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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services On a 3-2 judgement, India’s Supreme Court Oct. 17 failed to affirm same sex marriages, arguing that there is no constitutional right to marriage. The verdict was delivered by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha....
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Nigel Duara CalMatters When a woman refused to testify against a man accused of assaulting her, a Los Angeles County judge used the accusations she made the night of the incident that were recorded on a police officer’s body camera. Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the judge...
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Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional, private colleges in California will have to find other ways to support diversity on campus. Public universities in the Golden State had to change their strategy back after voters banned race-conscious admissions – passing Prop 209 in...
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Las primeras personas en hacer uso de una nueva ley estatal sobre el sellado de antecedentes penales comparecieron ante un juez la semana pasada. Anteriormente, solo las personas cuya condena no resulto en encarcelamiento podían solicitar la eliminación de antecedentes penales. Jay Jordan es director ejecutivo de la organización sin fines...
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The first people to make use of a new state law on sealing criminal records went before a judge last week. Previously, only people whose conviction did not result in incarceration could petition for expungement. Jay Jordan, CEO of the nonprofit Alliance for Safety and Justice, which pushed for...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Medication abortion is still legal in California and across the U.S. A preliminary U.S. Supreme Court order on Friday April 21 preserves the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until the full merits of the case are heard by the...
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Grace Gedye CalMatters Un fallo judicial reciente que favoreció a las empresas de trabajos temporales, como Uber, Instacart y Lyft, entre otros, puede tener un resquicio de esperanza para los grupos pro-laborales. El lunes pasado, un tribunal de apelaciones de California dictaminó que la Proposición 22, una medida electoral...
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Grace Gedye CalMatters A recent court ruling that favored gig work companies may have a silver lining for pro-labor groups. Last Monday, a California appeals court ruled that Proposition 22 — a 2020 ballot measure that allowed Uber, Lyft, and other platforms to classify their workers as independent contractors...
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The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments October 31 in a pair of cases which could spell the end of affirmative action on American college campuses. Activist Edward Blum with the group Students for Fair Admissions sued Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, arguing race-conscious admissions criteria unconstitutionally discriminate against...
Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services On a 3-2 judgement, India’s Supreme Court Oct. 17 failed to affirm same sex marriages, arguing that there is no constitutional right to marriage. The verdict was delivered by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha....
Nigel Duara CalMatters When a woman refused to testify against a man accused of assaulting her, a Los Angeles County judge used the accusations she made the night of the incident that were recorded on a police officer’s body camera. Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the judge...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional, private colleges in California will have to find other ways to support diversity on campus. Public universities in the Golden State had to change their strategy back after voters banned race-conscious admissions – passing Prop 209 in...
Las primeras personas en hacer uso de una nueva ley estatal sobre el sellado de antecedentes penales comparecieron ante un juez la semana pasada. Anteriormente, solo las personas cuya condena no resulto en encarcelamiento podían solicitar la eliminación de antecedentes penales. Jay Jordan es director ejecutivo de la organización sin fines...
The first people to make use of a new state law on sealing criminal records went before a judge last week. Previously, only people whose conviction did not result in incarceration could petition for expungement. Jay Jordan, CEO of the nonprofit Alliance for Safety and Justice, which pushed for...
Kristen Hwang CalMatters Medication abortion is still legal in California and across the U.S. A preliminary U.S. Supreme Court order on Friday April 21 preserves the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until the full merits of the case are heard by the...
Grace Gedye CalMatters Un fallo judicial reciente que favoreció a las empresas de trabajos temporales, como Uber, Instacart y Lyft, entre otros, puede tener un resquicio de esperanza para los grupos pro-laborales. El lunes pasado, un tribunal de apelaciones de California dictaminó que la Proposición 22, una medida electoral...
Grace Gedye CalMatters A recent court ruling that favored gig work companies may have a silver lining for pro-labor groups. Last Monday, a California appeals court ruled that Proposition 22 — a 2020 ballot measure that allowed Uber, Lyft, and other platforms to classify their workers as independent contractors...
The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments October 31 in a pair of cases which could spell the end of affirmative action on American college campuses. Activist Edward Blum with the group Students for Fair Admissions sued Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, arguing race-conscious admissions criteria unconstitutionally discriminate against...
