On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court will return from its summer recess to begin October Term 2013. Before the Supreme Court adjourned at the end of June, it granted…
The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary is bringing race-based admissions back before the justices. Photo courtesy of By Any Means Necessary (BAMN).
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A Texas appeals court has overturned the money laundering conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and entered a judgment of acquittal.
The Department of Justice Department announced Thursday that it will sue Texas over its voter identification law and will seek to intervene in a suit involving redistricting there.
The efforts of Southern states to forge ahead with tough voter identification laws come as no surprise to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The U.S. Justice Department isn’t waiting for Congress to revise a preclearance formula in the Voting Rights Act used to determine which jurisdictions have to get advance clearance before making…
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a formula in the Voting Rights Act that is used to determine which jurisdictions have to get advance clearance before making changes to…
An election opponent of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes isn’t happy about an upcoming news series about the DA’s office that will begin airing on May 28. Nor is a…