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The biggest Supreme Court decisions to watch for in June
It's crunch time for the Supreme Court. By early July, the justices are expected to wrap up their current term, which means that dozens of rulings will be released over the next five weeks. Among the cases yet to be resolved are high-profile battles over medical treatment for transgender children, age-verification rules for porn sites and the rights of religious parents who send their kids to public schools. The court will next release opinions on Thursday at 8 a.m. MDT. Several more decision days will be added to the calendar before June comes to a close. Although a ruling for any unresolved case can come on any upcoming decision day, the most anticipated opinions may not be released until the last week of June or first week of July, since the Supreme Court often saves its highest-profile rulings for last. Here are five of the biggest issues the court will weigh in on before entering its summer recess. Case name: U.S. v. Skrmetti Key question(s): The justices are weighing whether Tennessee's restrictions on certain gender-related treatments, like puberty blockers and hormone therapy, for transgender children and teens violate the Constitution's equal protection clause by making access to the treatments contingent on a young person's sex at birth. The court is also considering whether the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals used the right legal standard when evaluating the case. Lower court ruling: The doctor, parents and transgender children who challenged Tennessee's law secured a partial victory at the district court level when the court ruled that transgender young people should have access to treatments that remained available to their non-transgender peers. But then the 6th Circuit overturned that decision on appeal, ruling that the policy does not promote sex discrimination. Oral argument date: Dec. 4, 2024 Oral argument observations: In addition to debating Tennessee's law and the equal protection clause during oral arguments, the justices discussed research related to gender transitioning. More conservative justices like Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh questioned whether treatments like hormone therapy are safe for transgender minors, arguing that the science seems to be unsettled, as the Deseret News reported at the time. What's at stake?: The Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti could affect around two dozen other states, which similarly regulate gender-related treatments. Case name: Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Key question(s): The overarching question in the case is whether or not a Texas law aimed at keeping young people from accessing porn sites violates the First Amendment rights of the sites' adult users. However, the Supreme Court ruling may focus on a narrower question about what legal standard should be used to evaluate challenged age-verification laws. Lower court ruling: Those challenging Texas' law won at the district court level, but then the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned part of that decision and allowed the age-verification rules to take effect. Judges who have ruled against the law say it violates free speech protections. Oral argument date: Jan. 15, 2025 Oral argument takeaways: A majority of justices seemed interested in sending the case back to the lower courts for reconsideration under a different legal standard. Many also noted that Supreme Court precedent on pornography regulation is difficult to apply to the modern context. What's at stake?: As in U.S. v. Skrmetti, the court's ruling could force changes to — or at least reconsideration of — similar laws in around 20 other states. Case name: Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services Key question(s): Should members of a majority group, such as straight, white males, have to meet a higher burden of proof when alleging employment discrimination? Lower court ruling: Marlean Ames, a straight, white woman, accused her employer of discrimination in a 2020 lawsuit. She lost at a preliminary stage in front of multiple courts, which said that she wouldn't be able to meet the higher burden of proof required for her case to move forward. Oral argument date: Feb. 26, 2025 Oral argument takeaways: Most of the justices seemed to sympathize with Ames and want to make it clear that job discrimination claims from members of majority groups should be assessed the same way as claims from members of minority groups. What's at stake?: A ruling for Ames could further complicate the debate over Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, programs that have ramped up since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January. Case name: Mahmoud v. Taylor Key question(s): Does the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland need to allow religious parents to opt their kids out of reading storybooks that explore LGBTQ issues like gender identity? Lower court ruling: At the district and circuit levels, the school board successfully defended its decision to stop offering opt-outs from its inclusive storybook program. The courts said students aren't being coerced into changing their beliefs, so the program doesn't violate the First Amendment's religious exercise protections. Oral argument date: April 22, 2025 Oral argument takeaways: The justices got into the weeds during oral arguments and actually debated the moral message conveyed by one of the books being used in Montgomery County schools, as the Deseret News previously reported. Some also raised concerns that a ruling for the parents would create curriculum chaos nationwide. What's at stake?: That depends on who you ask. The parents' supporters believe restoring the opt-out option would bring Montgomery County schools in line with schools across the country. Their opponents say it would lead to a surge in parental interference with public school teachers. Case name: Trump v. CASA Key question(s): Although the case stems from Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, the question in front of the Supreme Court is not about that order's content, but, instead, about when lower courts can hand down universal injunctions that block implementation of a policy nationwide. Lower court ruling: Multiple lower courts have issued universal injunctions that have prevented the birthright citizenship order from taking effect. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to limit the scope of those injunctions by making them apply only to the states, cities and people involved in the legal battle. Oral arguments date: May 15, 2025 Oral argument observations: Several justices took issue with the U.S. solicitor general's claims during oral arguments, including some who have expressed frustration with nationwide injunctions in the past. It seemed like the court might release a ruling that generally discouraged nationwide injunctions, but allowed the ones blocking the birthright citizenship order to remain in place, as the Deseret News previously reported. What's at stake?: All future administrations have a stake in the case, since leaders from both parties have come to see universal injunctions as roadblocks standing in the way of their policy agendas. But those same leaders are often grateful for injunctions when their party is not in power.
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South Montgomery County: Chase suspect shot by deputy, officials say
The Brief Officials say a man fled from a traffic stop late Friday night. A deputy shot the man after he allegedly got out of the vehicle with a gun. The man's injuries are critical, but stable. MONTGOMERY COUNTY - Officials with Montgomery County and the Texas Rangers are investigating a deputy-involved shooting that injured a chase suspect late Friday night. What we know According to the county sheriff's office, the incident started with a traffic stop in the southern part of the county. Officials say deputies stopped a man in a white, late model Jaguar, but he fled the scene. Another deputy went after the man along with troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Shenandoah officers reportedly used devices to deflate the driver's tires, causing him to stop on the on-ramp to FM 1488. Officials say the driver then got out of the vehicle with a gun. The Montgomery County deputy then fired multiple shots, hitting the man. Other units came to the scene and gave the man medical treatment until he was taken to a hospital. Officials say the man's condition is currently critical, but it's not worsening. What we don't know No one involved in this incident has been identified at this time. Officials say the chase suspect is 53 years old. There is no information available on why Montgomery County deputies stopped the man initially. What's next The shooting is under investigation that's being handled by the county sheriff's office's Major Crimes and Crime Scene units, the county district attorney's office, and Texas Rangers. The Source Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
'They treated us like animals!' Mother whose dream holiday to Turkey was destroyed when her son was rushed into 'mortuary'-esque hospital with 'excruciating stomach pain' reveals worst things about emergency care abroad
A mother's dream family holiday to Turkey was derailed after her son underwent emergency surgery in a horror hospital that resembled a mortuary.. Kay Bainbridge, from Rainham, Kent, was enjoying a family holiday to Turkey when her five-year-old son Layton began experiencing excruciating stomach pain. The panicked mother-of-three said she immediately sought medical attention from her Antalya hotel doctor but was told her son could not be seen without a large cash payment. The Kent native spent more than £1,270 on medical costs for her little boy and claims that her insurance company has yet to cover the cost. She has now set up a GoFundMe to help cover the costs of the emergency treatment and flights home after revealing the terrible reality of the emergency care they received. The mother and son flew out to Turkey with Kay's two other sons Kian and Kayson, her mother, brother, sister, and her children's father on May 14 for a family holiday. But while relaxing in Antalya, Layton, five, became extremely unwell and in the early hours of May 20 Kay found her little boy 'screaming in excruciating pain and vomiting'. The worried mother called the hotel doctor over who redirected her to a local clinic which Kay described as 'rundown' and added 'it was like going in to a mortuary.' The Kent native then explained that before her son had even been examined she was asked to pay up front costs of more than £1,000. Kay, worried for her son, handed over her last £250 which said was supposed to be for spending money for the last day or two of the holiday. She added that despite telling staff she had no more money left, they continued demanding more from her and she felt they became aggressive towards her. Kay said: 'They were still demanding £800 on top of the £200 and because I couldn't pay they got really angry and really aggressive.' Layton was then transferred to Baskent University Hospital in Alanya for further treatment and an operation on his intestines which had become twisted. But the mother-of-three said the care did not improve and during her stay she found the staff rude, the meals inedible and the care lacking in professionalism. The Kent local described how on route from the doctor's clinic to the hospital, paramedics fell asleep in the ambulance and Kay was left to watch over her son alone. 'While we were travelling there the paramedic was asleep, curled up in the back of the ambulance fast asleep for two hours on the way to the hospital while she was supposed to be taking care of Layton.' The Kent local described how on route from the doctor's clinic to the hospital, paramedics fell asleep in the ambulance and Kay was left to watch over her son alone Kay explained that upon her arrival, while Layton was taken immediately in to surgery, her and her son's passports were taken off them by hospital staff. The worried mother explained this left her in a panic. 'All this was going on like no one spoke English. I didn't have a clue what was going on. All I knew was that my son was going for surgery. I didn't know where or what was happening,' she said. After the surgery, Kay claims the hospital refused to let her son eat and the meals they did provide were awful. 'As a private hospital, you would expect something decent. I wouldn't even feed the food to an animal it was that bad. 'It was slop, literally just beans and rice, proper poor food,' Kay said. She went on to describe the treatment her son received as shocking and told MailOnline she watched medics anaesthetise Layton while he was still sitting in a wheelchair in the emergency room. She also said that her son was screaming and begging them to stop as they roughly inserted a cannula in to his hand that left the bed stained with blood. Kay said: 'Before the surgery they were putting cannulas in his arm and they were pinning him down while he was screaming, begging them to stop.' Kay also confessed she fears she may have signed away her son's organs during the process because she kept being handed forms in Turkish, without any translation After waiting in the hospital for her son to be deemed fit to fly, Kay told MailOnline the hospital believed they had lost her and Layton's passports and she was only able to recover them after threatening to get the police involved. Kay also confessed she fears she may have signed away her son's organs during the process because she kept being handed forms in Turkish, without any translation and struggled with the language barrier. 'I was getting made to sign things like things that weren't in English. I don't know what I was signing,' she recounted. 'I still don't know what I signed to this day. All I've been given is his medical report. No copies of anything that I've signed.' 'All this was going on like no one spoke English. I didn't have a clue what was going on. All I knew was that my son was going for surgery. I didn't know where or what was happening. In total Kay paid £1,270 for the emergency treatment for her son but her worries did not end there. Having run out of money, Kay and Layton were unable to stay in a hotel after being discharged. Although Kay said she contacted her insurance company, she claims they informed her they would be unable to cover the costs of a hotel stay for a further five days while Layton recovered and the mother confessed she and her five-year-old son were forced to sleep in the airport and book an earlier flight home. She said: 'My poor child had to spend eight hours on the cold floor in a Turkish airport because we had nowhere else to go.' Kay added that she made the best of the situation and pushed two chairs together to create a makeshift bed for Layton, who was still recovering from surgery, to sleep on. She added: 'It was either sleep on the streets with him, sleep in the airport for 5 days, or risk bringing him home.' The mother-of-three also had to pay £140 for flights back to the UK where the rest of her worried family waited for news. And the whole experience has had a lasting impact on her son. 'He's tramuatised. He keeps saying "Mum please don't ever take me back there" and he won't tell me he' s in pain because he think he's going to have to go back there, ' Kay revealed. Now back in the UK, Kay explained that in her son's first NHS hospital appointment she will ask for a full scan of her son's organs after finding worrying medical details on her son's paperwork. 'I'll have full scans to make sure he's got everything there, because on this paperwork it mentions that his appendix couldn't be seen. He's never had his appendix taken out.,' Kay said. 'And I've seen stories out there - that woman who had her heart removed. ' Earlier this month Beth Martin, 28, fell ill during a flight to Turkey. Initially blaming food poisoning, the mother-of-two from Portsmouth was taken to hospital where she tragically died a day later. In a sickening turn of events, a UK autopsy later revealed Beth's heart had been removed after she passed away in Turkey. The Ministry of Health in Turkey revealed Beth died after a 'cardiac arrest due to multiple organ failure' - but stopped short at explaining the exact cause of this and have not explained why her heart was missing. Kay added: 'A lot of people have told me they [Turkish surgeons] can just take the organs for their own right. And they don't need permission. It's worried me a bit, so I just want to make sure that I understand all the paperwork I've signed.'
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4 days ago
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‘Still being considered': DHS says reports of Bakersfield girl being deported are false
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Sofia is a fighter and so is her community. The four-year-old Bakersfield girl has short bowel syndrome and must be connected to a feeding system for more than half of the day. Her mom Deysi Vargas brought her to the United States legally to receive life-saving treatment. After two years of treatment and recovery, her mom says their humanitarian parole has been unexpectedly terminated. On Wednesday, Sofia's attorneys begged the Department of Homeland Security to reconsider the family's immigration status. In support, California Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff signed a letter alongside 36 Democratic Congress members urging DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to reconsider Sofia and Deysi's legal status. The letter said, 'Without action, Sofia will die.' In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said, 'Any reporting that Vargas and her family are actively being deported is false. This family applied with USCIS for humanitarian parole on May 14, 2025, and the application is still being considered.' Sofia's attorneys say the family has been told to leave the country immediately after reapplying for parole. 'We did our best to give them the benefit of the doubt and let them know we think they made an error,' said Gina Amato Lough, Directing Attorney for Public Counsel. 'We have not heard anything back. We subsequently filed for new applications for humanitarian parole, and similarly have not received a response.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sky News
4 days ago
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'What did they do to be burned and bombed': Charity calls on UK to offer Gaza children life-saving treatment
A British charity has written to the prime minister and foreign secretary, urging them to allow seriously ill children from Gaza into the UK to receive life-saving medical treatment. The co-founder of Project Pure Hope told Sky News it was way past the time for words. "Now, we need action," Omar Dinn said. He's identified two children inside Gaza who urgently need help and is appealing to the UK government to issue visas as a matter of urgency. "Most of the people affected by this catastrophe that's unfolding in Gaza are children," he continued. "And children are the most vulnerable. "They have nothing to do with the politics, and we really just need to see them for what they are. "They are children, just like my children, just like everybody's children in this country - and we have the ability to help them." Sky News has been sent video blogs from British surgeons working in Gaza right now which show the conditions and difficulties they're working under. They prepare for potential immediate evacuation whilst facing long lists, mainly of children, needing life-saving emergency treatment day after day. Dr Victoria Rose told us: "Every time I come, I say it's really bad, but this is on a completely different scale now. It's mass casualties. It's utter carnage. "We are incapable of getting through this volume. We don't have the personnel. We don't have the medical supplies. And we really don't have the facilities. "We are the last standing hospital in the south of Gaza. We really are on our knees now." One of her patients is three-year-old Hatem, who was badly burned when an Israeli airstrike hit the family apartment. His pregnant mother and father were both killed, leaving him an orphan. He has 35 percent burns on his small body. "It's a massive burn for a little guy like this," Dr Rose says. "He's so adorable. His eyelids are burnt. His hands are burnt. His feet are burnt." Hatem's grandfather barely leaves his hospital bedside. Hatem Senior told us: "What did these children do wrong to suffer such injuries? To be burned and bombed? We ask God to grant them healing." The second child identified by the charity is Karam, who, aged one, is trying to survive in a tent in deeply unhygienic surroundings with a protruding intestine. He's suffering from a birth defect called Hirschsprung disease, which could be easily operated on with the right skills and equipment - unavailable to him in Gaza right now. Karam's mother Manal told our Gaza camera crew: "No matter how much I describe how much my son is suffering, I wouldn't be able to describe it enough. I swear I am constantly crying." Children are among the bulk of casualties - some 16,000 have been killed, according to the latest figures from local health officials - and make up the majority of those being operated on, according to the British surgical team on the ground.
