Today’s Supreme Court News: Decisions on Church and State, Travel Ban, Gun Rights, and Sheriff Arpaio

By Robert A. Vella The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 conservative majority made big headlines today with a string of decisions Continue reading →

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms North Carolina Districts Rely Too Much on Race

WASHINGTON — For the third time in recent weeks, the Supreme Court on Monday took action on a voting rights Continue reading →

Analysis | Five startling things Betsy DeVos just told Congress

Does this sound familiar? Betsy DeVos went to Capitol Hill to testify before U.S. lawmakers. She didn’t answer a lot Continue reading →

U.S. top court tosses Republican-drawn North Carolina voting districts

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Republicans in North Carolina unlawfully took race into consideration when drawing congressional Continue reading →

The Trump Administration Lost Again in Court, This Time on Voter ID

A federal court in Texas has again ruled the state’s 2011 voter identification law intentionally discriminated against minorities. It’s the Continue reading →

Appeals Court Rules Civil Rights Law Bans LGBT Job Discrimination

A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled Tuesday that long-standing federal civil rights laws prohibit discrimination on the job against Continue reading →

North Carolina reached a “repeal” deal for its anti-LGBTQ law. Except it’s not a real repeal.

HB2 has two major parts: It overturns and bans local statutes that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination based on sexual Continue reading →

Federal judges find Texas gerrymandered maps on racial lines (and why this ruling is ineffectual)

AUSTIN, Texas — Federal judges found more problems in Texas’ voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional Continue reading →