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Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump. Trump and some other defendants in the case had tried to get Willis and her office removed from the case, saying her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a conflict of interest. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in March found […]

todayMay 8, 2024 1

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Louisiana congressional map dispute could go to Supreme Court

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voting rights advocates said Wednesday they will go to the Supreme Court in hopes of preserving a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for the fall elections, the latest step in a complicated legal fight that could determine the fate of political careers and the balance of power in the next Congress. A divided panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected a map approved in January by an unusual alliance of Republicans, who dominate the […]

todayMay 5, 2024 1

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says it’s ‘cruel and unusual’ to criminalize homelessness

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argued that it is “cruel and unusual” to punish unhoused individuals for sleeping in public spaces. “We’re talking about sleeping … that is a basic function,” Justice Jackson said during Monday’s oral arguments in a case that could result in the criminalization of homelessness.  On Monday, the Supreme Court heard more than two hours of arguments in the case of Grants Pass v. Johnson. The justices listened to both sides of the case […]

todayApril 24, 2024

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Supreme Court loosens requirements to sue for job discrimination

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims under federal civil rights law, even when they are not demoted or docked pay. Workers only have to show that the transfer resulted in some, but not necessarily significant, harm to prove their claims, Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court. The justices unanimously revived a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by a St. Louis […]

todayApril 21, 2024 1

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Jeffries hopes Supreme Court will have ‘compassion’ in case that could criminalize homelessness

Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that will determine whether to criminalize unhoused people for sleeping on the street.   TheGrio caught up with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., following his weekly press conference on Friday. He told theGrio, “It would not be a shock to anyone” if the conservative majority decided to criminalize homelessness. The New York congressman said the Supreme Court has already stripped “reproductive freedom from the women of America and detonated […]

todayApril 20, 2024 3

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The Supreme Court just ruled that rights don’t really matter

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Officially, no one killed Alton Sterling.  On July 5, 2016, Baton Rouge, La., police officer Blane Salamoni pumped six shots into the back and chest of 37-year-old Sterling as Officer Howie Lake II held him down. Because Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry concluded that the officers “acted as reasonable officers…and were justified in their use of force,” neither officer […]

todayApril 19, 2024 1

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Supreme Court ruling to keep Trump on 2024 ballot goes ‘well beyond’ 14th Amendment case 

Former President Donald Trump will remain on all 2024 presidential primary ballots following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling. Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross told theGrio that this decision “was expected” and that the court did the right thing. “If the court ruled any other way, what would have happened is patchwork,” she explained. “States would have decided maybe they would include Trump on the ballot, maybe they wouldn’t.” On the other hand, she added that states would have had the authority […]

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Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children could have implications for Black women

Critics are blasting the Alabama Supreme Court for ruling that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, which some believe will threaten the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF). In a statement obtained by theGrio, Elisabeth Smith, director of state policy and advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights, said that the court’s ruling is “alarming.” “It undermines people’s ability to make decisions about their own family planning via IVF,” said Smith. “To enact legislation granting legal personhood […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024 1

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Advocates warn of danger as Trump seeks immunity from Supreme Court in election fraud case

Advocates are warning of potential danger if the U.S. Supreme Court grants former President Donald Trump immunity from a federal criminal case against him for his alleged involvement in trying to overturn the 2020 election.  Trump requested that the high court halt his election interference trial set for next month on the basis that he is “immune” from criminal prosecution. Markus Batchelor, national political director at People For the American Way, told theGrio that this is “another classic attempt by […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024 2