(WGME) A federal judge is dropping charges of female genital mutilation against a Michigan doctor.
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman said the federal law is unconstitutional.
It’s an issue that’s been much-debated at the State House because Maine has no law specifically banning the procedure.
Some advocates say they’re shocked by the recent ruling and are calling on Maine lawmakers to take action.
“I’m a survivor of female genital mutilation,” said F.A. Cole during an interview with CBS 13.
(NBC) President Joe Biden’s nomination of Adeel Mangi to be a powerful U.S. circuit court judge is in peril after two Senate Democrats announced they will oppose his nomination. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have said they will […]
(Free Beacon) Supreme Court frontrunner Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was an active and dedicated advocate for terror suspects housed at Guantanamo Bay, contrary to press accounts and her own representations. Jackson has portrayed her work for the detainees as that of a […]
(Religion News) A new report by watchdog groups claims that major technology platforms, Wall Street businesses and right-wing media corporations are complicit in enabling white supremacist and anti-Muslim bigotry across the world. The paper, “Fanning the Flames,” was published Thursday (Oct. 31) […]
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