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...]
ACLU and Gay Couple Challenge Mississippi Religious Freedom Law
House Bill 1523, which was passed by the Mississippi legislature and will become law on July 1, is now the subject of a lawsuit. Among other provisions, the bill allows workers to decline to provide services to potential clients or customers if the worker feels that doing so will violate his or her religious convictions. The law is widely … [Read more...]
Transgender Bathrooms: a Civil Rights Battleground
https://youtu.be/5EsxOaRDPME The Wall Street Journal looks at Bathroom rights in this video. From YouTube, "The Justice department is suing North Carolina (and vice versa) over the state’s bathroom law. Officials warned they see the new law as violating the Civil Rights Act. What are the national and historic implications?" … [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...]
Senators Propose Legislation to Scale Back Mandatory Arbitration
In a recent Consumer Reports article by Mandy Walker, Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Al Franken of Minnesota have suggested a new legislative policy that would effectively “prevent companies from imposing forced arbitration in cases covered by consumer protection laws, as well as in employment discrimination and other civil rights … [Read more...]
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