Supreme Court
Supreme Court Hears First Immigration Case after Kavanaugh Seating
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One of Kavanaugh’s first cases seeks a ruling on immigrant detention for deportation. Just what does that look like?
Supreme Court
Law Students Walk Out to Voice Rejection of Kavanaugh as Legitimate Justice
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Students from more than 30 law schools began a series of walkouts yesterday afternoon to protest the US Senate’s confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice. They wore black in support of all survivors of sexual assault or abuse.
shaping the narrative
Video from Color of Change Breaks Down Narratives around Kavanaugh Hearing
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Pieces like Rashad Robinson’s video need to be reinforced often wherever we show up. The strength of a narrative is in its retelling by the many in all circumstances where it applies. Each of us is an agent in this struggle for more equitable voice in this democracy. That is how democracy sustains and reforms. That is us.
feminism
Black Feminists: No One Will Speak for Us but Ourselves
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The connective tissue between two ads that ran more than a generation apart says much about the staying power of the Black feminist movement, which white progressives have often given less than a second thought.
Supreme Court
A Collective Hippocampus Moment: What Now?
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“That neurotransmitter encodes memories into the hippocampus, so that trauma-related experience is locked there, so other memories just drift.” This is how Dr. Ford described why she was so certain of her memories of the sexual assault she claims occurred at Brett Kavanaugh’s hands. That memory drove her to action on behalf of all of us, so let’s take a page from her book and return the favor.
donor disclosure
SCOTUS Refuses to Stay Order on Campaign Finance Disclosure on Eve of Midterms
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A recent Supreme Court ruling closes a 40-year-old loophole that let individual donors of large sums to nonprofit advocacy groups remain anonymous.
voting rights
Will the Future of Voting Rights Be Decided in North Carolina?
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On August 27th, a three-judge federal panel ruled that the current congressional district map for North Carolina was unconstitutionally drawn to favor Republicans over Democrats. It may need to be redrawn before the November elections.
separation of church and state
Two New Skirmishes Break Out over Church/State Divide
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Fueled by the Supreme Court’s encouragement, two new suits were recently filed seeking a further closing of the divide between church and state.
nonprofit regulation
Implications for Nonprofits of the Brett Kavanaugh Nomination to SCOTUS
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Brett Kavanaugh looks to be a “hard right” vote on the Supreme Court. This may not bode well for the nonprofit community.
Supreme Court
Justice Kennedy Steps Down: Will Nonprofits Be on the Losing End of His Decision?
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While Democratic and Republican politicians fight political battles over when the nomination of Justice Kennedy’s replacement should or should not be considered, those who will be most affected by the result should know this is their decision, too.