Shpet,…

A federal judge in Texas ordered the US government on Friday to close DACA for new applicants-saying that the Obama administration did not have the legal authority to provide deportation assistance and work permits to illegal immigrants who came to the US as children. Satisfying the request of Texas and other Republican-led states, Judge Andrew Hanen demanded that the Biden administration stop approving new applications for DACA, blocking access for…

Two men have been charged in connection with alleged plans to detonate a bomb at the headquarters of the Democratic Party in California after last year’s presidential election. Ian Benjamin Rogers, 45, of Napa, and Jarrod Copeland, 37, of Vallejo, California, face multiple charges, including conspiracy to destroy a building with «incendiary devices» and obstruction of justice. According to prosecutors, they planned the attack after the elections in November 2020…

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker on Thursday signed the first law in the country prohibiting law enforcement agencies from lying and using other methods of deception when interrogating minors. The rules, which come into force on January 1, prohibit such techniques as the false promise of mitigation of punishment and the claim that incriminating evidence exists when there is none. According to Pritzker, this indicates that the state recognizes «the…

Many people believe that if their rights are not read out during the arrest (in accordance with the «The Miranda rule«), in the future, the detainee or the detainee will be able to avoid punishment. This is not so — however, in this case, the prosecutor will most likely not be able to use the words of the suspect as evidence in court

From September 1, in Texas, for information about women who want to have an abortion after the sixth week, you can get a reward of $10 thousand-after the state legislature passed the heartbeat bill, according to UNILAD. The law will allow anyone to sue private medical companies and health workers for providing abortions after a heartbeat is detected in the fetus, as well as anyone who contributed to the procedure….

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott has promised to arrest Democratic lawmakers who left the state in an attempt to stop voting on legislation that they say infringes on the right to vote, especially for ethnic communities. Private jets carrying more than 50 Democrats flew from Austin to Washington, D.C., on Monday — leaving the city just days before the Texas House of Representatives was expected to approve new voting restrictions…

Illinois became the first state to make it mandatory to include the history of Asian Americans in the public school curriculum. Governor J. B. Pritzker signed a bill on Friday, according to which Asian American history should be taught in primary and secondary schools, starting from the 2022/23 academic year. The historic law, passed after an active campaign, partly led by the non-profit group Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago, is due…