And if you think there’s hypocrisy at work, consider why Coloradans will almost certainly vote in favor of a temporary gerrymander this November
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Twenty years after Virginia voters amended their constitution to ban same-sex marriages, a coalition of LGBTQ+ advocates, faith leaders, elected officials, and families is launching a campaign to erase that language and replace it with an explicit constitutional guarantee of marriage equality.
The campaign, called Virginians for Marriage Equality, officially launched June 1 in Richmond,…
Several lower courts have blocked Trump's efforts to sue CNN thus far, saying the complaint did not meet the necessary legal standards to allege defamation against the news organization.—
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Recent Supreme Court decisions have eased the way for states to enact more partisan gerrymanders. Now legislatures are racing to redraw their congressional maps in rare mid-decade redistricting efforts that may reconfigure the calculus of who will win the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives after the midterm elections this November.
These endeavors were inspired by President Donald…
Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, the Republican nominee for governor, has repeatedly declined to say whether she supports marriage equality, drawing criticism from Democrats as she campaigns to lead one of the nation's most important battleground states. The state's Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, who is running for reelection, is an LGBTQ+ ally.
Garrity's most direct comments on the…
The Court determined FCC forfeiture orders do not violate the Seventh Amendment because they are not final without judicial enforcement.—
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I knew we’d be focusing on elections on today’s BradCast, with critical midterm primaries being held in six states on Tuesday. Little did I know, however, that the corrupted rightwing U.S. Supreme Court would bigfoot our planned coverage of results with perhaps their worst, most corrupt, most partisan ruling to date. And that’s really saying […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that the redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against Black people.
The post Supreme Court Allows Alabama to Use Congressional Map That Eliminates a Majority-Black District appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
The destruction of wetlands in the United States has increased the amount of flood insurance claims by $10 billion over the past 40 years, a phenomenon expected to worsen in tandem with climate change, according to new research. The peer-reviewed study, conducted by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the […]
“Et tu, Brute?” – William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar” Those who believe in free and fair elections and the rule of law in Florida and elsewhere across the United States are reeling after five conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on April 29 that neuters Section 2 of the landmark Voting Rights […]
The settlement calls for reducing groundwater pumping along the dwindling river and retiring water rights from irrigated farmland in southern New Mexico.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for Terry Pitchford, a Black death row inmate in Mississippi who argued there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him.
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A national watchdog group alleges Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche breached ethical rules in the Tennessee prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was cleared last week of criminal charges after a judge concluded the prosecution had been vindictive.
The Trump administration wants the U.S. Supreme Court to empower states to review their voter rolls for noncitizens just days before elections, a change that voting rights advocates say would risk disenfranchising Americans. The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to wade into a legal fight between the Republican National Committee and […]
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review former Georgia Tech women’s basketball coach MaChelle Joseph’s Title IX lawsuit against the school for sex discrimination in employment. The case could open the door to more employment-based Title IX claims brought by coaches, trainers and other athletic department employees at a time when college sports law […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition by the NFL, New York Giants, Denver Broncos and Houston Texans to review Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ race-based employment discrimination lawsuit. The league contends the dispute should be reviewed in arbitration. Flores v. NFL has ramifications beyond the NFL since several pro leagues entrust their commissioner with […]
As states look to challenge _Plyler v. Doe_ on educating children of unlawfully present parents, the court will need to confront its shaky constitutional grounds
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Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent voting rights ruling that threatens the existence of majority-Black districts throughout the South.
The post Photos | Mississippians Protest Redistricting Efforts After Voting Rights Ruling appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
U.S. House Republicans on Thursday denounced expanding the Supreme Court, an idea some Democrats support to dilute the court’s conservative majority after years of decisions that have angered liberals. Republican and Democratic lawmakers at a hearing clashed over the future of the high court following Louisiana v. Callais, a landmark decision gutting the federal Voting […]
Claire B. Wofford and Jordan Ragusa write about the influence of race on political gerrymandering.
The post Opinion | Racial Gerrymandering May Be Here to Stay appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
Today on The BradCast, our never-ending fight for democracy and the eventual termination of the Trump Era nightmares take the shape of actual election results — and context for them — out of six states which held primary elections on Tuesday. It was the biggest day so far in the critical 2026 midterm election cycle. […]
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Romer v. Evans struck down Colorado’s Amendment 2, which prohibited local governments from banning LGBTQ+ discrimination
When the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map to take effect in December, its conservative majority wrote that a lower court had “improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign” when it blocked the map more than three months before the election. Now, the Supreme Court is the one upending elections. For the […]
After federal courts forced Mississippi to create more majority-Black state House and Senate districts in 2025, voters broke the GOP Senate supermajority. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed that ruling.
The post US Supreme Court Reverses Mississippi Redistricting Order That Led to End of GOP Supermajority appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
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A multiracial group of civil rights leaders and activists are gearing up for a new fight for Black political representation after the latest Supreme Court ruling further weakened the Voting Rights Act.
The post Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling Fuels a New Push to Defend Black Representation appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
Today on The BradCast: The horrible, racist, un-Constitutional SCOTUS-aided GOP Gerrymandering Wars are not over yet. And while the jury is still out for the moment, a few key Democrats, in one state at least, are already proving they may not have what it takes to answer the call of Jim Crow history today. [Audio […]
Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment.
The Supreme Courton Thursday preserved women’s access to mifepristone, a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictionswhile a lawsuit continues.
The post Supreme Court Preserves Access to Mifepristone While Lawsuit Plays Out appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
This article was originally published by The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom covering gender, politics, and policy. After briefly letting a national ban take effect, the Supreme Court blocked a lower court’s ruling that would have prevented mailing a key abortion drug. The decision, issued Thursday, allows telehealth dispensation of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in […]
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