Friday, June 27, 2025 | news
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order to reargue the case of Louisiana v. Callais and will issue an order scheduling the argument and specifying any additional questions that will need to be addressed in the case. Louisiana’s current map with two majority-Black districts remains in effect. The re-argument of the […]
Monday, June 26, 2023 | news
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted a temporary halt on a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s discriminatory congressional map. The action sends the case, Robinson v. Ardoin, down to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for further consideration. The lawsuit argues that the map dilutes the voting power of Black Louisianians in violation of […]
Monday, June 3, 2019 | news
Today, the Supreme Court unanimously strengthened Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, holding that the statute’s presuit “charge-filing” requirement is not jurisdictional, which means that an employment-discrimination victim’s failure to perfectly satisfy certain technical requirements before filing suit does not require automatic dismissal of their case. Rather, as the NAACP Legal Defense […]
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 | news
The Obama administration on Monday joined a long list of higher-education associations, civil-rights groups, and other organizations in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold race-conscious admission policies in a case involving the University of Texas at Austin. As of late Monday, the deadline for such filings, the Supreme Court had received more than 50amicus curiae—or “friend […]
Monday, March 23, 2020 | news
Today, the United States Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, known as Section 1981, which requires that all citizens have the same rights to make and enforce contracts as white persons. In Comcast v. National Association of African American-Owned Media (NAAAOM), the Court ruled that it is not […]
Thursday, April 28, 2011 | news
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited the ability of people to combine forces and fight corporations together when they want to dispute contracts for cell phones, cable television and other services, a move consumer advocates called a crushing blow. In a 5-4 ideological split, the high court’s conservatives said businesses can block their […]
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 | news
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, a challenge to Michigan’s Proposal 2. Mark Rosenbaum, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, argued the case before the court. Proposal 2 is a 2006 ballot measure that led to a state constitutional ban on race-conscious college admissions […]
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 | news
The Supreme Court is hearing Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado, a case addressing racial bias in jury deliberations. The question before the Supreme Court is whether whether a no-impeachment rule constitutionally may bar evidence of racial bias offered to prove a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury. In Peña- Rodriguez, a Latino defendant was convicted of […]
Thursday, October 11, 2012 | news
The U.S. Supreme Court took up a case on whether race should be considered in college applications. Gwen Ifill talks to National Law Journal’s Marcia Coyle who explains the arguments. Ray Suarez talks to NAACP’s Debo Adegbile and the Century Foundation’s Richard Kahlenberg about potential implications for public institutions. Watch Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action […]
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 | news
CONTACT: Michelle Boykins mboykins@advancingjustice-aajc.org 202-296-2300, ext. 0144 LDF media@naacpldf.org LatinoJustice PRLDEF media@latinojustice.org Civil Rights Groups Applaud SCOTUS’ Decision As A Win for Equal Access for Students of Color Facing Unfair Barriers to Elective Public Resources Fairfax County, VA — Today, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined to hear Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County […]
