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Sonia Sotomayor Is the Only Justice to Connect Voter Purge Laws With Their Real-Life Consequences
Justice Sotomayor's dissent puts into perspective just how much is at stake with the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to safeguard voting rights.
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Clarence Thomas Manages to Be Wrong Even When He’s on the Right Side
Justice Thomas' concurring opinion in Collins v. Virginia makes clear that he is living in a fantasy of his own creation—not the reality where Black people are routinely stripped of their Fourth Amendment rights.
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‘Cop’ Is Not a Protected Identity
The "Protect and Serve Act" would serve to further criminalize already overpoliced communities.
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Washington Supreme Court Passes New Rule to Tackle the State’s All-White Jury Problem
The rule outlaws intentional racial discrimination, of course; such a thing is already unconstitutional. But it also outlaws peremptory challenges based on “implicit, institutional, and unconscious” race and ethnic biases.
Prosecutors’ Racially Discriminatory Tactics May Lead to New Trial for Johnny Lee Gates
The prosecution labeled the white prospective jurors as “W” and the Black prospective jurors as “N” and singled out the Black prospective jurors by marking dots in the margins next to their names.
The Next Head of Planned Parenthood Should Be a Black Feminist
White supremacy and misogyny are a rot in the Trump administration, and that rot is spreading.
Sessions’ Weed Adviser Wants to Drug Test Everyone. Yes, Everyone.
This is par for the course in Robert DuPont's decades-long battle against cannabis—and with Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the helm of the Department of Justice, he's found a kindred spirit in his cause.
Activist DeRay Mckesson Sues Judge Jeanine Pirro and Her Employer, Fox News, for Defamation
Pirro may host a show called Justice, but she's not above the cable news channel's race-baiting ways. And it might cost her.
Federal Court Rejects Absurd Attempt to Sue #BlackLivesMatter, the Hashtag
Is there anything more frivolous than trying to sue a social movement or hashtag? You’d be hard-pressed to find it.
Federal Court Unmoved by Arizona School Officials’ Hurt White Feelings
U.S. District Court Judge A. Wallace Tashima ruled Tuesday in Gonzales v. Douglas that the two men behind ARS 15-112, the law that prompted the cancellation of Tucson Unified School District's Mexican-American Studies program, were motivated by racial animus when they enacted and enforced it.
19 Black Women Judges Swept to Victory in Texas. Here’s Why It Matters.
Adding women of color to judicial seats in Harris County, Texas, not only bolsters racial diversity on the bench, but could affect bail reform and housing cases.
