A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has ruled that recess appointments made last year by President Obama were a violation of the Constitution, upending nearly 200 years of American political tradition and possibly invalidating hundreds of decisions made by the National Labor Relations Board. The White House and legal experts were shocked by the [...]
Federal Court Strikes Down Michigan Vote Against Affirmative Action
November 16, 2012 | Posted by
In the latest skirmish in one of the most contentious issues of our time, a federal appeals court in Michigan ruled that the statewide ban on affirmative action at Michigan public universities that passed overwhelmingly in 2006 is unconstitutional because it places a greater burden on minorities to make their case by statewide referendum. In [...]
After Supreme Court Decision, Georgia Tries to Enforce Own Immigration law
July 10, 2012 | Posted by
Arizona’s controversial anti-illegal immigration law was recently sustained by the U.S. Supreme Court, likely enabling Georgia’s police to begin enforcing parts of Georgia’s own immigration statute. State lawyers are currently battling a coalition of civil and immigrant rights groups over Georgia’s law in Atlanta’s federal appeals court. The coalition believes that the law would directly [...]
