From NYT: fter back-to-back terms ending in historic rulings that riveted the nation, the Supreme Court might have been expected to return to its usual diet of routine cases that rarely engage the public. Instead, the court’s new term, which starts Monday, will feature an extraordinary series of cases on…
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Marry the Movement from Southerners on New Ground (SONG) on Vimeo. From Southerners on New Ground: The Supreme Court of the United States has issued many opinions affecting the lives of marginalized people across the country this week. We know that here in the South our SONG family will be…
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Justice Ginsburg reads from her dissent in Fisher v. U. of Texas (Art Lien) From Scotus Blog: Today a broad majority of the Court reinforced that affirmative action must be strictly reviewed, but it did not outlaw those programs. In an opinion that required only thirteen pages, the Court explained…
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From Colorlines: We’re all waiting on five very important decisions from the Supreme Court. It handed down just three unrelated decisions [yesterday]. That surprised many observers since the term comes to a close next week, and leaves a lot hanging in balance. The court will now hand down five controversial…
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From Clutch: Suzy did what any self-respecting privileged, young, white woman would do — she used her familial connections with the WSJ to pave the way for her brilliant op-ed, which otherwise may have languished in darkness, never to be seen by human eyes. This literary phenomenon, which places the…
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From ProPublica: In the hundreds of pages of legal filings, Fisher’s lawyers spend almost no time arguing that Fisher would have gotten into the university but for her race. … In 2008, the year Fisher sent in her application, competition to get into the crown jewel of the Texas university…
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From WashingtonPost: The Supreme Court begins a new term Monday with the most important civil rights agenda in years on the horizon and amid intensified scrutiny of the relationship between Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and his fellow conservatives. … The justices will consider the continued viability of affirmative…
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