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California banned affirmative action in 1996. Inside the UC struggle for diversity

For nearly half a century, the University of California has been at the center of national debates over affirmative action and who is entitled to coveted seats in the premier public higher education system.

Los Angeles Times

U.S. Supreme Court spurns Turkey's bid to avoid suits over 2017 Washington protest

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Turkey's bid to dismiss two lawsuits filed by demonstrators seeking monetary damages after accusing Turkish security forces of injuring them in a 2017 protest in Washington during a visit by President Tayyip Erdogan.

Reuters

US midterm elections: What are the key issues?

Economy, abortion rights, immigration and democracy are dominating political debates ahead of critical US vote.

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Eastern Standard Preview Nov. 3rd

A new book from Sayre graduate, former Marine and now Wall Street Journal correspondent Ben Kesling follows the experiences of Bravo Company, an army unit that saw heavy combat in Afghanistan. The book follows a VA experiment to support their recovery from those experiences and we have comment from Kesling,…

WEKU

Abortion access could hinge on state election results

Abortion access in several states could hinge out the outcome of November elections of lawmakers, governors, supreme court justices and attorneys general

The Independent UK

Gov. Jay Inslee, lawmakers aim to keep anti-abortion 'tentacles' out of Washington

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and state Democratic lawmakers revealed details Friday about a push to enact a "shield law" that would protect abortion patients and providers from out-of-state legal action, and announced two more bills in the works designed to ensure to reproductive health care access.

Tribune News Service

Behind U.S. Supreme Court race cases, a contested push for 'color blindness'

The U.S. Supreme Court's first Black woman justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, wasted no time making clear her views on race. On her second day of hearing arguments on the court, Jackson said the U.S. Constitution is not "race blind" and that governments may consider race to ensure that people are…

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Texas tries again to prove that Scott Panetti is just sane enough to be executed

The convicted murderer’s lengthy history of schizophrenia and delusions is well documented, from trying to call Jesus Christ as a trial witness to believing that prison dentists put a transmitter in his tooth.

The Texas Tribune

State legislative races are on the front lines of democracy this midterm cycle

More than 6,000 state legislative seats are up for election this year. Republicans and Democrats are spending tens of millions in a battle to shift the balance of power in these chambers.

WEKU

Murkowski faces Tshibaka and Chesbro in Alaska Senate debate

Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Alaskans want results, not “partisan, political rhetoric,” as she faced her Donald Trump-backed Republican rival Kelly Tshibaka in a televised debate Thursday

The Independent UK

Issues more than candidates drive voters to polls in Maryland as early in-person voting gets underway

BALTIMORE — Voters began to trickle into polling places across Maryland Thursday as the first of eight days of early voting got underway ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

Tribune News Service

Justice Kagan blocks Jan 6 subpoena for Arizona GOP official’s phone records

Republican Party official is among ‘fake electors’ targeted by House committee’s investigation

The Independent UK

High school football coach who led prayers on the field will get his job back

Joseph Kennedy will be reinstated to his previous position with the Bremerton High School football team, after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor.

WEKU

Texas Supreme Court weighs whether to dismiss abortion funds’ defamation case against anti-abortion activist

Several abortion funds have sued anti-abortion activist Mark Lee Dickson, who called them “criminal organizations,” for defamation.

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The Conversation

The future of creative freedom is on the line, starring Andy Warhol, Prince and 2 Live Crew

The internet has opened access to culture. Billions of webpages build on the art, images, music, film, television and writing of the past.

Ballotpedia

Introduced bills to change I&R ⬆️, enacted bills ⬇️

Welcome to the Wednesday, October 26, Brew.

WEKU

Here’s where abortion lawsuits in Indiana and Kentucky stand

Tribune News Service

One-third of workers want to quit over how their company handled the abortion ruling

The great resignation may see another, more conscience-driven wave as US workers debate exiting companies whose responses to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade left something to be desired.

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Court Strikes Down Ban on Displaying "Indecent Speech" Where Children Under 17 Can See It

[UPDATE 10/26/22: The Punda Gorda Sun (Elaine Allen-Emrich) reported yesterday that the city will not appeal the decision; thanks to commenter MarkBoyle for noting this.] The Punta Gorda (Fla.) Code provides, in relevant part, that no-one may "erect, display, [or] wear" [a]ny sign which contains obscene language or graphics; and…

The Independent UK

A domestic abuse survivor won a milestone Supreme Court case. She was found dead four months later

Narkis Golan had said she ‘won’t stop fighting’ after a landmark ruling for families fleeing violence, Alex Woodward writes

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ elected Supreme Court: What to know before voting for justices

The nine-member Texas Supreme Court has the power to make sweeping decisions that interpret the meaning of the state’s constitution, impacting the lives of Texans across the state. Three seats are on the ballot this year.

Los Angeles Times

The race for California's top cop focuses on abortion, gun control and crime

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has spent the last year and a half working on the same progressive issues he supported during his tenure in the California Assembly.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pivotal Illinois Supreme Court elections, fueled by Big Money, are on the docket

Two of the court’s seven seats have opened up, and the winners of those seats will determine whether the court is majority conservative or moderate.

Los Angeles Times

UC pushed to break legal ground by hiring immigrant students without work permits

LOS ANGELES — The University of California is considering a proposal to break legal ground by hiring immigrant students without work authorization in what would be a test of federal law that could dramatically alter tens of thousands of young lives.

The Conversation

4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong – why The Onion’s defence of satire should be heard by the US Supreme Court

If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of America’s best-known satirical publication The Onion, you might be surprised by how serious it suddenly became earlier this month. So serious, in fact, that it might end up before the US Supreme Court.

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