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  A Federal judge ruled that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration did not violate a court order regarding the state’s "Stop WOKE Act," which prohibits colleges from promoting critical race theory lessons and targets other "woke" concepts prevalent on higher education campuses.  Plaintiffs had challenged the law, known as the "Stop Wrongs To Our Kids and Employees Act" or "Stop WOKE Act," arguing that the DeSantis administration had failed to comply with a preliminary injunction that prevents the enforcement of some parts of the law. https://www.foxnews.com/us/federal-judge-hands-desantis-admin-win-stop-woke-act DeSants introduced the bill in December 2021 and signed it into law last April. The law prevents schools and corporations from "subjecting any student or employee to training or instruction that espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels such individual to believe specified concepts constitutes discrimination based on r...

DECEMBER 22, 2022 | JUDICIAL WATCH  Judicial Watch: HHS Records Reveal Biden Admin Flights Stopping in Multiple Cities to Drop Unaccompanied Alien Children–Plane Originating in San Diego Stopped in Three Cities (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it received  16 pages  of records from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) detailing the nighttime transportation of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) by air from Texas to Tennessee, as well as two other flights making multiple stops across the country.  The Administration for Children and Families, a division of HHS, produced the records in response to an October 2022  lawsuit  filed after HHS failed to respond to a May 20, 2021, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request ( Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  (No. 1:22-cv-03044)), asking for: · All documents related to the preparation and logistics involved in the transportation of U...

NY IS IGNORING THE BAN ON FACIAL RECOGNITION IN SCHOOLS https://www.nyclu.org/en/news/ny-ignoring-ban-facial-recognition-schools?fbclid=IwAR3-_4ffyoTztZe75RJoCZgM48aYeysbbnrSm-Pp3bG_ranXzjeKuJdP3Xs_aem_AeuGVDRMp6fXmwDNHRztrnyp7BuJmSK3dFMljyptHKs1phj9A2i9umnB5pnka5iuNcCpgAAx-dTKIKcyY1f0XPNh1F83lDaik2QFLZSJuf2SVz59zYnEZQ1JCh564jQwGAk Juan Miguel , Program Associate, Education Policy Center &  Daniel Schwarz , Senior Privacy & Technology Strategist, Policy JUNE 28, 2022 - 2:00PM To protect students, New York State  adopted a law  in 2020 placing a moratorium on the use of invasive, biased, privacy-destroying biometric surveillance in schools. The moratorium cannot be lifted until the New York State Education Department (NYSED) issues a report on the risks and benefits of this technology in schools and the Commissioner of Education authorizes its use. Despite this ban, the NYCLU has uncovered evidence that New York officials — including NYSED  — are ignoring the ...