Reported October 1, 2026 | Procedural status: Case dismissed; ruling applies to this defendant. A federal judge in Florida dismissed the federal prosecution of Chelsea Cox, a Jamaican national accused of voting illegally in the 2020 election, after finding the federal statute used to prosecute her unconstitutional. The decision is limited to Cox’s case and…
October 1, 2026 — Court Watch / Today’s News The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) announced on October 1 that it had filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York City’s Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) certification program. The organization alleges that race- and sex-based certification requirements and contracting benefits violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s…
October 1, 2026 — Breaking News / Current Issues The Justice Department announced an administrative finding that UCLA School of Law discriminated against White and Asian applicants to its 2023–2025 entering classes. UCLA Law says its admissions decisions comply with applicable law and reflect a comprehensive review of applicants’ achievements and experiences. Procedural status: Administrative…
October 1, 2026 — Court Watch The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on October 1 to hear Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104, a dispute over whether federal immigration law requires detention without a bond hearing for people present in the United States without having been admitted, including people arrested in the interior years after…
EEOC announcement: September 30, 2026Reported: October 1, 2026Procedural status: Federal lawsuit filed; the allegations have not been adjudicated. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Texas-based staffing and recruiting agency Sibitalent Corp., alleging that it refused to refer an American worker for an information-technology position because of his national origin. According to the EEOC’s…
Event discussed: Texas Faith Fest, Cedar Park, September 26, 2026Reported: October 1, 2026Status: Proposals voiced at a public event; no enactment reported. At a panel titled “Don’t Sharia My Texas,” Texas lawmakers discussed policies that could affect Muslim religious practices. The Houston Chronicle reported suggestions to bar public institutions from serving halal food, restrict public…
Event: September 29, 2026Reported: September 29, 2026, approximately 7:45 p.m. CentralProcedural status: Judge announced termination of federal monitoring and the consent decree at a court hearing; a final written order is reportedly forthcoming. U.S. District Judge William Orrick announced the end of 23 years of federal oversight of the Oakland Police Department. The monitoring arose…
Filed: September 29, 2026Reported: September 30, 2026Procedural status: Federal subpoena-enforcement proceeding; no finding of discrimination has been made. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to compel Harvard University to produce records for an investigation into alleged systemic race- and sex-based employment discrimination. EEOC Chair…
Decision date: September 28, 2026 Procedural status: Published appellate ruling reversing summary judgment on two hostile-work-environment claims and returning them to the district court. This is not a finding that Seattle discriminated or that the allegations are true. What the court decided A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel ruled that former Seattle Human Services Department employee…
Decision and publication date: September 29, 2026Procedural status: Temporary Supreme Court stay pending full review—not a final merits ruling. Oral arguments are expected in December. Summary The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without the notice and opportunity to raise country-specific persecution or torture…
