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Jessi Fernandez prepares for a celebration of 2023 graduates at Homeboy Industries, credit Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times

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

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

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

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

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

Kai Shappley speaks at an October 2021 rally in Austin. Credit Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman

Wednesday June 14, 2023

Time is running out for Justice Roberts
How Alito enabled the explosion of anti-trans laws
The conservative legal movement’s war on LGBTQ people
How to support trans kids