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Should A Federal Judge Be Remembered For "Champion[ing] the Underdog and the Uncelebrated"?

I would think judges should be remembered for treating all parties equally under the law.

Reason

‘He was fulfilling his dream’: Chadwick Boseman’s brothers on bringing his play to the UK

IN FOCUS: Unbeknownst to many, the actor so beloved as Black Panther was also a playwright. Six years after his death, his 2005 play about the killing of his friend at the hands of a policeman is making its UK debut. His brothers, Kevin and Derrick, speak with Annabel Nugent…

The Independent UK

Chadwick Boseman Receives One of Hollywood's Greatest Honours — Fans Celebrate Legacy

Chadwick Boseman has been posthumously awarded the 2,828th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with fans, family and colleagues gathering to honour his extraordinary legacy.

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‘My vote is my voice’: protesters fight for democracy as Trump casts shadow

Outside the supreme court, protesters invoked the legacy of civil rights giants with a key Voting Rights Act plank at stake

The Guardian - US

‘Emotion and history through color’: the activism of Tomashi Jackson’s art

The Houston-born artist returns home for a mid-career survey of her work exploring the use of color and discussions of race in America

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden leaves a complicated legacy on the federal courts

President Joe Biden’s farewell to elected office on Jan. 20, 2025, presents an opportunity to reflect on the legacy he left on the federal courts.

The Conversation

Book Review (by Prof. Jacob Mchangama): "Fearless Speech" Doesn't Take First Amendment History Seriously

A review of Prof. Mary Anne Franks' new book, Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment (plus a response by Prof. Franks to Prof. Mchangama's Tweeted criticisms, and a reply by Prof. Mchangama).

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Is Kamala the Democrats’ secret weapon of 2024?

Biden has to bridge an enthusiasm gap with Black voters. Harris’ performance in Philadelphia shows how big an asset she can be

The Independent UK

Exploring The Impact Of Top American Civil Rights Leaders

Discover 10 influential American civil rights leaders who have made significant contributions to social justice in America.

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Edward Blum's crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

Few people have been more associated with rolling back modern-day civil rights laws than Edward Blum, the former stockbroker who has successfully challenged many affirmative action and voting rights laws.

The Conversation

Radical SCOTUS is "not an accident"

Salon talks to the Emmy-winning documentarian about SCOTUS corruption, Mitch McConnell and the court's rich history

Salon

Provocative ‘Deadlocked’ doc surveys the key Supreme Court appointments of recent decades

On Showtime’s comprehensive series, experts put the decisions of Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, William Rehnquist and other legal minds in context.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘You want to think America is better’: can the supreme court be saved?

Documentarian Dawn Porter’s expansive new series Deadlocked looks back at the history of an institution that has shaped the US for better and, more recently, worse

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas moves to reverse the legacy of his predecessor, Thurgood Marshall

As public attention focuses on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ close personal and financial relationship with a politically active conservative billionaire, the scrutiny is overlooking a key role Thomas has played for nearly three decades on the nation’s highest court.

Chicago Sun-Times

Scratch misguided legislation that would ban declawing cats

The proposed ban puts the very cats it seeks to protect at risk of abandonment, life in a shelter or euthanasia.

Reason

The Overlooked Meaning of "Undue Hardship" in Title VII

This is the second of two posts explaining my recent article, Ordinary Meaning as Last Resort: The Meaning of "Undue Hardship" in Title VII. In the first post I attempted to show that a comprehensive look at the Court's statutory interpretation cases show that the presumption of ordinary meaning is…

The Independent UK

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justice Jackson gets hometown honor

The naming of a Miami-area street for Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson brings to four the number of sitting justices similarly honored

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Gov.-elect Wes Moore embraces Maryland’s Black history as he readies for historic oath of office

BALTIMORE — The inauguration day of Westley Watende Omari Moore as Maryland’s first Black governor is shaping up to look like a walk through history.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court appears set to expand workers’ right to time off for religious observance

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on extending federal civil rights law to protect workers who seek to take time off for religious observance.

The Independent UK

Chief justice: Judges' safety 'essential' to court system

Chief Justice John Roberts is praising programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.”

WEKU

Congress votes to remove a bust of the Dred Scott decision's author from the Capitol

The bill calls for replacing the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the decision upholding slavery, with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve on the high court.

The Independent UK

Congress acts to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author

The bust of a U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote an infamous decision on slavery could soon be leaving the Capitol

The Independent UK

Justice Thurgood Marshall's wife 'Cissy' Marshall dies at 94

The Supreme Court says the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice and civil rights champion Thurgood Marshall has died

The Independent UK

Biden at 80: A 'respecter of fate' mulls 2nd White House bid

The oldest president in U.S. history is hitting a milestone birthday

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