Meek Mill and his legal team have been hard at work in their attempts to have Judge Genece Brinkley removed from the rapper’s case citing she has a possible grudge against him. After filing several motions for a change of judge, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was split on the matter which ensures Judge Brinkley will […]
Today (June 4), the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple. However, the decision is being widely regarded as anything but a backstep to gay rights.
The Supreme Court just made it A-ok for the police to use evidence found in an illegal stop against you. Even if the stop had nothing to do with whatever they found.
For 10 years, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been essentially mute but broke that decade-long trend on Monday (Feb. 29). Justice Thomas shocked reporters and observers with the series of questions, of which was related to a domestic abuse case and the Second Amendement.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Feb. 13 during a visit to a ranch in Shafter, Texas. New details have emerged that Scalia was in the state visiting with a secret society of wealthy hunters, adding a slight wrinkle of mystery surrounding the controversial judge’s death, according to the Washington Post.
Conservatives have been taking losses all week. The latest; the Supreme Court of the United States voted 6-3 to reject a lawsuit which aimed to remove the subsidies from the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare.
Today (June 26), the Supreme Court struck down a provision of the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) after years of intense protests and debates between gay rights advocates and opposing critics. The ruling essentially means that couples who live in states that have instituted same-s-x marriage laws will now have the same federal benefits as […]
In a 5-4 ruling the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an important part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Tuesday (June 25). The decision nixed a key clause keeping federal supervision of Jim Crow-era voter discrimination tactics in place.
If you’ve been on Facebook this week, then you’ve noticed celebrities and regular folks changing their profile photos to red Human Rights Campaign (HRC) logos in support of marriage equality. Upping the ante a bit, singer Beyoncé Knowles took to Instagram to show who side she’s on.
C-Murder’s appeal to potentially be released from prison has been rejected by the Supreme Court. The New Orleans native is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder.
Today marks the first day of Black History Month. Despite being the shortest month in the year, the contributions of Black people to American history far outweighs the 28-day celebration.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been called to task over comments he made about homos-xuality as it relates to the law. The 76-year-old was participating in a panel discussion at Princeton Law School Monday (Dec. 10), in promotion of his new book Reading Law, when a gay student asked him about a case in which he […]
