Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nickelodeon">Nickelodeon</a> producer Dan Schneider is suing producers of the documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” for defamation.
The 58-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">TV exec</a> made a public apology for his behavior after the documentary first aired. &#8220;Quiet on Set&#8221; included interviews with Schneider&#8217;s former colleagues telling stories of a toxic workplace and what they saw as questionable actions. 
 “Watching over the past two nights was very difficult — me facing my past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and that I regret. I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology,” Schneider said in late March, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nickelodeon-producer-reacts-to-child-abuse-doc-owe-some-people-a-pretty-strong-apology">reported</a>.
The new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit">lawsuit</a> states that while he takes responsibility for his actions, “Quiet on Set” was “a hit job” which insinuated that Schneider &#8220;sexually abused the children who worked on his television shows.&#8221;
&#8220;While it is indisputable that two bona fide child sexual abusers worked on Nickelodeon shows, it is likewise indisputable that Schneider had no knowledge of their abuse, was not complicit in the abuse, condemned the abuse once it was discovered and, critically, was not a child sexual abuser himself,&#8221; the lawsuit says, per <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/05/01/dan-schneider-sues-defamation-quiet-on-set-series/73531094007/">USA Today</a>. 
&#8220;Defendants have destroyed Schneider’s reputation and legacy through the false statements and implications that Schneider is exactly that,&#8221; it states. &#8220;At times, he was blind to the pain that some of his behaviors caused certain colleagues, subordinates, and cast members. He will regret and atone for this behavior the rest of his life. But one thing he is not—and the one thing that will forever mar his reputation and career both past and present—is a child sexual abuser.&#8221;
The former Nickelodeon exec also told the outlet, &#8220;After seeing &#8216;Quiet on Set &#8216;and its Trailer, and the reactions to them, I sadly have no choice but to take legal action against the people behind it.”
“In their successful attempt to mislead viewers and increase ratings, they went beyond reporting the truth and falsely implied that I was involved in or facilitated horrific crimes for which actual child predators have been prosecuted and convicted,&#8221; Schneider continued. 
&#8220;I have no objection to anyone highlighting my failures as a boss, but it is wrong to mislead millions of people to the false conclusion that I was in any way involved in heinous acts like those committed by child predators. I owe it to myself, my family, and the many wonderful people involved in making these shows to set the record straight.&#8221;
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The four-part docuseries caused a stir when it premiered on March 17. Actor Drake Bell went public saying he was the unnamed victim of sexual assault at the hands of convicted pedophile Brian Peck, who was a dialogue coach at the network.
While no formal complaints of sexual abuse were made against Schneider, the documentary highlighted interactions he had with child actors who worked at the network, including airing video of him spending time in a hot tub with then-teenager Amanda Bynes.
The producer was let go from the network in 2018 amid allegations of abuse but was never formally charged with any crimes.

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A lawsuit filed in federal court this week alleges that AJP Educational Foundation Inc. — also known as American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) — act to support Hamas, the terrorist group responsible for the October 7 massacre.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Virginia by global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, the National Jewish Advocacy Center, the Schoen Law Firm, and the Holtzman Vogel Law Firm.
&#8220;The lawsuit, which seeks compensatory damages for nine American and Israeli victims of the attack in which Hamas killed 1,200 people and took 240 people hostage, alleges that AMP and NSJP work in the United States as collaborators and propagandists for Hamas,&#8221; a joint statement from the law firms <a href="https://www.gtlaw.com/en/news/2024/05/press-releases/greenberg-traurig-national-jewish-advocacy-center-schoen-law-firm-and-holtzman-vogel-represent-american-and-israeli-victims-of-hamas">said</a>. &#8220;The suit also notes that AMP and NSJP are merely the current version of several prior entities that were already determined by the U.S. government to be supporters of Hamas.&#8221;
The lawsuit comes as pro-Palestinian protests have erupted on dozens of college campuses across the U.S. to varying degrees over the last two weeks.
Throughout the course of the protests, hundreds of protesters have been arrested for a variety of crimes ranging from assault to trespassing.
The statement continued:
<blockquote>The suit alleges AMP and NSJP responded on Oct. 8, 2023, the day after the horrific atrocities perpetrated by Hamas, by participating in the terrorist’s propaganda to justify its appalling brutalities. AMP and NSJP answered Hamas’s “call for mass mobilization” by disseminating a manifesto and plan of attack. This manifesto confirms that “AMP and NSJP are not merely organizing to assist Hamas’s ongoing terror campaign abroad—they are intentionally extending their aid to fomenting chaos, violence, and terror in the United States.” In this manner, the groups acted to support and further the goals and directives of Hamas.
Further, the lawsuit states that “Plaintiffs—survivors of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, family members of those murdered by Hamas, civilians still under fire from Hamas’s ongoing terrorism, and persons displaced by Hamas’s ongoing terrorism—have been, and continue to be, injured because AMP and NSJP knowingly provide continuous, systematic, and substantial assistance to Hamas and its affiliates’ acts of international terrorism. AMP and NSJP are thus liable to Plaintiffs for the damages they incurred because AMP and NSJP aid and abet Hamas’s terrorism.”</blockquote>
In a joint statement, the victims said that it was their goal to hold AMP and NSJP &#8220;responsible for their horrific actions.&#8221;
&#8220;We want to go on record to expose these groups for the terrorists they are and make certain that they are stopped from operating in the United States and other countries they infiltrate,&#8221; the statement said.
Just a couple of weeks after the October 7 massacre, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-orders-florida-colleges-to-shut-down-pro-palestinian-student-groups-that-expressed-support-for-hamas">led the nation</a> in banning local chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine on the state&#8217;s college campuses because they allegedly broke Florida laws about terrorism.
“During a holy Jewish holiday, the recognized terrorist organization, Hamas, launched an unprovoked attack on Israel – among those killed were babies, women, and elderly,” Ray Rodrigues, chancellor of the State University System of Florida, said in a letter to the presidents of Florida’s public universities. “To date, approximately 1,400 Israelis have been killed, including 31 American citizens. Governor DeSantis, our State University System and the Florida College System have condemned these attacks.”
In response to the Islamic terrorist attacks, “National Students for Justice in Palestine (National SJP) released a ‘toolkit’ which refers to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood as ‘the resistance’ and unequivocally states: ‘Palestinian students in exile are PART of this movement, not in solidarity with this movement,&#8217;” the letter said.
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The letter noted that under Florida law, it is a felony to “knowingly provide material support . . . to a designated foreign terrorist organization. . .” The United States designates Hamas as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
“Here, National SJP has affirmatively identified it is part of the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood—a terrorist led attack,” the letter continued, later adding: “Based on the National SJP’s support of terrorism, in consultation with Governor DeSantis, the student chapters must be deactivated.”
The letter concluded by saying that Florida will continue to monitor events on college campuses and will be “using all tools at our disposal to crack down on campus demonstrations that delve beyond protected First Amendment speech into harmful support for terrorist groups.”

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> said Judge Juan Merchan is &#8220;rigging&#8221; the 2024 presidential election after the judge slapped Trump with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-hits-trump-with-fines-threatens-jail-time-over-gag-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$9,000 fine</a> and threatened to jail him for social media posts that violated his gag order in the New York hush-money trial.
Merchan <a href="https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/D.O.motion4contempt-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in an order on Tuesday that Trump had violated his gag order nine times, fining him $1,000 for each offense. The former president is prohibited from commenting on potential witnesses, jurors, court staff, attorneys, and members of the judge&#8217;s family. Prosecutors urged Merchan to take action on Trump for violating the gag order, pointing to posts he made on his social media site Truth Social or his campaign website about Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, and the jury pool.
&#8220;This Judge has taken away my Constitutional Right to FREE SPEECH,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112361509938687891" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Truth Social Tuesday afternoon. &#8220;I am the only Presidential Candidate in History to be GAGGED. This whole &#8216;Trial&#8217; is RIGGED, and by taking away my FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THIS HIGHLY CONFLICTED JUDGE IS RIGGING THE PRESIDENTIAL OF 2024 ELECTION. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!&#8221;
In his order, Merchan complained that he could not legally fine Trump more than $1,000 for each violation, writing, “In some cases that might be a $2,500 fine, in other cases it might be a fine of $150,000.&#8221;
&#8220;Because this Court is not cloaked with such discretion, it must therefore consider whether in some instances, jail may be a necessary punishment,” the judge added.
Merchan, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-overseeing-trumps-hush-money-case-donated-to-bidens-2020-presidential-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donated</a> to Joe Biden&#8217;s 2020 presidential campaign against Trump, ordered the former president to delete the social media posts that violated the gag order by 2:15 p.m. ET, and Trump complied shortly before the deadline, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4633568-trump-removes-social-media-posts-that-violated-gag-order/#:~:text=Former%20President%20Trump%20deleted%20social,just%20before%20a%20Tuesday%20deadline." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up alleged hush-money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels. Trump has been accused of paying Daniels over $130,000 in 2016, but the former president has denied the allegations.
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The hush-money trial, brought by Manhattan Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg, is the first criminal trial against a former U.S. president. Trump has argued that he is being politically targeted during an election year as he also faces criminal trials in Georgia, Florida, and Washington, D.C.
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.

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The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush-money trial fined the former president $9,000 and threatened him with jail time for social media posts the judge said violated a court-imposed gag order.
Judge Juan Merchan wrote in an <a href="https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/D.O.motion4contempt-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a> on Tuesday that Trump had violated a gag order against speaking out about several people involved in the trial nine times. Merchan fined the former president $1,000 for each violation and ordered him to delete the posts in question from Truth Social and Trump’s campaign website.
The judge warned Trump that additional violations of the gag order could result in jail time for the former president. Merchan complained that he is not legally allowed to fine Trump more than $1,000 for each violation, arguing that heftier fines, potentially as large as $150,000, would be more likely to produce the desired effect.
“Criminal contempt is punishable by a fine not exceeding $ 1,000, by jail not exceeding 30 days or by both in the discretion of the court, for each violation of a court order. … However, the Judiciary Law does not vest the Court with authority to craft an appropriate punishment when a $1,000 fine will not achieve the intended purpose,” Merchan wrote.
“While $1,000 may suffice in most instances to protect the dignity of the judicial system, to compel respect for its mandates and to punish the offender for disobeying a court order, it unfortunately will not achieve the desired result in those instances where the contemnor can easily afford such a fine,” he continued. “In those circumstances, it would be preferable if the Court could impose a fine more commensurate with the wealth of the contemnor.”
“In some cases that might be a $2,500 fine, in other cases it might be a fine of $150,000. Because this Court is not cloaked with such discretion, it must therefore consider whether in some instances, jail may be a necessary punishment,” he said.
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Trump is on trial over $130,000 in alleged hush-money payments to the porn star known as Stormy Daniels in 2016. Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office say the former president illegally paid Daniels the money to keep her quiet about an alleged affair during the 2016 campaign. Trump faces 34 felony accounts of falsifying business records.
Merchan issued a gag order against Trump in March that barred him from commenting on potential witnesses, jurors, court staff, and attorneys. Later, after Trump pointed out Merchan’s daughter’s history working for elected Democrats, Merchan expanded the gag order to cover members of his family.

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At least nine states have filed lawsuits against the Biden administration over its new Title IX rules forcing public schools to allow trans-identifying males to compete in women’s sports and use women’s bathrooms.
Earlier this month, the Education Department unveiled new Title IX regulations to prohibit schools from enforcing blanket bans on trans-identifying males in girls’ sports set to take effect in August.
Title IX is the 1972 federal civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at schools receiving federal funding.
As of Monday, Montana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Idaho, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina have all filed lawsuits over the administration&#8217;s interpretation of the civil rights law.
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Some of the states filed lawsuits together. Montana <a href="https://dojmt.gov/attorney-general-knudsen-leads-coalition-against-biden-administrations-attack-on-womens-rights/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">led</a> a coalition that included Louisiana, Mississippi, and Idaho. Likewise, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina <a href="https://defendinged.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TitleIxLawsuit.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teamed</a> up to file a joint suit. Texas <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-biden-administration-unlawfully-using-title-ix-mandate-radical#:~:text=“Texas%20will%20not%20allow%20Joe,undemocratic%2C%20and%20divorced%20from%20reality." target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> its own lawsuit.
“For 50 years Title IX has protected girls and women’s rights, but President Biden has abandoned those protections to appease the woke left,” Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen <a href="https://dojmt.gov/attorney-general-knudsen-leads-coalition-against-biden-administrations-attack-on-womens-rights/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“This rule is not based in scientific reality. It redefines biological sex which will allow men to compete in women’s sports, violate women’s privacy, and put women and girls in dangerous situations on campus. I will continue to fight to protect women and uphold Montana’s laws against federal overreach,” the attorney general added.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the administration of attempting to twist the federal law’s meaning to align with “radical gender ideology.”
“Texas will not allow Joe Biden to rewrite Title IX at whim, destroying legal protections for women in furtherance of his radical obsession with gender ideology,” Paxton <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-biden-administration-unlawfully-using-title-ix-mandate-radical#:~:text=%E2%80%9CTexas%20will%20not%20allow%20Joe,undemocratic%2C%20and%20divorced%20from%20reality." target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a statement Monday. “This attempt to subvert federal law is plainly illegal, undemocratic, and divorced from reality. Texas will always take the lead to oppose Biden’s extremist, destructive policies that put women at risk.”
The Biden administration’s new regulations will apply to all public K-12 schools, colleges, and universities that receive federal funding.
The <a href="https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-us-department-educations-proposed-change-its-title-ix-regulations-students-eligibility-athletic-teams">new rules</a> state that schools that receive federal funding may not ban biological males in girls’ sports wholesale, but they may exclude them on a case-by-case basis.
“Sex-related criteria” at schools that would limit or ban a trans-identified student from playing on the team of their preferred gender must meet two standards. First, the criteria must be related to an “important educational objective,” and second, the criteria must also “minimize harms” to the trans-identified student.
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Preventing sports-related injuries would be an example of an “important educational objective,” the department noted.
High school girls have been injured playing with trans-identifying males. Last year in North Carolina, a female high school volleyball player <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/female-high-school-volleyball-athlete-suffers-serious-head-injury-after-transgender-player-throws-abnormally-fast-ball/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suffered</a> severe trauma to her head and neck after a trans-identifying male player spiked a volleyball that hit her head.
Another example of an “important educational objective” would be “fairness in competition.”
Female athletes at high schools and colleges in several states have spoken out against competing against biological males.
The updated rules <a href="https://apnews.com/article/title-ix-transgender-bathroom-bans-645b5564ce227a9efe2c05f883609ae8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may conflict</a> with laws in several states restricting trans-identifying students from playing on girls’ teams or using girls’ facilities.

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A 75-year-old Arizona rancher accused of murdering an illegal immigrant trespassing on his property will not be tried again after a jury could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mistrial-declared-for-arizona-rancher-accused-of-murdering-illegal-immigrant-trespassing-on-property" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not reach a verdict</a> after several days of deliberation earlier this month. 
Prosecutors for Santa Cruz County <a href="https://tucson.com/news/local/border/arizona-border-rancher-mistrial-hung-jury-murder-charge-dismissed/article_d8c5eedc-0653-11ef-be51-a74a35b43877.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Monday that they would not seek to retry George Alan Kelly over the death of 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, who was found dead on Kelly’s property in January 2023. Kelly, who maintained that he did not shoot Cuen-Buitimea, pled not guilty to a second-degree murder charge in March 2023. 
“Because of the unique circumstances and challenges surrounding this case, the Santa Cruz County Attorney’s Office has decided not to seek a retrial,” said chief deputy Santa Cruz county attorney Kim Hunley. 
“However, our office’s decision in this case should not be construed as a position on future cases of this type,” Hunley’s office added. “Our office is mandated by statute to prosecute criminal acts, and we take that statutory mandate seriously.”
The decision not to retry Kelly came after a four-week trial. Kelly’s legal team said that the jury had been 7-1 in favor of the rancher being found not guilty. 
“I’m just so happy for them. We got the right answer,”said defense lawyer Kathy Lowthorp on Monday, <a href="https://tucson.com/news/local/border/arizona-border-rancher-mistrial-hung-jury-murder-charge-dismissed/article_d8c5eedc-0653-11ef-be51-a74a35b43877.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to local media. “I think he’s ready to get out of the area. This has not been a very fun year and a half.” 
Kelly had been accused of shooting Cuen-Buitimea, a Mexican national, on January 31, 2023, when he was trespassing with a group of other suspected illegal immigrants on Kelly’s property near Nogales, Arizona. The defense argued that Kelly only fired warning shots and did not shoot Cuen-Buitimea.
Santa Cruz County prosecutor Mike Jette <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-declares-mistrial-case-arizona-rancher-charged-murder-mexican-national-border-property" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> Kelly of escalating the situation, claiming the rancher did not see anyone armed and said that Kelly had killed Cuen-Buitimea.
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Mexico’s consul general in Nogales, Marcos Moreno Báez, said his office was disappointed with the decision.
“The Consulate General deeply regrets lack of justice to the victims, particularly Mr. Cuen’s daughters, whom we accompanied since day one,” Moreno Báez said. “The victim’s family anticipated the verdict based on what they witnessed throughout the trial, namely a very negative narrative concerning migration flows.”
Cuen-Buitimea had previously been <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/us-news/judge-declares-mistrial-in-case-of-arizona-rancher-charged-with-murder-of-mexican-national-on-border-property/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deported</a> from the United States after reportedly entering the country multiple times

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Texas filed a lawsuit Monday over the Biden administration&#8217;s new Title IX rules forcing public schools to allow trans-identifying males to compete in women&#8217;s sports and use women&#8217;s bathrooms.
Earlier this month, the Education Department unveiled new Title IX regulations to prohibit schools from enforcing blanket bans on trans-identifying males in girls&#8217; sports set to take effect in August.
Title IX is the 1972 federal civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at schools receiving federal funding.
In response, Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit alleging the administration is attempting to twist the federal law&#8217;s meaning to align with &#8220;radical gender ideology.&#8221;
“Texas will not allow Joe Biden to rewrite Title IX at whim, destroying legal protections for women in furtherance of his radical obsession with gender ideology,” Paxton <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-biden-administration-unlawfully-using-title-ix-mandate-radical#:~:text=“Texas%20will%20not%20allow%20Joe,undemocratic%2C%20and%20divorced%20from%20reality." target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a statement Monday. “This attempt to subvert federal law is plainly illegal, undemocratic, and divorced from reality. Texas will always take the lead to oppose Biden’s extremist, destructive policies that put women at risk.”
America First Legal <a href="https://aflegal.org/america-first-legal-partners-with-state-of-texas-and-attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-biden-administration-over-radical-new-title-ix-rules-that-mandate-radical-transgender-ideology-in-schools-and-thr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> Texas in filing the lawsuit and is serving as outside counsel for the state.
&#8220;The changes would fundamentally transform the educational atmosphere of publicly funded educational institutions, forcing communities to capitulate to unscientific gender ideology and putting girls and women at risk in K-12 schools and on college campuses,&#8221; the conservative legal group said.
The new regulations will apply to all public K-12 schools, colleges, and universities that receive federal funding.
Parental rights advocates have criticized the new regulations as too vague, saying they will discourage schools from enforcing any limits on males in girls&#8217; sports.
Transgender activists, meanwhile, have reacted with <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/04/06/trans-athletes-school-sports-title-ix/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concern</a> that the new policy gives too much leeway to schools that are looking to ban trans-identifying males from athletically competing with girls.
The updated rules <a href="https://apnews.com/article/title-ix-transgender-bathroom-bans-645b5564ce227a9efe2c05f883609ae8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may also conflict</a> with laws in several states restricting trans-identifying students from playing on girls&#8217; teams or using girls&#8217; facilities.
The Biden administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-us-department-educations-proposed-change-its-title-ix-regulations-students-eligibility-athletic-teams">new rules</a> state that schools that receive federal funding may not ban biological males in girls&#8217; sports wholesale, but they may exclude them on a case-by-case basis.
“Sex-related criteria” at schools that would limit or ban a trans-identified student from playing on the team of their preferred gender must meet two standards. First, the criteria must be related to an “important educational objective,” and second, the criteria must also “minimize harms” to the trans-identified student.
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Preventing sports-related injuries would be an example of an “important educational objective,” the department noted.
High school girls have been injured playing with trans-identifying males. Last year in North Carolina, a female high school volleyball player <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/female-high-school-volleyball-athlete-suffers-serious-head-injury-after-transgender-player-throws-abnormally-fast-ball/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suffered</a> severe trauma to her head and neck after a trans-identifying male player spiked a volleyball that hit her head.
Another example of an “important educational objective” would be “fairness in competition.”
Female athletes at high schools and colleges in several states have spoken out against competing against biological males.
In Connecticut, several high school girls <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/high-school-students-file-lawsuit-to-block-transgender-athletes-in-connecticut/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> Title IX claims in a federal lawsuit in 2020, arguing that competing against trans-identifying males resulted in them missing opportunities to win championship titles, set state records, and obtain scholarships.

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On Sunday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Trump</a> offered a vision of the future in which the White House is paralyzed by legal battles if the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Cour</a>t rules against his father, former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, in a debate over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-whether-trump-has-immunity-from-federal-prosecution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">immunity</a>.
Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Eric Trump, executive vice president of Trump Organization Inc., for his takeaway from last week&#8217;s oral arguments, during which the high court considered elder Trump&#8217;s claim that his <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-capitol-riot-prosecution-immunity-72c885c07c77970d4380206f87b2d8ca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">official acts</a> should be immune from federal prosecution.
&#8220;Well, God help us if they get it wrong. That&#8217;s what I take away. I know the system very, very well,&#8221; Eric Trump said during the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6351932849112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures.&#8221;
He argued the &#8220;only people who are going to benefit are big law firms in Washington, D.C., because they are going to go after every single president&#8221; and suggested they would start with former President Barack Obama over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-doj-releasing-more-documents-operation-ryan-saavedra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Operation Fast and Furious controversy</a> and the IRS <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/10/27/560308997/irs-apologizes-for-aggressive-scrutiny-of-conservative-groups" target="_blank" rel="noopener">going after conservatives</a>.
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The Trump son said President Joe Biden could also become a target over the scandal over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-released-of-cocaine-discovered-at-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cocaine</a> being found in the White House, the Biden administration raiding his father&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago resort in a documents probe, and a significant Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-nixes-plan-to-help-refill-strategic-petroleum-reserve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">right before the 2022 midterm elections</a>.
&#8220;I mean, where do you want to stop?&#8221; Eric Trump asked before suggesting that even former President George W. Bush might face renewed scrutiny due to the scandal regarding <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/03/14/a-look-back-at-how-fear-and-false-beliefs-bolstered-u-s-public-support-for-war-in-iraq/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unfounded</a> claims of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/iraq-war-wmds-us-intelligence-f9e21ac59d3a0470d9bfcc83544d706e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">weapons of mass destruction</a> in the run-up to the Iraq War.
&#8220;The only people that are going to win are going to be the lawyers in Washington, D.C. The floodgates are going to open,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I guarantee you Joe Biden will not have one foot outside of the White House doors before they start going after him legally, ruthlessly.&#8221;
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Eric Trump contended that presidents &#8220;need immunity in this country. If they don&#8217;t, their entire tenure as president is literally going to be filled in depositions and subpoenas, like they have tried to do to my father for the last eight years.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;We can&#8217;t have this legal lawfare in this country. We need a president to actually be able to function and run the United States of America.&#8221;
Asked what he is expecting in June when it comes to a Supreme Court decision, Eric Trump said he hopes presidents can have &#8220;absolute immunity&#8221; — echoing his father&#8217;s stance as the elder Trump tries to fend off charges across multiple cases while running another campaign for the White House.
&#8220;And if they don&#8217;t, they&#8217;re not going to be able to function as presidents of the United States,&#8221; Eric Trump said.

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Eric Trump Warns Of Escalating ‘Lawfare’ If Supreme Court Rules Against Immunity

Eric Trump Warns Of Escalating 'Lawfare' If Supreme Court Rules Against Immunity

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona</a> prosecutors unsealed charges against 18 people this week for their alleged roles in trying to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Only 11 names have been revealed thus far as seven additional indicted co-conspirators have not yet been served, meaning that their names are redacted for the time being.
Those who were named include for Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward, state Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, Chief Operating Officer of Turning Point Action Tyler Bowyer, Nancy Cottle, James Lamon, Robert Montgomery, Samuel Moorhead, Lorraine Pellegrino, Gregory Safsten, and Michael Ward.
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/24/arizona-2020-election-charges-meadows-giuliani-ellis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the seven others who were indicted include former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman and Christina Bobb, campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn and former campaign aide Mike Roman.
The defendants were charged with a range of felony crimes, including Conspiracy, Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices, Fraudulent Schemes and Practices, and Forgery.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a video statement that the election in the state was &#8220;free and fair&#8221; and that &#8220;the people of Arizona elected President Biden.&#8221;
&#8220;Unwilling to accept this fact, the defendants charged by the state grand jury, allegedly schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;After the general election on November 3, 2020, the defendants and other unindicted co-conspirators raised false claims of widespread voter fraud in Arizona to pressure elections officials to change the outcome of a transparent free and fair democratic election. Those efforts ultimately failed when officials stood firm, followed their statutory duties, and officially certified Arizona&#8217;s election on November 30, 2020.&#8221;
&#8220;The defendant Republican presidential electors allegedly plotting with additional defendants, then voted for Mr. Trump and Vice President Pence on December 14, 2020, falsely claiming to be the duly elected and qualified electors for President and Vice President of the United States from the state of Arizona,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;These defendants deceived the citizens of Arizona by falsely claiming that those votes were contingent only on a legal challenge that would change the outcome of the election. In reality, the defendants intended that the false votes for Trump and Pence would encourage Vice President Pence to reject the certified Biden-Harris electors’ votes regardless of the result of any legal challenge.&#8221;
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Mayes noted that none of the legal challenges brought forth in the state were successful and said that &#8220;when combined with the six other states where Republican electors sent in uncertified votes for Trump-Pence, the defendants wanted Pence to declare Mr. Trump the outright winner of the election or to send the vote back to friendly legislators that would have certified Trump-Pence as the winner of the election.&#8221;
&#8220;That scheme failed when Vice President Pence upheld the rule of law and accepted all certified Biden-Harris votes on January 6, 2021,&#8221; she added. &#8220;A state grand jury made up of everyday regular Arizonans has now handed down felony indictments for all 11 Republican electors as well as several others connected to this scheme. These charges include fraud, forgery, and conspiracy. These charges are class two, four and five felonies. These are serious indictments.&#8221;

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The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to Idaho&#8217;s abortion ban this week, the first time the court has considered whether a state abortion ban is constitutional since the demise of Roe v. Wade.
The court <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/24/supreme-court-abortion-five-questions-00153965" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heard</a> oral arguments on Wednesday in a case known as Moyle v. United States, which deals with whether Idaho emergency room doctors are required by federal law to perform abortions to stabilize pregnant women in medical crises.
Idaho bans all abortions except to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape and incest. Doctors who perform abortions can face criminal penalties, including up to five years in prison and the loss of their medical license.
The Biden administration is arguing that Idaho&#8217;s abortion ban flies in the face of a federal law, the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment &amp; Labor Act, known as EMTALA, which requires hospitals receiving federal funds to provide patients with stabilizing care. Hospitals that flout the law are at risk of losing their Medicare funding.
The federal law requires hospitals to care for people with an “emergency medical condition,” including pregnant women in situations where “the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in” putting “the health of the woman or her unborn child” in “serious jeopardy.”
The administration claims the federal law should override Idaho&#8217;s abortion ban since, in some cases, stabilizing care will mean an emergency room abortion.
Meanwhile, Idaho officials counter that the Biden administration is simply trying to undermine the state&#8217;s abortion ban. Idaho’s attorney general, Raúl Labrador, <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-726/301167/20240222152045736_Main%20Document%2023-727.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleged</a> in a brief that the administration is attempting to use federal law to turn Idaho emergency rooms into “abortion enclaves in violation of state law.”
The administration&#8217;s interpretation of the federal law would make it easier for women to obtain medically unnecessary abortions, state officials argued. One of Idaho&#8217;s lawyers <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-idaho-abortion-ban-federal-law-emergency-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a pregnant woman could potentially claim that her mental health required her to get an abortion.
The case is being closely watched since the justices&#8217; decision could potentially have broad implications for the more than a dozen states that have enacted strict state abortion bans.
On Wednesday, justices appeared divided on the case mainly along ideological lines. The court currently has a majority of six conservative justices.
However, there appeared to be a split along gender lines as well. The court&#8217;s four female justices, including conservative Amy Coney Barrett, pushed back on Idaho&#8217;s claim that its abortion ban supersedes the federal law.
Barrett&#8217;s <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/abortion-supreme-court-idaho-04-24-24/h_28e59414f20bb545e081e85aecc69ccf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticism</a> was less about the abortion issue itself and more about how much discretion doctors have to make decisions in emergency medical situations. She appeared frustrated with Idaho&#8217;s attorney and accused him of “hedging” in his answers.
The Biden administration initially sued Idaho in August 2022. The case wound its way up to the 9th Circuit appeals court, which upheld a lower court&#8217;s ruling allowing doctors to perform abortions in emergency situations while the case continues.
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As the election cycle heats up, Democrats have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-newsom-shares-wild-abortion-ad-showing-alabama-police-pulling-woman-over-asking-for-pregnancy-test" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hammered</a> the abortion issue and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jill-biden-will-bring-kate-cox-who-left-texas-for-abortion-to-state-of-the-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seized</a> on personal stories of women who were prevented from obtaining an abortion in their home state.
Misinformation has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ap-article-makes-dubious-suggestion-abortion-bans-caused-ers-to-turn-women-away" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spread</a> about women allegedly suffering miscarriages or other adverse outcomes due to state abortion bans.
The Idaho case is the second major abortion case the high court has considered this month. The court is also handling a case involving the availability of the abortion drug mifepristone. At issue is the Food and Drug Administration&#8217;s (FDA) recent moves to make mifepristone more accessible, including allowing it to be taken later in pregnancy and mailed without an in-person doctor&#8217;s visit.

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The former publisher of the National Enquirer admitted in court this week that the outlet under his leadership &#8220;created&#8221; a false story about Sen. Ted Cruz&#8217;s (R-TX) father during the 2016 presidential election.
David Pecker made the remarks on Tuesday while testifying at former President Donald Trump&#8217;s trial in Manhattan criminal court when <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/national-enquirer-ted-cruz-father-rafael-lee-harvey-oswald-rcna149027">asked</a> by prosecutors about the origin of the story.
The tabloid ran a story in April 2016 where it fabricated a photograph of Cruz&#8217;s father, Rafael Cruz, with Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated President John F. Kennedy, that the publication claimed was taken three months prior to the November 1963 shooting.
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/national-enquirer-ted-cruz-father-rafael-lee-harvey-oswald-rcna149027">reported</a> that Pecker said that the publication&#8217;s then-editor-in-chief and &#8220;research department got involved&#8221; and &#8220;faked the photo that was the foundation for the story.&#8221;
&#8220;We mashed the photos and the different picture with Lee Harvey Oswald,&#8221; Pecker said. &#8220;And mashed the two together. And that’s how that story was prepared — created I would say.&#8221;
Pecker said that former Trump fixer Michael Cohen would orchestrate planting negative stories in the publication to help Trump.
&#8220;Michael Cohen would call me and say, &#8216;We would like you to run a negative article on a certain&#8217; — let’s say for argument sake — on Ted Cruz then he — Michael Cohen — would send me information about Ted Cruz or Ben Carson or Marco Rubio, and that was the basis of our story and then we would embellish it from there,&#8221; he said.
Cohen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/letter-shows-false-claims-made-to-investigators-about-michael-cohens-130000-hush-money-payment-to-stormy-daniels-report">pled guilty</a> in 2018 to several charges in federal court, including <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaign finance violations related to the payment to Daniels</a>. Additionally, Cohen <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-elections-politics-north-america-28301de8eaa94cc796c5279fc28c1fdb">confessed</a> that he had lied to Congress about an alleged Trump real estate deal in Moscow.
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Pecker <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/media/national-enquirer-trump-protect-smear/index.html">said</a> that he told the EIC that &#8220;we’re going to try to help the campaign, and to do that, I want to keep this as quiet as possible.&#8221;

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A key witness for the Biden administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-demonstrators-found-guilty-face-up-to-11-years-in-federal-prison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">successful prosecution</a> of 10 Christian pro-life activists who took part in a peaceful protest at a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> abortion facility is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday for her part in the protest.
Caroline Davis, who offered to cooperate with the Justice Department&#8217;s prosecution of her follow activists after the government offered her a plea deal, is <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/0512-Order.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to be sentenced by Middle District of Tennessee Federal Judge Aleta Trauger at the Fred Thompson federal courthouse in Nashville on Wednesday. At one point, Davis <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdtn/pr/eleven-charged-face-act-violations-stemming-2021-blockade-mount-juliet-reproductive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced</a> felony charges and over 10 years in prison and hundreds of thousands in fines for her role in a peaceful pro-life protest at the Carafem abortion facility in Mt Juliet, Tennessee on March 5, 2021.
The March 2021 protest involved a group of demonstrators gathered on the second floor of an office building in the hallway outside Carafem in Mt. Juliet. The group, including Davis, prayed, sang hymns, and urged women showing up to the clinic to not get abortions. Several sat in front of doors to the facility and against the walls of the hallway.
In October, Davis <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.92089/gov.uscourts.tnmd.92089.326.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pled guilty</a> to misdemeanor charges related to the protest if she agreed to testify. She was a key witness in two federal trials in Nashville, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-demonstrators-found-guilty-face-up-to-11-years-in-federal-prison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including one</a> where six defendants — including Chet Gallagher of Tennessee, Coleman Boyd of Mississippi, Heather Idoni of Michigan, Cal Zastrow of Michigan, Paul Vaughn of Tennessee, and Dennis Green of Virginia — were convicted of violating the FACE Act and civil rights conspiracy over the protest.
The FACE Act is a Clinton-era law that is frequently used against pro-lifers protesting outside of abortion facilities. The six convicted in February face up to 10.5 years in prison and fines of up to $260,000 when sentenced in July.
Davis also testified in a one day bench trial for four others involved in the demonstration earlier this month. Those four — Eva Edl, Eva Zastrow, James Zastrow, and Paul Place — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-pro-lifers-face-prison-time-after-being-convicted-in-federal-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were convicted</a> of violating the FACE Act and face up to six months in prison and a $10,000 fine upon sentencing in July.
During her testimony in January, Davis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-played-at-trial-shows-pro-lifers-targeted-by-doj-singing-hymns-urging-peace-during-protest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that she had a change of heart about attending the Carafem demonstration. She said her “rational side” was “in the toilet” at the time of her participation. She also said that she changed her mind “over time” and that being indicted by the federal government “terrified” her.
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In cross-examination, Davis became repeatedly exasperated with the questions from defense lawyers, especially when asked about how many times she met with the government before the trial. When asked about a previous meeting with the prosecution and about how long it was, she said, “I have a busy life,” and replied “Oh my God” when asked about another meeting with the government. At one point, Trauger told her to just answer the question and not add any commentary to her answers.
No one present at Carafem was arrested for assault or any assault-related charge. Davis said the most violence she saw was when a police officer moved two pro-lifers aside when taking a woman down the hallway to the abortion facility. Davis was also a key witness in a similar Washington, D.C., abortion facility FACE Act trial where she again pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge in exchange for her testimony.
The convictions have prompted calls from Republican lawmakers to repeal the FACE Act, saying that it has been weaponized to target pro-lifers.

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Key Biden Administration Witness In Tennessee Pro-Life Convictions To Be Sentenced

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