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Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit
The justices rejected an appeals court’s requirement that members of majority groups meet a heightened standard to win ...
Trump's winning at the Supreme Court. Justice Jackson warns about `troubling message'
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned whether her colleagues are loosening its standards when intervening ...
Hear, Hear, Sotomayor and Jackson
The Supreme Court is unanimous in rulings on reverse discrimination and Catholic Charities.
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The Supreme Court Just Cleared the Way for a Flood of “Reverse Discrimination” Lawsuits
The court’s ruling in favor of a woman who says she was passed over for jobs because she is straight is correct in theory—but ...
Why the Supreme Court Decision Protecting a “Majority” Plaintiff Was Really a Win for Civil Rights
The plaintiff in Ames was a straight woman passed over for a promotion in favor of a lesbian colleague and later replaced by ...
Jackson and Sotomayor dissent from colleagues’ rejection of race discrimination appeal
A lawsuit alleged that adult entertainment clubs had discriminated against Black dancers. Most of the justices didn’t express ...
‘Flouts this Court’s clear precedents’: Justice Jackson takes colleagues to task over ‘patently erroneous’ ruling on racial discrimination
Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson called out her colleagues for refusing to take the case of a Black stripper in Texas who was ...
A Professor Was Fired for Her Politics. Is That the Future of Academia?
Maura Finkelstein is one of many scholars discovering that the traditional protections of academic freedom are no longer ...
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Federal Court Allows Jackson, Mississippi Discrimination Claims to Proceed
A federal court has allowed Jackson, the Blackest major city in the US, to pursue claims that the state of Mississippi is ...
Jackson, Sotomayor dissent as Supreme Court turns away Black dancer’s discrimination appeal
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Black dancer’s appeal in her discrimination lawsuit against several Houston clubs, ...
100 years ago, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents’ rights in education – today, another case raises new questions
Mahmoud v. Taylor stems from some families’ efforts to excuse their children from lessons that use storybooks with LGBTQ+ ...
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What to Know About Abrego Garcia’s Deportation and Criminal Charges
Eric Lee/The New York Times Here is what to know about Mr. Abrego Garcia, the accusations against him and the facts of his case. Mr. Abrego Garcia entered the United States illegally, but was ...