Earlier this week the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a death row inmate in a case regarding racial discrimination involving jury selection. The inmate, Timothy Tyrone Foster, is currently on death row in Georgia after an all white jury convicted him of the 1987 murder of Queen Madge White, an elderly white woman. The suit was brought about when … [Read more...]
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Boeing Faces Another Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Boeing has found itself at the center of a lawsuit once again after eight current and former black employees of Boeing in El Segundo filed a suit this last Tuesday. The eight individuals involved have alleged that they were hired into lesser positions by the aerospace firm, and that they were passed over for promotions and kept from attending … [Read more...]
Minor Prosecutions in the Bronx Dragging on for Several Years Before Going to Trial
Earlier this week, the Bronx Defenders a group of public defenders, along with other law firms Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady and Morison & Forester, filed a federal lawsuit again New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state’s top judges. The lawsuit alleges that those individuals arrested in the Bronx, even for minor offenses, can wait … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Avoids Major Ruling on Birth Control Issue
On Monday, the Supreme Court managed to rid itself of a complex dispute between the Obama Administration and faith-based groups over birth control, suggesting another struggle on the Court’s part to find a majority to take on controversial cases after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. The case addresses concerns over allowing faith-based groups to … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Alleging Fresno High Staff Knew About Teacher-Student Affair
Fresno attorney Warren Paboojian has accused the staff members of Fresno High about having knowledge regarding English teacher Darren Klassen’s illicit sexual affair with an underage student. The victim, identified as L.P., was engaged in sexual abuse and molestation for over two years with Klassen. The affair was said to have started in January … [Read more...]
U.S. Appeals Court Hears Maryland Gun-Control Case
Today, the federal appeals court in Virginia heard arguments on Maryland’s Firearms Safety Act, banning assault weapons and large-capacity gun magazines after the 2012 Sand Hook Elementary School massacre. Concerns over the Constitutionality of the restrictions that have been put in place were brought up this last February by a three-judge panel … [Read more...]
North Carolina and U.S. DOJ Gear Up to Fight over “Bathroom Law”
There is a major legal fight brewing between the state of North Carolina and the U.S. Department of Justice, and the battle lines are now clearly drawn. On one side is the Governor of the state of North Carolina, Republican Pat McCrory, and his supporters. They favor that a law that was recently passed by the North Carolina legislature, and … [Read more...]
Political Controversy Over Supreme Court Vacancy and GOP Blockade
With the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the vacant seat that has been left on the Supreme Court has created controversy among Republicans and Democrats. With President Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court, the GOP continues to rally around the Senate blockade as they outspend Democrats over the public relations battle … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Slows Pace of Accepted Cases as Scalia’s Death Affects Next Term as Well
Since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the number of cases that have been accepted by the US Supreme Court has been on the decline. Over the last few years, the docket has been smaller than what it has traditionally been and with Scalia’s death, it is continuing to decrease. A primary reason for the decrease in accepted cases is due to the … [Read more...]
P&G Faces Lawsuit for Discrimination Against Pregnant Female Employee
Proctor & Gamble CO is facing a lawsuit from a former cosmetics saleswoman after the company fired her for becoming pregnant. Tiffany Kantrowitz, who worked at P&G’s Dolce and Gabbana makeup shop at Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan for two years claims that she was told that “pregnancy is not part of the uniform,” by a supervisor when she had … [Read more...]
