Pro Choice Carpet Cleaning & Restoration
A query of mine just came across a case brought by this company (in Tulsa). I suppose, on reflection, that they must mean that it’s the sort of company a …
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Want an edited copy of the Title VII Decision?
I have edited down the Court’s 120-page decision in Bostock v. Clayton County (excluding appendices) to about 30 pages. It will be used for the 2020 Barnett/Blackman supplement. Justice Gorsuch’s …
Report: Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons Spiked by 500 Percent When Coronavirus Hit
At least 300,000 people have been put in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails since COVID-19 reached American shores, an increase of nearly 500 percent over pre-pandemic levels, according …
Was the Shooting of Rayshard Brooks ‘Lawful but Awful’?
The killing of Rayshard Brooks during a Friday night arrest for driving under the influence provoked protests in Atlanta, prompted the immediate dismissal of the officer who shot him, and …
The Cops Who Sicced a Dog on a Surrendered Suspect Got Qualified Immunity. SCOTUS Won’t Hear the Case.
Today the Supreme Court declined to hear eight cases pertaining to qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that allows public officials to violate your rights with impunity if those rights have …
In the Middle of a Severe Recession, California Prepares To Raise Its Gas Tax to 50 Cents a Gallon
In the middle of a severe recession, the California state government is doing what it does best: raising taxes. On July 1, the state’s motor fuel excise tax will rise …
Clarence Thomas Upbraids SCOTUS for ‘Prolonging Our Decade-Long Failure to Protect the Second Amendment’
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down D.C.’s local handgun ban because it violated the individual right to keep and bear arms secured by …
Supreme Court Rules, 6–3, That LGBT Workplace Discrimination Violates Civil Rights Act
Discriminating against an employee for being gay or transgender violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 6–3 decision. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the …
BREAKING: Supreme Court Holds Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Based Upon Sexual Orientation or Transgender Status
This morning the Supreme Court handed down one of the most long-awaited decisions of the term. In Bostock v. Clayton County, the Supreme Court held that discrimination on the basis of …
The Atlanta Cop Who Killed a Black Man in a Wendy’s Parking Lot on Friday Night Has Been Fired
Huge protests and some rioting rocked Atlanta over the weekend after a white police officer there killed a black man, Rayshard Brooks, in a Wendy’s parking lot Friday night. Brooks, …