Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Does Expanding the U.S. Supreme Court Really Change Anything? Just the facts, mam. This is a movie line I remember all too well from the remake of “Dragnet,” featuring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks. It represented a clean and clear way to solve a case, get at the […]
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U.S. Supreme Court Sounds Ready to Pay Student Athletes
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor @LVBurke U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh called the NCAA’s practices “disturbing.” “The antitrust laws should not be a cover for exploitation of the student athletes,” he said. “To pay no salaries to the workers who are making the schools billions of dollars on the theory that […]
DACA Program To Remain After Supreme Court Ruling
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz History happens every day, but historical events aren’t as common. Thursday, June 18, will be remembered as a historical day, especially for those under the Deferred Action Against Childhood Arrivals program better known as DACA. DACA began in 2012 under President Barack Obama. It gave undocumented individuals who came to the states […]
As Arguments Begin, Civil Rights Leaders Urge Supreme Court to Uphold One of the Nation’s Oldest Anti-Discrimination Statutes
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments that pit Comcast (CMCSA), America’s biggest cable provider, against National Association of African American-Owned Media and Entertainment Studios Networks, Inc., and more importantly one of the Nation’s oldest anti-discrimination statutes, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Section 1981 prohibits intentional race discrimination in contracting and […]