The Supreme Court Allows Discrimination Against LGBTQ People
Mother Jones; Patsy Lynch/IPX/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Friday allowed certain businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people, creating a large loophole in federal and state civil rights laws that have protected Americans for decades. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the…
SCOTUS OKs Affirmative Action—if It Helps Black Americans Get in “the Bunker, Not the Boardroom”
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday morning, the decades-long conservative crusade to upend affirmative action proved successful. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of race-conscious admissions, finding such programs at the University of North Carolina and…
Did Justice Jackson Sneak a Loophole into the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ban?
Jacqueline Martin/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court’s conservative majority banned race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities on Thursday, ruling that using race as an admissions factor violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause. The decision invalidates the University of North Carolina…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Universities’ Affirmative Action Programs
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court ruled today in a 6-3 decision that the use of race in college admissions violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and thus is unconstitutional, dealing a serious blow to…
Supreme Court Rejects a Republican Effort to Hijack Elections
Mother Jones; United States Census Bureau; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a hugely significant opinion on Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected the “independent state legislature” theory pushed by Republicans that would have given state legislatures virtually unchecked power to draw new redistricting…
The Supreme Court Delivered a Big Win to the Biden Administration on Immigration
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visits Texas border. Michael Gonzalez/Gett Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, the US Supreme Court delivered a ruling that allows the Biden administration to reinstate a policy that sets priorities for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding arrests and…