Providence, RI – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis:
“The Court that dark money built handed down a major setback to human rights today. By granting companies a First Amendment right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people, the Supreme Court has set a dangerous precedent. We must continue to fight for equality for all Americans.”
Original source can be found here.
A Guatemalan national previously convicted of second degree sexual assault in Rhode Island and deported in 2014 was sentenced in federal court for illegally reentering the United States and failing to register as a sex offender.
A Cumberland resident, Melvin Vidal Herrera Perez, 21, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for cyberstalking and distributing child sexual abuse material.
A Dominican national, Celso Herrera-De Los Santos, 49, has been sentenced in federal court on a charge of illegal reentry and now faces deportation for the third time.
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