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Jun 30 2023
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Supreme Court Bars Affirmative Action at Colleges, Exempts Military and Legacy Admissions
The United States Supreme Court has declared race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities across the U.S. to be unlawful. Thursday’s landmark 6-3 ruling by the court’s conservative majority upends decades of precedent allowing affirmative action in college admissions. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts assailed race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the
Democracy Now!Jun 30 2023
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Supreme Court Sides With Christian Web Designer Vs. Same-Sex Couple
Supreme Court Sides With Christian Web Designer Vs. Same-Sex Couple The Supreme Court on Friday sided with a Christian graphic web designer, Lorie Smith, who objected to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples. The 6-3 decision, split among ideological lines, cam after Smith sued the state of Colorado over its anti-discrimination law prohibiting businesses from denying services based
ZeroHedgeJun 30 2023
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Supreme Court limits LGBTQ protections with ruling in favor of Christian web designer
The Supreme Court Friday ruled in favor of a Christian web designer in Colorado who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings out of religious objections.
The 6-3 decision was penned by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas. Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned a dissent
CNN (Online News)Jun 30 2023
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Biden to announce new actions on student loans after Supreme Court ruling
President Biden on Friday will announce new actions to protect student loan borrowers following the Supreme Court ruling that struck down his student debt relief plan, according to a source within the White House.
“While we strongly disagree with the court, we prepared for this scenario. The president will have more to say today,” the source told The Hill. “The president will make clear
The HillJun 30 2023
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Supreme Court justices attack each other over gay wedding case
Two Supreme Court justices attacked one another in a controversial ruling involving a website designer from Colorado who did not want to design same-sex wedding websites. On Friday in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the Court ruled 6-3 in favor of Lorie Smith, who argued she should not have to serve certain customers due to her religious beliefs as a Christian. Because the Colorado Anti-
NewsweekJun 30 2023
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Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Jim Crow-era voting law
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a challenge next term to a Mississippi Constitutional provision that prohibits certain felons from voting. Passed during the Jim Crow-era to disenfranchise Black voters, the provision’s racist origins are undisputed. But a lower court ruled that discriminatory intent was cleansed by two amendments passed decades later. Roy Harness and Kamal Karriem
The HillJun 30 2023
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Supreme Court’s student loan ruling could slash deficit by $300B on paper
The US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s student debt relief would claw back more than $300 billion in costs associated with the program that were recognized last year, marking a major reduction in this year’s deficit — at least on paper. The court ruled 6-3 on Friday that Biden’s unilateral decision to offer up to $10,000 to $20,000 in one-time student debt forgiveness
New York Post (News)Feb 27 2024
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15-year-old Springfield boy faces 2nd degree murder charge in slaying of woman in Vermont
Said was arrested about noon Monday on a fugitive from justice warrant issued in Vermont for the killing of 38-year-old Christina Chatlos in St. Johnsbury, Springfield police said. The charges against Said were first reported by the Caledonian Record, a newspaper in St. Johnsbury. Authorities have not released the teen’s name, but an affidavit filed in Vermont Superior Court in Caledonia
The Boston GlobeJun 30 2023
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Indiana Supreme Court lifts 1 injunction on state's near-total abortion ban
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday ruled to lift an order blocking the state’s near-total ban on abortion. The court overturned a preliminary injunction against the abortion ban on privacy grounds, meaning the ban would be able to go into effect while the lawsuit proceeds. A separate injunction blocking the ban on religious liberty grounds remains in effect, thus the
Wish TVJun 30 2023
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303 Creative v. Elenis: Supreme Court rules in favor of web designer
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sided with a Colorado woman who wants the right to refuse to work with same-sex couples due to her religious beliefs, in the latest case to bring LGBTQ rights, religion and freedom of speech to the nation’s highest court. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion in 303 Creative v. Elenis that the First Amendment bars Colorado from “forcing a website
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