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Guest Editorial: By Andrew Cohen Brennan Center for Justice The law may sometimes lie in suspended animation — like it is now, today over voting rights — but politics always moves relentlessly ahead. So while the justices of the United States Supreme Court contemplate the fate of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which [...]

By Kamrel Eppinger Scripps Howard Foundation Wire WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will consider eliminating a key provision in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a pivotal piece of legislation that has outlawed discriminatory acts against minority voters for nearly 50 years. Section 5 of the VRA requires states and localities with a history of [...]

Emily Wilkins Scripps Howard Foundation Wire WASHINGTON — Again and again the question was posed – if the University of Texas at Austin was striving for diversity through the admissions process, what was the school’s goal? It was something of a Catch-22 for the lawyers representing the school in a case argued Wednesday at the [...]

Commentary: By Rodolfo F. Acuña The day the Supreme Court handed down its decision Arizona’s SB 1070, I received about a dozen text messages saying, “We won!” Knowing the history of the Court and dealing with this sort of wrongheaded thinking since the Bakke Case of 1978, I knew that I had to be skeptical [...]

By Valeria Fernández New America Media PHOENIX, Ariz. – Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide in Arizona are claiming victory following Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on the state’s immigration law known as SB 1070. “This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court sent a loud message to the governor and the members of the State [...]

Supreme Court Immigration Ruling strips 50 million Chicanos/Latinos of Rights! Immigration or a Historical Labor Issue? Commentary: By Herman Baca President Committee on Chicano Rights To this date, it never ceases to amaze me that the biggest problem/issue (the war in Afghanistan and economy) for the great-great-great grandchildren of immigrants who immigrated to the U.S. [...]

Commentary: By David A. Love This month marks the 45th anniversary of the late Thurgood Marshall’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. The first African-American on the high court, Justice Marshall was a voice for the voiceless. Today, with an unpopular court that appears to fight for the rights of corporations rather than people, we [...]

Por Rafael Prieto Zartha Se acabó mayo y quienes están interesados en el tema migratorio esperan con ansia cuál será el veredicto de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, en junio, acerca de la ley SB 1070 de Arizona, que permite los arrestos por sospechas de no tener papeles y criminaliza a los indocumentados. ¿Decidirá la [...]

Commentary: By Maribel Hastings As frenzied political junkies begin to chatter about the fight for the Latino vote in November, another fight is brewing in Washington this spring. Last week, the highest court in the land heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB 1070. The Court has the potential to officially [...]

Commentary: By Earl Ofari Hutchinson New America Media There was never much doubt that if the Supreme Court ever got a chance to decide the constitutionality of the health care reform law that it would be in for rough sledding from the court’s five conservatives. The three days of court questioning on the law more [...]

Guest Editorial: By Rob Sobhani News that the Supreme Court will review Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigration should be welcome because it will settle the question of whether state law can supersede immigration powers belonging to the federal government. The controversial law, S.B. 1070, gives police unprecedented power to detain and check the documents of [...]

Comentario: Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D. Esta semana, la Corte Suprema de Justicia decidió, a través de Fisher v. University of Texas, volver a poner en las primeras páginas una de las grandes disyuntivas políticas de la sociedad norteamericana. Fisher v. University of Texas contempla a la Acción Afirmativa, cuyas ramificaciones ha sido solemnizada por muchos [...]

By Lois Beckett ProPublica As noted below, this guide has been updated. This guide was originally published on Jan. 9, 2012. On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a Texas redistricting case that could have major implications for minority voters — as well as determine which party is likely to control Congress after the [...]

By Pamela A. MacLean New America Media     As the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term on Monday, immigration is likely to be one of the most significant issues it tackles, with Arizona’s draconian SB 1070 front and center.     The law’s supporters have asked the justices to review the legislation, which went into [...]