Madeleine Carlisle

Madeleine Carlisle is a reporter for TIME in New York City

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Kid of the Year Finalist Kai Shappley, 11, Takes on Lawmakers in Her Fight for Trans Rights

Kai Shappley didn’t feel scared when she sat before the Texas Senate committee in April 2021. Wearing a flowing yellow blouse, floral skirt and cowboy boots, the then-4th grader calmly introduced herself. “I love ballet,...

By Madeleine Carlisle

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Immigrants Remain Detained

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases on Tuesday that could impact thousands of unauthorized immigrants detained in the United States.Unauthorized immigrants are often detained indefinitely in prison-like settings while their immigration cases are...

By Jasmine Aguilera and Madeleine Carlisle

Jan. 6 Rioters Drew Attention to D.C. Jail's Long Crisis

A year after the attack, federal prosecutors have charged more than 725 people with crimes, many of them serving time in the D.C. jail

By Madeleine Carlisle

Ex-Students Say Their Religious School Targeted LGBTQ Kids

Two graduates of Bangor Christian say the school at the center of a Supreme Court case, Carson v Makin, discriminated against LGBTQ students

By Katie Reilly and Madeleine Carlisle

Anti-Trans Violence and Rhetoric Reached Record Highs Across America in 2021

2021 was the deadliest year for transgender and gender non-conforming people in the U.S. on record. At least 50 trans and gender non-conforming people were killed this year alone, per a report by LGBTQ advocacy...

By Madeleine Carlisle

The Risk Every Defendant Weighs, From Ghislaine Maxwell to Kim Potter

Several high-profile defendants have opted to testify in their own defense lately, with mixed results. There are several factors to consider before putting a defendant on the witness stand

By Melissa Chan and Madeleine Carlisle

Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy for LGBTQ Youth Can Help Save Lives, Study Finds

The use of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is significantly related to lower rates of depression, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth, according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent...

By Madeleine Carlisle

Elon Musk: 'My Career is Mars and Cars'

For Elon Musk, Monday evening was a family affair. Waving to his mother Maye Musk in the audience, and balancing his toddler X Æ A-Xii (pronounced “X”) on his knee, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO...

By Madeleine Carlisle

Inside President Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Commission

Some say bipartisanship in Washington is dead. But you wouldn’t know it listening to the final public meeting of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court on Dec. 7, during which all 34 commission members,...

By Madeleine Carlisle

SCOTUS Hears Major Religious Freedom Case on Maine Schools

Amy and David Carson were high school sweethearts. They met at Bangor Christian Schools, a private religious K-12 school in Bangor, Maine, when they were in their early teens. Their siblings attended the school. Family...

By Madeleine Carlisle and Katie Reilly

What To Know About the Contacts Book That Could Be Crucial to Ghislaine Maxwell's Trial

The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell began on Monday, more than two years after the death of her alleged associate Jeffrey Epstein, with whom she has been charged with conspiring to sexually abuse minors.The trial is...

By Madeleine Carlisle

The Supreme Court's Decision on the Mississippi-Tennessee Aquifer Conflict Will Change U.S. Water Wars

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee was stealing its groundwater in a decision that legal experts say could have major implications for future battles over water amid the worsening...

By Madeleine Carlisle

This Black Queer Author Is Fighting Against Book Bans

What knowledge is appropriate for children? What shouldn’t they be told? School boards across America have struggled to answer these questions this school year amid a wave of heightened scrutiny and politicized rhetoric over what...

By Madeleine Carlisle

SCOTUS to Decide What a Pastor Can Offer During an Execution

Dana Moore likes to get on the road by 3:30 am. It takes roughly five hours to drive from Corpus Christi to Livingston, Texas, and he tries to beat the morning traffic. He watches dawn...

By Madeleine Carlisle

Supreme Court Justices Appear Open to Expanding Gun Rights

The newly conservative court is considering a case that would overturn a New York state law that limits the carrying of concealed weapons outside of the home

By Melissa Chan and Madeleine Carlisle

Why The Supreme Court's Gun Case Matters So Much

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the biggest gun rights case in more than a decade, which could give new strength to the Second Amendment

By Melissa Chan and Madeleine Carlisle

Supreme Court Texas Abortion Law Case Could Open Floodgates

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined for the second time to immediately block Texas’ six-week abortion ban, but said it will hear two separate challenges to the law from the Biden Administration and Texas...

By Abigail Abrams and Madeleine Carlisle

Lawsuit: Biden Administration Foster Program Rejected Woman for Being Gay

Kelly Easter wanted to help. Like many Americans, she watched the news in 2020 in dismay at the conditions awaiting unaccompanied migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border. Easter, a 47-year-old realtor, lives alone in her...

By Madeleine Carlisle

Barney Frank Looks Back—And Forward—After Decades of LGBTQ Advocacy

In 1987, Congressman Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts, made history when he told the Boston Globe, “If you ask the direct question: ‘Are you gay?’ The answer is yes. So what?” The interview made...

By Madeleine Carlisle

Boston Marathon Bomber Supreme Court Case Exposes Split Between Biden and Justice Department on Death Penalty

Attorneys will stand before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday and argue the fate of one of the most infamous members of federal death row: Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.While the case could have legal...

By Madeleine Carlisle
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