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Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services There’s an old joke in DC about how Supreme Court Justices make the worst dates. They won’t take gifts and so insist on paying, but they don’t make that much money, so they choose the cheapest restaurants. (Cue drumroll!) You’d be forgiven for not...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Con un fallo de 3 a 2, el Tribunal Supremo de la India el 17 de octubre no confirmó los matrimonios entre personas del mismo sexo, argumentando que no existe un derecho constitucional al matrimonio. El veredicto fue pronunciado por el presidente del Tribunal...
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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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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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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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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...
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The ACLU of Nebraska has joined a national brief filed in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a 1978 law passed by Congress aiming to stop harmful assimilation practices separating Native American children from their families and tribes. Misty Flowers, executive director of the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Coalition, said the...
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En un estado que no tiene muchas latinas sentadas en el estrado judicial o discutiendo casos, Patricia Guerrero haría historia como presidenta del tribunal supremo de California. El gobernador Gavin Newsom nominó el miércoles 10 de agosto a Guerrero, de 50 años, como presidente del Tribunal Supremo de California. Ya...
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In a state that doesn’t have many Latinas either sitting on the judicial bench or arguing cases before it, Patricia Guerrero would make history as chief justice on California’s highest court. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday August 10 nominated Guerrero, 50, to be chief justice of the California Supreme...
Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services There’s an old joke in DC about how Supreme Court Justices make the worst dates. They won’t take gifts and so insist on paying, but they don’t make that much money, so they choose the cheapest restaurants. (Cue drumroll!) You’d be forgiven for not...
Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Con un fallo de 3 a 2, el Tribunal Supremo de la India el 17 de octubre no confirmó los matrimonios entre personas del mismo sexo, argumentando que no existe un derecho constitucional al matrimonio. El veredicto fue pronunciado por el presidente del Tribunal...
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....
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...
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...
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...
The ACLU of Nebraska has joined a national brief filed in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a 1978 law passed by Congress aiming to stop harmful assimilation practices separating Native American children from their families and tribes. Misty Flowers, executive director of the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Coalition, said the...
En un estado que no tiene muchas latinas sentadas en el estrado judicial o discutiendo casos, Patricia Guerrero haría historia como presidenta del tribunal supremo de California. El gobernador Gavin Newsom nominó el miércoles 10 de agosto a Guerrero, de 50 años, como presidente del Tribunal Supremo de California. Ya...
In a state that doesn’t have many Latinas either sitting on the judicial bench or arguing cases before it, Patricia Guerrero would make history as chief justice on California’s highest court. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday August 10 nominated Guerrero, 50, to be chief justice of the California Supreme...