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Open racial animus by Boston school board members and the use of an inherently racist plan to reduce Asian and White student admissions makes this a critical case for SCOTUS to review

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has won a reprieve in his last ditch legal battle to avoid extradition to the US to face espionage charges.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday effectively ordered Louisiana to hold this fall’s congressional elections using two Black majority districts instead of one.

A challenge to Tennessees law dealing with the use of public school restrooms and locker rooms by transgender students remains alive after a federal judge declined to dismiss all claims against the state Education Department and Williamson County Schools.

On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its historic decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023). This decision upended decades of precedent and held...

A Florida elections law restricted voter registration groups, like preventing non-U.S. citizens from collecting voter registrations.

A federal judge Wednesday issued a final decision blocking part of a 2023 Florida elections law that placed new restrictions on voter-registration groups, including preventing non-U.S. citizens from “collecting or handling” registration applications.

A federal judge blocked part of a 2023 Florida elections law that placed new restrictions on voter-registration groups.

The lawsuit claims city's definition of "infertility" is discriminatory and denies gay couples the chance to grow their families.

BATON ROUGE — A collection of four LSU and Tulane professors suggested a new congressional district map Monday that would serve as a compromise between a map created in 2022 and the proposed map that would give the state a second majority-Black district.