Race-based admissions before and after Fisher
(Editor’s note: February is Black History Month, and the struggle for civil rights is a big part of that history. Throughout the month of February, we’ll be looking at contemporary civil rights...
View ArticleShelby County v. Holder: A new “states’ rights versus civil rights” debate
(Editor’s note: February is Black History Month, and the struggle for civil rights is a big part of that history. Throughout the month of February, we’ll be looking at contemporary civil rights...
View ArticleWhat has changed since 2003 to make race-conscious admissions policies...
Nearly all of our coverage of Fisher v. University of Texas has been under the assumption that the Supreme Court will strike down the use of race in higher education admissions processes. Also part of...
View ArticleSCOTUS strikes down landmark Civil Rights-era legislation in Shelby County v....
Continuing its trend in announcing its most anticipated decisions in the order we’ve listed them (in this post), the Supreme Court announced its decision in Shelby County v. Holder earlier today....
View ArticleToday in 1968: The Fair Housing Act is signed into law
Since the Civil War, there have been a number of civil rights acts enacted that sought to address a variety of racial inequalities, some of the most noteworthy of these were created in the 1960s,...
View ArticleJustice Department Finds Use of Excessive Force
The U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Division released a report on April 10th criticizing the Albuquerque Police Department for engaging in routine excessive force in violation of constitutional...
View ArticleToday in 1957: Strom Thurmond ends his record-breaking 24 hour filibuster
Political commentators often point to the increased use of the filibuster in the Senate as evidence of today’s highly partisan atmosphere. True, today’s political climate is heavily sectarian – but...
View ArticleToday in 1957: Strom Thurmond begins his record-breaking filibuster
Fifty-eight years ago, Senator Strom Thurmond undertook a course of action that resulted in his setting a dubious record that stands yet today: on August 28, 1957, at 8:54 p.m., Senator Thurmond began...
View ArticleToday in 1883: SCOTUS upholds harsher criminal penalties for interracial...
2015 was a landmark year for marriage rights, specifically because of the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges. As many commentators have noted, the speed at which the Supreme Court has reversed its...
View ArticleLouisiana underfunds, understaffs and overworks public defenders, class...
A group of law firms and civil rights organizations has filed a proposed class action accusing Louisiana of funding public defenders at “abysmal” levels that violate the constitutional guarantee of...
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