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The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat ( www.vox.com )

Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint ( forward.com )

Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with...

7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll ( apnews.com )

A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trump and other divisive issues....

Biden pardons thousands of US veterans convicted under law banning gay sex ( www.theguardian.com )

Joe Biden has moved to correct a “great injustice” by pardoning thousands of US veterans convicted over six decades under a military law that banned gay sex....

NJ Does Not Renew Trump's Liquor Licenses At 2 Golf Clubs After Felony Conviction ( patch.com )

LOL

Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After ‘Roe’ Was Overturned ( kffhealthnews.org )

Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting ( www.cnn.com )

IRS plans to make its free tax filing program permanent ( edition.cnn.com )

'Black Americans for Trump' event a 'major bust' that featured 'a sea of white people' ( www.rawstory.com )

Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal. ( www.nbcnews.com )

Heehee.

Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside, even when shelter space is lacking ( www.pbs.org )

The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license ( www.nbcnews.com )

He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 ( apnews.com )

Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday. ...

DC Campaign to Submit Over 40K Signatures for Open Primaries, Ranked Choice Voting ( ivn.us )

Seeing as how some people here on Lemmy get upset at any mention of Ranked Choice Voting and respond that, in their opinion, it's not perfect, and that we should therefore keep the voting system we have while we debate which alternative is perfect for several decades, allow me to preemptively respond....

This gay veteran spent 2 years in jail because he had sex. He can finally get a pardon. ( www.lgbtqnation.com )

Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers ( arstechnica.com )

In an open letter to publishers, more than 30,000 readers, researchers, and authors begged for access to the books to be restored in the open library, claiming the takedowns dealt "a serious blow to lower-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and LGBTQ+ people, among many others," who may not have access...

Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: 'Bitter irony' ( www.advocate.com )

Religious leader wants to display Indian scriptures in Louisiana public classrooms ( www.brproud.com )

A spokesperson of the Hindu community is seeking to have ancient Sanskrit scriptures displayed in public classrooms alongside the Ten Commandments. ...

Paris Hilton testifies to Congress on being ‘sexually abused and force-fed meds’ ( www.independent.co.uk )

Los Angeles’s Mayor Was Contemplating a Mask Ban. She Just Got Covid. ( newrepublic.com )

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends ( apnews.com )

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga....

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