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These days, you take what you can get from the Supreme Court.

The justices rule that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act does not bar the student's suit for money damages.

Public-interest litigation is not for the faint of heart. So often, attorneys find themselves battling opponents with resources and influence or precedent that makes it difficult to prevail.

The conservative suggested on his podcast that young Americans got "20 grand" from the government just in time to vote in November.

Supreme Court wont decide if use of the N-word amounts to illegal discrimination Pete Williams © Provided by NBC News The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a former operating room aide at a Texas hospital who said his exposure to the N-word, one of the most offensive terms in the English language, created a hostile work environment. The issue has divided the nations federal courts. Some have said that the use of the slur is so serious that even an isolated inc...

"Oral utterance of the N-word and other racially derogatory terms, even in the presence of the plaintiff, may be insufficient to establish a hostile work environment," a ruling from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reads.

Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other...

Justices consider hearing a case on most offensive word Jessica Gresko Tags:  FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, night falls on the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court is considering whether to hear the case of a Black man who says he suffered discrimination because the N-word was carved into the wall of the hospital elevator where he worked. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) WASHINGTON – Robert Collier says that...

Robert Collier is asking the U.S. Supreme Court justices to decide whether a single use of the racial slur in the workplace can create a hostile work...

Jennifer A. Holmes, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which has urged the court to take the case, says she hopes the conversations taking place nationally will push the justices in that direction. Doing so gives the court an “opportunity to show that they’re not insensitive to issues of race,” Holmes said. And courts are "all the time" confronting workplace discrimination claims involving use of the racial slur, she said. The question for the justices, she said, ...