Posts Tagged ‘Supreme Court (SCOTUS)’
Federal Court Strikes Down NC Voter ID Requirement
A federal appeals court decisively struck down North Carolina’s voter identification law on Friday, saying its provisions deliberately “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision” in an effort to depress black turnout at the polls. Much of Wisconsin’s voter identification law was also struck down.
Read MoreSupreme Court Justice Scalia Is Wrong About Affirmative Action
Graduation rates for students of color rise when they attend more selective schools.
Read MoreThanks to the Supreme Court, Traffic Stops Can Become a Gamble Between Life and Death
Recent rulings and past decisions have given police officers the legal elbow room to stop, frisk and arrest whomever they want.
Read MoreIn rejecting Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court says the South is no different than rest of country on race
Chief Justice John Roberts ejects the notion that the South of today has any lingering challenges that bar minorities from voting.
Read MoreJim Crow Returns: The Voting Rights Act Gutted Today!
A Supreme Court decision over voting rights ignores the barriers faced by some to vote, especially in the south, and backtracks on progress.
Read MoreRace vs. Class: The False Dichotomy
While waiting the latest decision on affirmative action by the Supreme Court, academics seem to condemn considering race in admissions.
Read MoreExonerating the Scottsboro Nine
This landmarked case changed criminal justice permanently, and now the victims of a false accusation have been posthumously pardoned.
Read MoreRace and College Admissions, Facing a New Test by Justices
A young white woman has become the face of the anti-affirmative action movement in the United States.
Read MoreRoom4Debate: Does the Supreme Court Arizona Ruling Pave Path To Racial Profiling?
A controversial Arizona immigration law has lost some of its teeth after a Supreme Court decision ruled multiple provisions unconstitutional.
Read MoreThis Day in History: Brown vs. Board of Education
A landmark case in 1951 forced schools to desegregate, ostensibly to benefit Black children and forever altered American society.
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