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Category: Newsbrief

Rainbow and American flags, credit AP Photo, Mark Lennihan, File

Newsbrief

Wednesday July 26, 2023

  • Stop pretending slavery was beneficial to the enslaved
  • These lawyers are trying to convince the profession to stop using slave cases
  • SCOTUS codified discrimination against me, and possibly you
  • Homophobes are having a field day since last month’s ruling
Jessi Fernandez prepares for a celebration of 2023 graduates at Homeboy Industries, credit Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times

Newsbrief

Wednesday July 19, 2023

  • Justice Jackson wasted no time
  • The completely made up doctrine beloved by the conservative legal movement
  • The trauma of Clarence Thomas
  • A former LA gang member finds resurrection at UC Berkeley
A same-sex marriage supporter waves an LGBTQIA Pride flag in front of the US Supreme Court, credit Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images

Newsbrief

Wednesday July 12, 2023

  • Inspired by Thurgood Marshall, he went to law school and crushed the bar exam
  • The most harmful decisions may have come from district courts, not SCOTUS
  • The importance of staying vigilant about the Supreme Court
  • A monumental LGBTQ+ case is heading to the Supreme Court
Protest at Supreme Court, credit Mother Jones, Kent Nishimura, Los Angeles Times, Getty

Newsbrief

Wednesday July 5, 2023

  • “Race has always mattered”
  • Justice Jackson is one of the sharpest thinkers of our time
  • SCOTUS is keeping us poor and segregated
  • SCOTUS just put LGBTQ families like mine in more danger
US Capitol and White House with judicial gavel, credit Illustration Brandon Celi and Bloomerang

Newsbrief

Wednesday June 28, 2023

  • The story of the openly gay leader of the civil rights movement
  • Progressive lawyers team up with Jewish leaders to win back abortion rights
  • An aggressive Supreme Court is reshaping our lives
  • Clarence Thomas’ latest ruling is a tragedy for criminal justice
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and her husband, Patrick G. Jackson. Credit Demetrius Freeman, The Washington Post

Newsbrief

Wednesday June 21, 2023

  • Her ancestors were slaves, and her husband’s were enslavers. Now, she’s a Supreme Court Justice.
  • She just became the first Muslim woman federal judge
  • SCOTUS remembers that racism is still a thing
  • State Bar wants to disbar lawyer who tried to overturn 2020 election
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