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New Minnesota Law Opens Access to Original Birth Records for Adopted People

A new state law took effect Monday in Minnesota opening access to original birth records for all adopted people 18 years and older, offering thousands of Minnesotans a wealth of information that they previously could not obtain through the state. The law, passed more than a calendar year ago in 2023, lifts long-running restrictions on adoptee birth records …

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Supreme Court Sends Texas and Florida Social Media Regulation Laws Back to Lower Courts

On Monday, the Supreme Court reversed two court rulings on Republican-backed laws from Florida and Texas meant to restrict social media firms’ capacity to filter material on their sites. Noting that lower courts had failed to properly examine the First Amendment objections to the statutes, the Supreme Court is forwarding both cases back to them …

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Supreme Court Sends Texas and Florida Social Media Regulation Laws Back to Lower Courts

On Monday, the Supreme Court reversed two court rulings on Republican-backed laws from Florida and Texas meant to restrict social media firms’ capacity to filter material on their sites. Noting that lower courts had failed to properly examine the First Amendment objections to the statutes, the Supreme Court is forwarding both cases back to them …

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