by Press | Feb 18, 2022 | Newsclips
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a state judge is immune from a lawsuit by a civil rights group that accused him of violating the constitutional rights of poor defendants by imposing excessive fines and jail time when they...
by Press | Feb 18, 2022 | Newsclips
WASHINGTON — Civil rights groups on Thursday asked President Joe Biden’s administration to disavow century-old Supreme Court rulings suffused with racist language that gave the government license to treat people living in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories...
by Press | Feb 16, 2022 | Newsclips
“ATLANTA — The killing of George Floyd catalyzed a period of national soul-searching about race and racism that has touched nearly every aspect of American life. But in a number of high-profile trials since then — including in the murder of Mr. Floyd and the...
by Press | Feb 10, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) — The Board of Commissioners of San Juan County, New Mexico adopted a redistricting plan that denies San Juan County’s Navajo Nation citizens and other Indigenous voters an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and to elect...
by Press | Feb 7, 2022 | Newsclips
President Joe Biden has brought renewed attention to the diversity of the Supreme Court as he reaffirms his commitment to appointing the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court. But experts and advocates of judicial diversity also want to remind people...
