by | Nov 15, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Puerto Ricans should be constitutionally entitled to federal benefit programs, the California Supreme Court will decide whether a law prohibiting...
by | Nov 8, 2021 | Amicus, Uncategorized, Weekly News Roundup
Photo credit: Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press. Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, lawsuits continue over Biden’s vaccine mandate, the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery continues, backlash arises against the University of Florida over...
by | Nov 1, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Claudette Colvin seeks expungement for her resistance to segregation laws. Photo credit: Julie Jacobson, Associated Press. Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, civil rights hero Claudette Colvin seeks expungement for resisting...
by | Oct 25, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, activists support Ahmaud Arbery’s family as the jury selection continues in the trial of his alleged killers, the Supreme Court fast tracks a hearing on Texas’s abortion law, Howard University...
by | Oct 18, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Indigenous leaders march to demand climate change action. Photo credit: Shadia Fayne Wood. Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, indigenous activists marched to the White House to demand action on climate change, California will begin...
by | Oct 11, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
By Molly Crane ’23 Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, challenges to ICWA and indigenous sovereignty remain before the Supreme Court to consider certiorari, the new Texas abortion law was temporarily blocked only for this...