Clarence Thomas Criticizes Brown V. Board Of Education Decision While Ruling In Racial Gerrymandering Case, Black Twitter Calls Him ‘Uncle Ruckus’

Thomas criticizes “extravagant uses of judicial power” Thomas’ latest controversial opinion came as part of a ruling in which the Supreme Court’s conservative majority sided with Republican legislators in South Carolina who redrew the state’s congressional district lines to benefit white Republican voters. As Slate explained, Thomas went a step further, writing a concurring opinion […]

Duke University Discontinues Full-Ride Scholarship for Black Students In Need Following Affirmative Action Court Ruling

“It is very much disheartening to hear that this program that opened the door for me to come to Duke is now being closed essentially, even though it will take on a new form,” Mya Harris, a junior, told The Duke Chronicle. The program was established in 1979 in honor of Reginaldo “Reggie” Howard, Duke’s […]

(BPRW) CBCF Expresses Deep Concern on SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action | Press releases

(BPRW) CBCF Expresses Deep Concern on SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action Nicole Austin-Hillery, President and CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, issued the following statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on the Use of Affirmative Action in Higher Education (Black PR Wire) Washington, D.C. – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) expresses deep concern and profound […]

Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ+ Ruling, Goes Against Student Loan Borrowers After Gutting Affirmative Action

In the second major conservative-leaning ruling Friday, the six conservative justices declared Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing the majority opinion, held that the massive Biden forgiveness plan — which proposed forgiving amounts up to $10,000 or $20,000 for millions of qualified applicants — was beyond the scope of the […]

(BPRW) CBCF Expresses Deep Concern on SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action | Press releases

(BPRW) CBCF Expresses Deep Concern on SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action Nicole Austin-Hillery, President and CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, issued the following statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on the Use of Affirmative Action in Higher Education (Black PR Wire) Washington, D.C. – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) expresses deep concern and profound […]

Samuel L. Jackson Blasts Clarence Thomas After The Justice Calls To Overturn Ruling For Same-Sex Marriage

Samuel L. Jackson went to Twitter on Friday to speak out against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who voted in favor of eliminating access to abortion while also calling to overturn the right to same-sex marriage and contraception. In his tweet on Friday, Jackson wondered if Thomas would use the same precedent to overturn the 1967 […]

(BPRW) LDF Statements on Supreme Court Ruling New York State Gun Control Law Unconstitutional | Press releases

(BPRW) LDF Statements on Supreme Court Ruling New York State Gun Control Law Unconstitutional (Black PR Wire) The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen that a New York gun control law requiring a person to show “proper cause,” or a special need for self-protection, to carry […]

Homer Plessy, Black man behind ‘separate but equal’ ruling, has been pardoned

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in 1892 led to the Supreme Court ruling that cemented “separate but equal” into U.S. law for half a century. The state Board of Pardons in November recommended the pardon […]

Biden Plans To Appeal A Federal Judge’s Ruling Against DACA Recipients

President Joe Biden has condemned Friday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen, who blocked new applications to a program that protects those who were illegally brought to the United States as children. In a statement on Saturday, Biden said the Justice Department intends to appeal the federal judge’s decision, the Associated Press reported. The President added […]

Victims Of Excessive Force From Cops Can Sue Police Under New US Supreme Court Ruling

A new ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court could provide victims of excessive force by an officer a clear path to receiving justice. In a 5-3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a New Mexico woman who is seeking to sue two officers who she said violated her Fourth Amendment right which prohibits law […]