[Supreme Court News]
Because of a dispute with a Black businessman, Comcast has urged the Supreme Court to roll back the crucial protections of one of the nation’s oldest civil rights laws, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. For more than a century, Section 1981 has been used as an important tool to combat race discrimination, particularly for employment discrimination claimants. Former Justice Thurgood Marshall harnessed the power of Section 1981 to fight various forms of discrimination.
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GREG PALAST: REPUBLICAN VOTER SUPPRESSION IS STEALING AMERICAN ELECTIONS
[Voter Suppression]
Greg Palast on voter suppression: “Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, the dark art of vote stealing is on steroids. Voters are being removed from rolls more aggressively — especially in the preclearance states that previously had additional protections under the VRA. As a result, last year alone, 14 million Americans were purged from voter rolls.”
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IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY GROUP: SUPREME COURT SHOULD REJECT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACKS ON DACA PROGRAM
[Immigration News]
FWD.us President Todd Schulte: “The Administration continues to take every step possible to rip protections away from DACA recipients who know no other home than the United States. Federal courts across the country have repeatedly made clear that the Trump Administration’s termination of DACA was unlawful.”
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Urban League President Morial: “We Must Not Let Our Guard Down” Because Supreme Court Temporarily Blocked Trump’s Bigoted Census Citizenship Question
[Supreme Court]
Trump’s xenophobic attempt to add citizenship question was temporarily stopped because of what Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts called “contrived reasons.”
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Silicon Valley Immigration Lobby Group: Supreme Court’s Decision To Hear Arguments On Ending DACA “Deeply Disappointing”
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Silicone Valley immigration lobby group says Supreme Court’s decision to hear White House arguments on ending DACA “is deeply disappointing.”
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Attorney General James’ Statement Praising U.S. Supreme Court Decision To Disallow Census Citizenship Question
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New York Attorney General Letitia James “pleased with Supreme Court’s decision today.”
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Attorney General James Joins State AG’s In Arguing For Unanimous Verdicts In State Felony Trials
[Supreme Court News]
New York Attorney General James leads coalition of State AG’s urging Supreme Court to require unanimous jury verdicts for state felony cases…
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