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Judge Gives Final Approval to Settlement in City Parks Department Discrimination Case

Judge Denny Chin, of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan today gave final approval on May 15, 2008 to the settlement in the case of Wright v. Stern, which alleged race and national origin discrimination against the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Judge Chin reviewed the settlement that was agreed to in February and […]

Judge blocks formula for dividing Katrina recovery money

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund scored a victory Monday when Judge Henry Kennedy Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction to stop new distributions of money from the Road Home Program. That federally funded program is intended to assist Gulf Coast residents whose homes were damaged by […]

Judge Blocks Florida’s “Stop W.O.K.E.” Censorship Bill From Taking Effect in Higher Education

In an important victory for educators’ rights to teach free from censorship and discrimination, a federal judge issued an order that will immediately block members of the Florida Board of Governors from enforcing Florida’s HB 7 — also known as the Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees (“Stop W.O.K.E. Act) in public higher education […]

Judge Barrett’s Record

Read the full Report on Judge Amy Coney Barrett A Supreme Court confirmation process would be illegitimate regardless of the nominee and regardless of the president. But the nomination of Judge Barrett to the nation’s highest court raises additional concerns. In the past four years, President Trump has appointed more than 200 federal judges, many […]

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Judge Allows Civil Rights Organizations to Defend Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Albany, NY – A New York Supreme Court judge has cleared the way for civil rights organizations representing fifteen voters from across New York State to join the Attorney General in defending New York’s law ending “prison-based gerrymandering,” a practice that had distorted representation across New York State. Judge Eugene Devine on Aug. 4 granted […]

JP Schnapper-Casteras Praises Supreme Court Decision in Alabama Redistricting Case

Supreme Court Rejects Alabama case John Paul Schnapper-Casteras, [Special Counsel for Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy] for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, praised the decision saying it provides “an opportunity for black voters to go back before a trial court to carefully examine how Alabama used race to limit black electoral strength.” Read […]

JP Schnapper-Casteras Hears Echoes of the 1967 Interracial Marriage Case in On-going Marriage Equality Debate

Back to the Future of Marriage Equality It was a familiar scene at the U.S. Supreme Court: states argued that allowing certain couples to marry would impose long-term harms upon children, families and social institutions. They contended that it is not the judiciary’s place to scrutinize restrictions upon the freedom to marry.  And they fell […]

JP Schnapper-Casteras Calls on Supreme Court to Reaffirm Diversity in Higher Education

Symposium: Diversity matters for all Next Term, as the Supreme Court reviews the constitutionality of the University of Texas’s admissions policies for the second time, it should reaffirm that diversity in higher education remains a compelling goal that benefits us all.  While what is technically left for the Court to review in the latest iteration […]

JP Schnapper Makes Case for Marriage Equality in the Richmond Times Dispatch

Schnapper-Casteras: Let Loving Lead the Way “Four states recently filed briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Constitution allows them to ban same-sex marriage. In grappling with this important issue, the court should be guided by how it previously decided the question of whether states could ban interracial marriage. In Loving v. Virginia, […]