Supreme Court
This week in history: Hate crime laws are ruled constitutional
June 11, 2018In 1993, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously that hate crime laws are not “constitutionally and morally unsound.”
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Sotomayor says Puerto Rico recovery “decades” away
June 11, 2018The island’s difficulties are compounded by “a great deal of red tape” from the federal government.
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Muscogee Nations could own half of Oklahoma
June 1, 20181866 Treaty boundaries may still be in effect.
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Bosses win, workers lose in High Court arbitration ruling
May 22, 2018“Congressional correction of the elevation of the Federal Arbitration Act over workers’ rights is urgently in order."
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Unlikely ally in fight against anti-immigrant Trump: Sports betting
May 22, 2018SCOTUS may or may not have realized it, but by legalizing sports betting, it just handed a win to the sanctuary cities movement.
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