Tag: Supreme Court
While Supreme Court waffles, cities stand up for LGBT workers’ rights
On Tuesday, October 8, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what has been dubbed “the LGBT employment cases,” where two gay...
Should the Supreme Court be reformed?
In recent years the legitimacy of the Supreme Court has come under question as Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Senate Republicans have...
Don’t leave equality to the Supreme Court
In 29 states, trans people can legally be denied jobs and housing because of who we are. Congress should act.
Don’t leave equality to the Supreme Court
Are you a woman? Imagine if you were fired for wearing a skirt to work.
Are you a man?...
Divided Supreme Court hears landmark LGBTQ workplace discrimination case
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision in the three cases by early next summer.
Justice Sotomayor slams the Supreme Court’s ‘new normal’ under Trump
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed Trump’s “third-country” asylum rule to go into effect. It’s the administration’s toughest barrier to asylum-seekers yet, and a...
Supreme Court hands GOP big victory on gerrymandering, ensuring “massive election...
The ruling that federal courts can’t resolve claims of partisan gerrymandering is “almost guaranteed to facilitate massive election rigging in the future.”
The Supreme Court nixes corporate contributions for the 2020 campaign
The justices refused to consider a challenge to a longstanding ban on corporate donations to political campaigns.
More Americans are suing over gerrymandered state maps – but the...
The public is more aware of partisan gerrymandering than ever – and less supportive of it.
INSTITUTE INDEX: The secret money behind the push to ban abortion
There are a number of people "more dedicated to the enterprise of building a Supreme Court that will overturn Roe v. Wade."
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American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating
We do know that protests against ICE raids have been intensifying around the country for months, alongside protests opposing perceived power-grabs by the Trump administration.
“No Kings Day” was historic. Now we need a powerful – and independent –...
People can unite to lead so that leaders will follow, and justice can prevail.
Trump signs Congressional Review Act, reverses three California clean vehicle programs
California plans to challenge the resolutions through legal action.
Senator tackled and cuffed at DHS press event in LA as Trump-era immigration crackdown...
Sen. Alex Padilla was violently removed and handcuffed while attempting to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, drawing widespread condemnation and fueling fears of growing authoritarianism.
Trump signals possible US entry into Israel Iran war as death toll rises and...
As Israel expands its military assault on Iran, President Trump suggests US forces “could get involved,” sparking warnings from lawmakers and experts of illegal war and regional catastrophe.