Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) requested on Friday that the Supreme Court block the United States Military Academy at West Point from using race as a factor in applications while its lawsuit makes it way through the lower courts. SFFA is the same group that sued Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, which led [...]
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US federal judge blocks North Carolina provision restricting same-day voter registration
US District Judge Thomas Schroeder issued an opinion on Sunday finding unconstitutional and blocking a new North Carolina provision designed to tighten restrictions on same-day voter registration. The decision pertains to Senate Bill (SB) 747, a collection of election provisions that became law on October 10, 2023, when the state legislature overrode a veto from [...]
New Jersey governor signs bill allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the New Voter Empowerment Act on Thursday, allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they are 18 by the succeeding general election. Under the new law, 17-year-olds can vote in the primaries if they are US citizens, reside in the district they expect to vote in and will [...]
US federal judge rules West Point can use race as factor when considering applicants
A federal judge issued an opinion Wednesday allowing the United States Military Academy at West Point to continue using race as an admissions factor. This ruling comes after the Supreme Court changed the landscape of race-based affirmative action with its 2023 decision that effectively ended the practice at colleges and universities across the US. The [...]
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules state legislative maps are unconstitutional and must be redrawn
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled 4-3 that the state legislature’s assembly district maps are unconstitutional under the Wisconsin Constitution on Wednesday and ordered new remedial maps to be drawn for the 2024 elections. Justice Jill J. Karofsky authored the majority opinion of the court. Karofsky noted that Article IV Sections 4 and 5 of [...]
North Carolina rights groups file lawsuit against state redistricting plans
Two prominent voting rights advocacy groups sued Republican state leadership in North Carolina on Tuesday over the state’s redistricting plans. The groups argue that the plans will disenfranchise Black voters and make Democratic majorities impossible in the state. Under the new map, which split several Democratic districts and attached the pieces to red-leaning rural areas, [...]
Georgia Republican leadership announces new redistricting map amid ongoing litigation
The Georgia Republican Legislature Leadership announced the newest version of the proposed Georgia Congressional Redistricting Map Friday, a month after a federal judge ruled the previous version of the map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and discriminated against Black Georgia voters. The new map would completely change the geographical and racial makeup [...]
This Day in History: The Law of Gobblers and Other Tasty Sides
It is Thanksgiving Day. The aroma of turkey; of dressing; candied sweet potatoes; green bean casserole; cranberry sauce; freshly baked yeast rolls; giblet gravy, and of pies emanating from the kitchen fills our nostrils. Home is the place to be today. But have you ever given thought to the law of the gobbler? This Day in [...]
US Supreme Court declines North Carolina appeal in undercover investigations case
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. The denial leaves in place a lower federal court ruling that the law violated First Amendment rights when enforced against “newsgathering activities.” The denial from [...]
Protests and counter-protests were held across Canada on Wednesday over the sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) curriculum in schools, with numbers ranging from several hundred to over 1,000 participants in some cities. Arrests were made in Ottawa, Halifax, Vancouver and Victoria, including three in Ottawa for “public incitement of hatred.” Rallies organized by the [...]