Tag: justices

‘We Are Part of the Problem’

New York TimesJune 16, 2020

If after reading the 10th (or 50th) pledge of corporate solidarity with the anti-police-brutality protests your eyes are hurting from rolling so much,...

Abolishing Qualified Immunity Is Unlikely to Alter Police Behavior

New York TimesJune 16, 2020

The national movement galvanized by the killing of George Floyd has created the possibility of transformational change to policing. One reform that has...

Study Examines The Lasting Effects Of Having — Or Being Denied — An Abortion

NPRJune 16, 2020

In The Turnaway Study, Diana Greene Foster shares research conducted over 10 years with about 1,000 women who had or were denied...

Opinion: Trump isn’t aging well

CNNJune 16, 2020

As he turned 74 last weekend, the oldest man ever to assume the presidency got all defensive about how he looked walking down...

‘Because of Sex …’

New York TimesJune 16, 2020

Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up.Good morning. The police keep using tear gas. The coronavirus is surging through prisons....

A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling

New York TimesJune 16, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device:Via Apple Podcasts | Via Spotify | Via StitcherThe Supreme Court ruled on Monday...

A Half-Century On, an Unexpected Milestone for L.G.B.T.Q. Rights

New York TimesJune 15, 2020

When Donald J. Trump was elected president, gay and lesbian leaders warned that their far-reaching victories under Barack Obama — including the Supreme...

Surprise! Justice on L.G.B.T. Rights From a Trump Judge

New York TimesJune 15, 2020

The new season of my favorite television show, “The Good Fight,” begins with the heroine, the feminist lawyer Diane Lockhart, awakening in what...

US Supreme Court backs protection for LGBT workers

BBCJune 15, 2020

The top court in the US has ruled that employers who fire workers for being gay or transgender are breaking the country's...

Sisolak wants pardons for people in minor marijuana possession cases

CannabisJune 12, 2020

Steve Marcus Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak responds to a question during an interview at his office in the Grant Sawyer State Office Building Thursday,...

Nevada governor wants pardons for those previously convicted of minor marijuana offenses

CannabisJune 11, 2020

CARSON CITY — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Thursday that he placed a resolution for consideration on the Board of Pardons Commissioners agenda...

Nevada Governor Seeks To Pardon Thousands Of Marijuana Convictions

CannabisJune 11, 2020

Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak of Nevada announced on Thursday that he would seek a resolution that would pardon thousands of convictions for marijuana...

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