Redistricting represents one of the most important events in our democracy. Encouraging greater levels of community participation in the process and advocating for compliance with the Voting Rights Act can help ensure that this redistricting ...
The alarmingly high number of vacancies in the federal judiciary threatens to undermine the administration of justice. Considerable attention has been devoted to the causes and consequences of the Senate’s failure to confirm judicial nominees. ...
Now the Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on menthol cigarettes, fueling a debate about how such a move would impact African Americans. The FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee has been reviewing ...
Judge Tyree Irving of Madison and Judge T. Kenneth Griffis of Ridgeland have been appointed as presiding judges of the Mississippi Court of Appeals.Advertisement Irving said, “I look forward to continuing the service I have ...
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a historic ban on the death penalty in Illinois and commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without parole. Quinn signed the legislation ...
Last July, Governor Paterson signed into law a bill that did away with the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk database. The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and State Senator Eric Adams, made it illegal for police officers ...
The city will pay out more than $170,000 to settle with nine people who claimed they were illegally stopped and frisked by police at city housing projects. The settlements are part of a federal class-action ...
