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CT Among States Suing Trump For Ending Birthright Citizenship: 'Dangerous, Unconstitutional' CT Among States Suing Trump For Ending Birthright Citizenship: 'Dangerous, Unconstitutional'
CT Among States Suing Trump For Ending Birthright Citizenship: 'Dangerous, Unconstitutional' Several states in the Northeast are fighting to block an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship. A coalition of 18 states – including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maryland – are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Trump administration that was filed in Massachusetts federal court on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The suit argues that Trump’s order denying US citizenship to the children of those who are neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident is unlawful. “This dangerous and unconstitutional order undermines…

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by Michael Mashburn
Sports
Court Sides With Woman Who Lost UConn Scholarship After Middle Finger Incident Court Sides With Woman Who Lost UConn Scholarship After Middle Finger Incident
Court Sides With Woman Who Lost UConn Scholarship After Middle Finger Incident A former University of Connecticut athlete from New York's Hudson Valley who was stripped of her full college scholarship after she raised a middle finger following a championship game victory has won a victory in court, a report by Courthouse News Service said.  In November 2014, UConn women's soccer player and then-freshman Noriana Radwan, from the Dutchess County village of Wappingers Falls, flashed her middle finger to a television camera after her team beat the University of South Florida 3-2 in the American Athletic Conference championship game.  Immediately after the w…

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by Ben Crnic