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Teaneck man wants Brown vs. Board of Education case renamed for 'historical correctness'
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoTEANECK — For Nathaniel Briggs, education is a personal point of honor. The longtime township...
The Supreme Court's new "separate but equal" doctrine
Salon via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSCOTUS; Clarence Thomas; Thurgood MarshallPhoto illustration by Salon/Getty Images Last week, the...
Justice Henry Billings Brown and reasonableness in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYou will get a debate among legal pundits (I hesitate to call them scholars) on which was more...
On This Day, May 18: Shooting at Santa Fe, Texas, high school kills 10
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoOn May 18, 2018, 10 people -- eight students and two teachers -- died after a fellow student opened...
Op-Ed: Dobbs isn't the first time the Supreme Court took away key rights
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Supreme Court's rollback of abortion rights echoes the court's 1883 decision to rule...
Homer Plessy
Biography via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHomer PlessyBiography; Getty Images (silhouette, Supreme Court justices), Wikimedia Commons (railroad), National Archives and Records Administration...
The Supreme Court has lost my respect with its rulings this session | Opinion
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSince its establishment in 1789, the United States Supreme Court has dealt with various cases for...
Why the Court’s Civil Rights Hero Might Have Opposed Affirmative Action
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years 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 ...
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...
William Watson: SCOTUS chooses equality. We should, too
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoElite Canadian opinion naturally is disdainful of the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States)...