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Louisiana governor posthumously pardons Homer Plessy from infamous 'separate but equal' Supreme Court case
Plessy v Ferguson was a case argued in the US Supreme Court in 1896 which became the catalyst for a…
DeArbea Walker
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Louisiana board votes to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, namesake of the landmark 'separate but equal' ruling
Plessy pled guilty to violating the Louisiana Separate Car Act and was fined $25. He died in 1925 a…
John L. Dorman
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Republican senators insist the Supreme Court's landmark same-sex marriage ruling was 'wrongly decided' but decline to 'wade into' it amid leaked abortion opinion
Insider spoke to nearly a dozen GOP senators about whether they believe the Supreme Court could ove…
Bryan Metzger
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The Supreme Court has overturned hundreds of its own decisions. Here are some of the most consequential reversals.
The court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, gutting federal abortion rights protections. But it's n…
Erin Snodgrass
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If Roe v. Wade is tossed it would mark the first time the Supreme Court overturned precedent 'to limit civil rights, not expand them,' expert says
"Instead of using the Constitution to expand rights" overturning Roe v. Wade would limit the rights…
Kelsey Vlamis
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What does it mean to overturn abortion rights, and how can the Supreme Court do it?
A leaked draft opinion suggests the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade, tossing almost 50…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Chief Justice Roberts seemingly compares the Supreme Court's tumultuous year to Brown v. Board of Education aftermath, stressing 'the importance of rule by law instead of by mob'
The Chief Justice said that judges can't rule without "fear or favor," if they live in fear of the …
Kelsey Neubauer
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The 123-year history of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the Black national anthem sung by Sheryl Lee Ralph at the Super Bowl
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was composed in 1900 during the civil rights movement. The song continu…
Yoonji Han
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By striking down affirmative action, the Supreme Court put forth a dangerous and false ideal of 'colorblindness'
Justice Sotomayor accused the Court of 'cementing colorblindness' by ending affirmative action. By …
Trisha Gopal
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Residents of US territories can serve in the military, but can't vote for president. Here's why some Islanders don't identify as American
Insider spoke to natives of Guam and Puerto Rico who reject "American" and have mixed feelings abou…
Andrea González-Ramírez
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CNN's Chris Cuomo just had an epic interview about gay marriage in Alabama
Last month, a federal judge struck down Alabama's gay marriage ban as unconstitutional. In a m…
Colin Campbell
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Conservatives Need To Stop Comparing Obamacare To Slavery - Here's What They Should Be Comparing It To Instead
Conservative stalwart Richard Viguerie compared the Supreme Court decision upholding Obamcare to th…
Justin Green, Washington Exam…
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It Says A Lot About You If You Think Being Rich In The Past Is Better Than Being Middle Class Today
This raises a big problem I have with these sort of questions: we could imagine an impersonal versi…
Shane Ferro
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The Most Important Supreme Court Cases Nobody Has Ever Heard Of
In 1819’s Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Daniel Webster famously said in oral argument, "It is, Sir…