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Washington (AP) — A more conservative Supreme Court appears unwilling to do what Republicans have long desired: kill off the Affordable Care Act, including its ...

Source: South Florida Times

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death has left the Supreme Court shorthanded during a polarizing presidential campaign in which President Donald Trump has already suggested he may not accept the outcome and the court could be called on to step in and

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Ruling fuels call for state LGBTQ protections – Florida Courier

BY DARA KAM NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – LGBTQ advocates are hailing Monday’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that gay, lesbian and transgender workers are covered by federal anti discrimination laws, but they say Florida needs to do more. The court’s 6-3 opinion, authored by Justice

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Source: Florida Courier

Angola: Court Sentences 'Zenu' Dos Santos to Five Years in Jail

[ANGOP] Luanda -- After eight months of trial, the former chairman of the board of the Sovereign Fund of Angola, José Filomeno dos Santos "Zenu", was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison by the Supreme Court.

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Source: allAfrica.com

This Day in History — June 25

1910: US President William Howard Taft signs the White-Slave Traffic Act, more popularly known as the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Supreme Court ordered school integration "with all

Supreme Court ordered school integration with all deliberate speed.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

May

1955

Bill Cosby Granted Appeal in Pennsylvania Sex Assault Case

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, comedian Bill Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction in the Pennsylvania Supreme

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Source: Black America Web

WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO – BEYOND THE 2020 ELECTIONS | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Julianne Malveaux No matter what the outcome of the 2020 election, there remains much work to do. Our economy is wrong-sided, and we have to right-side it. Our tax code rewards the wealthy and penalizes others. Our regulatory system protects corporations, not people. Almost a hundred

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Chief justice warns against abuse of judges

CHIEF Justice Bryan Sykes has cautioned against the abuse of judges via social media and other platforms, calling such activities a grave threat to judicial independence which sets the stage for…

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Legal

The first black lawyer admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court ws John S. Rock of Massachusetts, who was certified by the court on February 1, 1865.

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Feb

1865

Sudan: We are not paying, yet, for bombings

Sudan’s decision on compensating victims of 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Dar es Salaam will only be made after another court

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Source: The East African

Why Byron Allen’s Comcast Settlement Win Is an “L” for Black America – Voice and Viewpoint

Earlier this year, Allen’s legal challenge reached the United States Supreme Court to determine whether Allen could proceed with his civil action under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

We shouldn't try to hold Biden hostage on black woman running mate

Seven prominent Black women activists have made a strong case, and a bit of stir, in a Washington Post Op-Ed, “Biden Still Needs Black

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Racial terror: 2,000 black Americans were lynched in Reconstruction era, report says

The report, Reconstruction in America, documents more than 2,000 black victims of racial terror lynchings killed between the end of the civil war in 1865 and the collapse of federal efforts to protect the lives and voting rights of black Americans in

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Source: News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's US edition | The Guardian

(1893) Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law In All Its Phases,”

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Source: Black Past

Supreme Court Decision Jeopardizes CFPB’s Future and its Independence - Houston Forward Times

A June 29 U.S. Supreme Court split decision represents a major setback to both the… The post Supreme Court Decision Jeopardizes CFPB’s Future and its Independence appeared first on Houston Forward Times.

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Bhebhe eyes MDC-T presidency

BATTLELINES have been drawn ahead of the MDC-T extraordinary congress scheduled for month-end with party leader Thokozani Khupe’s top ally Abednico Bhebhe throwing his hat into the ring to challenge for the presidency. BY RICHARD MUPONDE Khupe and Bhebhe’s fight for control of the opposition party

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

#Election2020 – U.S. Rep. Doug Collins slams Ruth Bader Ginsburg on abortion after her death | The Atlanta Voice

Shortly after the news of the passing of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made waves, U.S. Representative Doug Collins blasted Ginsburg on her support for abortion rights. “RIP to the more than 30 million innocent babies that have been murdered during the decades that Ruth

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

City of Milwaukee will continue to be “Safer-at-Home”

City of Milwaukee will continue to be

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Justices reject end to protections for young immigrants

The outcome seems certain to elevate the issue in Trump’s campaign, given the anti-immigrant rhetoric of his first presidential run in 2016 and immigration restrictions his administration has imposed since

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

By the rivers of Babylon - Dallas Examiner

By SUSAN K. SMITH Crazy Faith Ministries I wasn’t looking for the story about Elijah McClain. I was looking for something else, and I happened upon the video which showed the sequence of [...] The post By the rivers of Babylon appeared first on Dallas Examiner.

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

The overturned draft evasion conviction

U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jun

1971

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans[3]) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.[4] [5] The term may also be used to include only those individuals who are descended from enslaved

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Source: ThoughtCo

Admittance of student to U of California Medical

U.S. Supreme Court ordered the University of California Medical School at Davis to admit Allan P. Bakke in so-called reverse discrimination suit.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jun

1978

Jonathan Jasper Wright

Jonathan Jasper Wright was the first Black state supreme court justice. He resigned on this day from the state supreme court in South Carolina after the overthrow of the Reconstruction government, and died in obscurity of tuberculosis.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

1877

Supreme Court Upholds That Workers Cannot be Fired for Being Gay, Lesbian or Transgender

In a six-to-three decision, the US Supreme Court ruled against discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

Anita Hill

Anita Hill is a lawyer, activist and educationist who laid allegations of sexual harassment against a U.S. Supreme Court Justice named Clarence Thomas. She was born on July 30, 1956 in Oklahoma and was the youngest of 13 children born to Albert and Erma Hill. Her family were farmers from Arkansas

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Source: Black History Resources

Oct

1991

Housing discrimination banned

Supreme Court banned racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jun

1968

African Americans in Davenport, Iowa

African Americans in Davenport, Iowa are the third largest black community in Iowa, with a history reaching back before the Civil

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Source: ThoughtCo

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