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Commentary: Why affirmative action matters in college admissions

In the fall of 1987, my parents drove me from Ardmore, Pennsylvania, to Evanston for my freshman year at Northwestern University. At that time, people on campus would sometimes refer to Northwestern as the “Harvard of the Midwest.” I certainly understood the message. Northwestern was a highly selective, very expensive…

Chicago Tribune

Mondaire Jones, one of the first Black gay members of Congress, on ‘powerful forces’ trying to pull America backward

‘Growing up, I had never imagined someone like me could run for political office, let alone get elected to Congress,’ Jones tells Gustaf Kilander

The Independent UK

Legal expert finds 'mistake' in key plank of Supreme Court indyref judgment

THE Supreme Court’s judgment to deny Scotland an independence referendum by dismissing the country’s right to self-determination was wrong, a…

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Kerala will approach Supreme Court on slashed borrowing limit, says Thomas Isaac

Amid the row over Kerala’s slashed open market borrowing (OMB) limit, former Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has said that the State would approach the Supreme Court against the Centre’s decision

The Hindu

Feds May Need Warrants To Search Cell Phones at the Border After All

Snooping through emails, video, and photos isn’t the same as stumbling on containers full of cocaine.

Reason

What the possible end to race-conscious admissions means for Texas universities

Here’s what you need to know ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s expected ruling on two cases challenging the policy commonly known as affirmative action in college admissions.

The Texas Tribune

Supreme Court issues notice to former Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra's wife Preeti Chandra

The Supreme Court issued notice to former Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra’s wife, Preeti Chandra, on Enforcement Directorate (ED) plea challenging the Delhi HC order granting bail

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Supreme Court affirms Congress's power over Indian affairs, upholds law protecting Native American children

The Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law enacted to protect Native American children in the U.S. and strengthen their families, in a June 15, 2023, ruling. Tribal leaders praised the decision as upholding the basic constitutional principles governing the relationships among Native…

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Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw dies at 84

Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw has died at age 84

The Independent UK

Things to know about the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act

The Supreme Court has preserved a federal law giving preference to Native American families when it comes to adopting Native children in foster care

The Independent UK

Supreme Court upholds adoption law seeking to protect Native American children

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the landmark federal adoption law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law

The Supreme Court has preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children

The Independent UK

Second Trump defamation trial brought by E Jean Carroll scheduled for January 2024 – as it happened

Date set for $10m lawsuit brought by the New York writer who previously was awarded $5m for verdict against ex-president

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court upholds federal law on Native American children - Roll Call

The Supreme Court upheld a 1978 law that prioritizes Native American children being fostered or adopted by Native American families.

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Indian journalists facing ‘physical threats, undue political influence’: Reuters Digital News report 2023

Indian media companies are “facing tough times” with a declining interest in news, lower trust, and slump in revenues amid “increasingly threatened” press freedoms, said the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism said in its annual Digital News Report released on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Senate confirms voting rights lawyer as New York federal judge

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed voting rights lawyer Dale Ho to be a federal judge in New York, a nominee who followed a less traditional career path to the bench through work at the American Civil Liberties Union.

Tribune News Service

'My dad would say now is the time': Why MLK III supports expanding the Supreme Court

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III have joined calls to expand the U.S. Supreme Court under the backdrop of an impending case that is expected to restrict or end the use of race as a factor in college admissions.

The Independent UK

In affirmative action and student loan cases, some see backlash to racial progress in education

If student loan forgiveness and affirmative action are both struck down by the Supreme Court, it could send an ominous signal to millions of Americans that conservatives critics have succeeded in erecting more roadblocks to racial equality in America

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Supreme Court should have monitored wrestlers’ protest better, says Justice Lokur

Retired Supreme Court Justice Madan B. Lokur criticised the apex court’s handling of the wrestlers’ protest

Roll Call

Senate confirms voting rights lawyer as New York federal judge - Roll Call

The Senate confirmed Wednesday voting rights lawyer Dale Ho to be a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Roll Call

DC/DOX adds another diverse layer to Washington film community - Roll Call

Washington is a film capital, home to a diverse slate of festivals to match a diverse slate of interests and people. This week, the DC/DOX festival gets under way with dozens of documentary features and shorts on topics ranging from the war in Ukraine, the Supreme Court, Joan Baez, Steph…

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ED action on T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji as per Supreme Court direction: BJP MLA Vanathi

BJP MLA from Coimbatore South and the national president of the party’s Mahila Morcha (women’s wing) Vanathi Srinivasan said that the BJP as a political party had no role as far as the arrest of Tamil Nadu minister Senthilbalaji by the Enforcement Directorate was concerned.

The Hindu

T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji arrest | AIADMK defends Enforcement Directorate’s actions

The AIADMK on Wednesday defended the arrest of Electricity, Prohibition and Excise Minister V. Senthilbalaji in a money-laundering case on the grounds that the move was carried out only on the direction of the Supreme Court.

Chicago Sun-Times

Voting rights reforms are still needed after Supreme Court ruled against gerrymandered map

The decision striking down Alabama’s gerrymandered congressional map was a rare win. Our future as a multiracial democracy depends on ensuring the full protections of the Voting Rights Act.

Salon

Voting maps in South may be redrawn

As many as five House seats could flip in 2024 after the Allen v. Milligan ruling

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