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We Shouldn’t Stop Talking About Justice John Marshall Harlan
Politico via Yahoo News· 11 months agoToday, historical figures are held in deep suspicion, especially when cited in politics or law. But refusing to acknowledge the heroes of the past diminishes our own sense of what is possible.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (2022) v. John Marshall Harlan (1896) on affirmative action
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Supreme Court recently held extended argument on the divisive issue of affirmative action, where...
Why the Court’s Civil Rights Hero Might Have Opposed Affirmative Action
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDuring a period of intense debate over affirmative action in 1987, Thurgood Marshall, the nation’s first Black Supreme Court justice, was called upon to defend one of his judicial heroes, John ...
HERstory Made! Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn in as First Black Female Supreme Court Justice
People EN ESPAÑOL via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto by Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images Ketanji Brown Jackson has officially become the 116th...
Conservative justices may end affirmative action in college admissions — and beyond
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. following her formal...
When the Supreme Court Makes a Mistake
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhat happens when the Supreme Court gets it wrong? Misguided court decisions have altered the path of the nation in sadly demonstrable ways. And the question arises again from the series of ...
In Trump immunity case, Supreme Court justices are Trumpists, not jurists | Opinion
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 month agoI’ll concede, readily, that in my old age I find it almost unbearable to listen to U.S. Supreme...
One man and a filly horse named Regret made the Kentucky Derby the greatest race
The Courier Journal via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoThe 1913 Kentucky Derby has long been remembered for its improbable winner, Donerail, still the...
9 justices, many opinions: How the Supreme Court tells lawyers, judges and the public about its...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court are important to Americans, including these people...
Unity man's extended family ties include hundreds of cousins at national Harlan reunions
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 22—Robert Harlan has 20,000 or so cousins spread across the country. Every five years, he gets to meet with several hundred of them — many of them for the first time. Since 2002, the Unity ...