Conditions in overcrowded prisons violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Plata. Justice Kennedy wrote: “A prison that deprives prisoners of basic sustenance, including adequate medical care, is incompatible with the concept of human dignity and has no place in civilized society.”…
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals revived an age discrimination suit, O’Reilly v. Marina Dodge, killed on summary judgment in the Western District of New York, finding that the Defendant’s proffered reasons for its termination of the Plaintiff to be pre-textual. O’Reilly, 58 years old, worked as a salesman in…
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“Starting in May of 1961, mixed groups of black and white students began taking interstate buses into the Deep South, risking their lives to challenge segregation. They called themselves the Freedom Riders. White mobs responded with violence. One bus was set on fire with the Freedom Riders. Numerous Freedom Riders…
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released a new application for smartphones — “a timesheet to help employees independently track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed. Available in English and Spanish, users conveniently can track regular work hours, break time and any overtime hours for…
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A symposium was held earlier this year, entitled: “Perceptions of Race and Racial Inequity in the Obama Era.” Unsurprisingly, but still dumbfounding nonetheless, a set of findings determined that “many Whites see the racial pendulum as having swung beyond equality to a place where anti-White prejudice is now a bigger…
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From Amnesty International: Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a Georgia police officer in 1991. Nearly two decades later, Davis remains on death row — even though the case against him has fallen apart. On March 28, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Troy Davis’ appeals and set…
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According to Tuscon Citizen: Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne announced at a press conference [on Monday] that they intend to appeal an injunction on SB 1070 to the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s an example of what a bad AG Horne is going to be. The SCOTUS rarely…
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