Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts
January 3, 2015

Sotomayor Accuses Colleagues of Trying to ‘Wish Away’ Racial Inequality

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s fierce defense of the affirmative action efforts such as the ones that helped move her from a Bronx housing pro...
July 2, 2014

Happy Birthday: Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)

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Born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2, 1908, Thurgood Marshall was the grandson of a slave . His father, William Marshall, instilled in h...
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January 24, 2014

Rest In Peace: Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)

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Born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 2, 1908, Thurgood Marshall was the grandson of a slave . His father, William Marshall, instilled in h...
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June 28, 2012

Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare

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President Barack Obama came out as a winner when the Supreme Court upheld his signature health care reform legislation . Mitt Romney and ...
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GOP is 'Mad' About Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare

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President on Obamacare: 'I Got This'

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September 21, 2011

Supreme Court Issues 7-Day Reprieve on Troy Davis Execution

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It appears that the voice of the people was heard by the Supreme Court of the United States . Troy Davis was scheduled for execution at 7:...
March 28, 2011

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Troy Davis

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The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis , clearing the way for the state to resume planning for Da...
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December 28, 2010

Good News Tuesday: Yvette McGee Brown, Ohio Supreme Court Justice

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Soulclap to the ABA Journal for sharing information about Yvette McGee Brown. Born to a teenage single mother in Ohio who worked two jobs ...
April 22, 2010

Obama Considers Judge Ann Claire Williams -- a Black Woman -- for Supreme Court

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Elections have consequences. President Obama selected a wise Latina for the Supreme Court last year. He recently added a wise Sista to the...
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January 29, 2010

This Week in Blackness: Whites-Only Basketball

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We are very pleased to see Elon James White maintaining his promise to deliver a weekly diatribe on Blackness . The episode this week focu...
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November 18, 2009

Why is David Vitter (R-LA) Still in Public Office?

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Interracial marriage became a national phenomenon last month when a justice of the peace in a small Louisiana town refused to marry a mixed...
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August 17, 2009

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Troy Davis

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Villagers will be happy to know that the U.S. Supreme Court today announced that Troy Davis will finally get his day in court ... and a c...
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July 17, 2009

Pat Buchanan Justifies 108 of 110 Supreme Court Justices Being White ... Gets Slapped Down by Rachel Maddow

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Villagers will recall that Pat Buchanan was upset with African Americans because of lack of gratitude to white folks. Buchanan is consiste...
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May 27, 2009

Elections Have Consequences: Judge Sonia Sotomayor

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This is another good day in America! Our new president announced yesterday that he is nominating Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the United States...

Republicans Call Sonia Sotomayer a 'Racist' and a 'Bigot'

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The Republican Party seems more and more like an irrelevant group of scared white folks. Listen to their immediate reaction to decision by ...
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May 8, 2009

Congressional Black Caucus Wants 2nd Black Justice on Supreme Court

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I want the Congressional Black Caucus ( CBC ) to be relevant . I want them to hold congressional hearings on taser torture in America. What...
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