by | Jan 24, 2022 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice, Executive Branch, Legislation, Voting and Elections Rights, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Blockbuster cases came to the Supreme Court this week involving campaign finance laws, the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, sentencing reductions, and more. Major news about potential criminal charges for election...
by | Dec 2, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Legal History, LGBTQ Rights, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality
Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that legal observers predict will be the nail in Roe v. Wade’s gradually hollowed coffin. A majority of justices seemed poised to rule for the plaintiff-appellees in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
by | Nov 18, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise, Freedom of Expression, Legal History, Voting and Elections Rights
Photo Credit: Zimmytws/iStock, via Getty Images Plus Respect for the Constitution used to be a basic qualification for elected officials. These days, some voters are giddy about campaign promises that would blatantly defy it. More troublingly, some politicians and...
by | Oct 1, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice
Next week, the Supreme Court’s October Term begins, with cases ranging from state water lines to state secrets. One of the cases, being argued on October 12, 2021, is Hemphill v. New York, which asks the Court to decide whether a criminal defendant who opens the door...
by | Jun 18, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise, Human Rights, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court on Thursday weighed in on the continuing tension between religious freedom and LGBT equality in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, holding unanimously that a Philadelphia anti-discrimination law does not bar a Catholic foster care agency from...
by | Feb 19, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation
Photo credit: Shay Horse/Nurphoto/Getty Images Last week, Congress voted to acquit former president Donald Trump of inciting the capitol insurrection, under the impeachment articles brought against him. Given that impeachment is the process of removing a president...
