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News and Analysis
February 7, 2023 12:20 pm | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Decision Reverses Lower Court and Allows Race Discrimination Case to Go Forward
Judge Toby Heytens, nominated by President Biden to the Fourth Circuit, wrote a unanimous decision that reversed a district court’s dismissal of an indigent person’s race discrimination claim against a former employer. The February 2023 ruling was in Allen v…
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Op-Ed
February 7, 2023 11:40 am | By Svante MyrickI Know There’s a Solution to Police Reform Because I’ve Seen It
In the wake of the tragic death of Tyre Nichols, yet another young Black man killed by police, I feel frustrated over the conversations happening around public safety reform. On one side, some progressives advocate for a complete abolition of…
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Op-Ed
February 2, 2023 12:18 pm | By Svante MyrickYes, Voting Does Work
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. As I’m writing this, 29-year-old Tyre Nichols has just been laid to rest. The pain and heartbreak we feel over the needless killing of this beloved and loving young man, son and father…
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News and Analysis
February 1, 2023 4:33 pm | By Paul GordonMore Questions About Supreme Court Ethics
There are more headlines highlighting the freewheeling approach to judicial ethics taken by some Supreme Court justices. This latest revelation involves the question of whether Chief Justice John Roberts should be recusing himself from cases where a party is represented…
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Op-Ed
January 27, 2023 5:25 pm | By Svante MyrickPrivate Acts, Public Shaming: Decoding the Far Right’s Attack on Who Can Access Bathrooms
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Over the past few years, we’ve all become painfully aware of the Far Right’s attacks on trans people, often centered around the right to use the restroom. So-called “bathroom bills” have popped up…
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Op-Ed
January 19, 2023 5:08 pm | By Svante MyrickWhat’s an Eruv – and What Can It Teach Us?
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. If you’ve been watching news or social media recently, it’s hard to miss a disturbing trend in American culture. It seems like antisemitism is back in a very public way – and not…
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January 18, 2023 9:33 am | By Elliot MincbergAs Supreme Court Considers Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act, it Should Review Important Biden Judge Decision Upholding Voting Rights
The Supreme Court will decide later this year an important case concerning the use of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to challenge racially discriminatory redistricting plans. The Court would do well to consider a decision on that subject by Judge…
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People For in Action
January 16, 2023 12:19 pm | By Svante MyrickHow Young People Can Carry on Dr. King’s Legacy with Yolanda Renee King
As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day this year, People For President Svante Myrick sat down with Dr. King's only granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, to talk about the power young people like her have to carry on Dr. King's work…
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January 13, 2023 8:33 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Dismisses Challenge to Affirmative Action Program to Promote Job Diversity
Judge Jennifer Rochon, nominated by President Biden to the Southern District of New York, threw out a lawsuit brought by a right-wing organization that tried to invalidate a fellowship program by Pfizer that uses affirmative action to promote employment diversity.…
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Op-Ed
January 12, 2023 10:35 am | By Svante MyrickA Magic Made by Many
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. For many of us, the Martin Luther King holiday every year brings memories of Dr. King’s great speeches and the incredible power of his words. Dr. King was a master orator who gave…
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News and Analysis
January 11, 2023 9:01 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Green-Lights Citizens’ Lawsuit Concerning Harmful Mining
Judge Charlotte Sweeney, nominated by President Biden to the District of Colorado, ruled that a citizens’ group and a county can proceed with their claims that a federal agency has improperly delayed taking action against limestone mining that they claim…
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News and Analysis
January 9, 2023 10:45 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Upholds Important Federal Gun Safety Law
Judge Regina Rodriguez, nominated by President Biden to the District of Colorado, upheld the federal law that prohibits those convicted of a felony from possessing firearms. Specifically, she rejected a motion to dismiss an indictment under the long-standing federal law…
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Op-Ed
January 5, 2023 12:22 pm | By Svante MyrickGet Ready, Congress: Here Comes Gen Z
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. When 25-year-old Maxwell Frost of Florida takes his seat in the U.S House this month, he will be the nation’s first Gen Z member of Congress. That -- in and of itself --…
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News and Analysis
January 3, 2023 3:45 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Biden Judge Rejects Motion to Dismiss and Allows Race Discrimination Claim to Proceed
Judge Sarah Geraghty, nominated by President Biden to the Northern District of Georgia, rejected state officials’ attempts to dismiss a race discrimination claim brought by a Black former graduate student at the University of Georgia. Instead, Arebe Taylor will have…
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News and Analysis
December 22, 2022 4:00 pm | By Paul GordonHuge Strides For Our Courts, With More to Come
Senators can be proud of the work they have done these past two years to repair our federal courts. President Biden’s judicial nominees have been confirmed at the second fastest pace we’ve seen in a quarter century. At the circuit…
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News and Analysis
December 19, 2022 11:52 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Stops Enforcement of Overbroad State Law Restricting Non-Partisan Election Activity
Judge Victoria Calvert, nominated by President Biden as a district judge in the Northern District of Georgia, issued a preliminary injunction to halt Georgia’s enforcement of a restrictive election law against non-partisan groups that do not have the major purpose…
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Op-Ed
December 16, 2022 4:17 pm | By Svante MyrickSomebody Feed Us More “Somebody Feed Phil”
Who knew that we needed to watch the writer of “Everybody Loves Raymond” eat his way around the globe? If you haven't seen the hit Netflix show, then perhaps you haven’t met goofy, sometimes-corny, but always endearing comedy writer Phil Rosenthal.…
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Op-Ed
December 14, 2022 4:12 pm | By Ben JealousFar-Right School Board Candidates: “We’ll Be Back”
Back in August, I wrote that getting “back-to-school” this year would also mean getting back to fighting far-right attacks on education. The threats included a rising number of efforts to ban books, and the Right’s efforts to take over local…
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Op-Ed
December 8, 2022 1:51 pm | By Ben JealousSen. Warnock’s Victory Is a Win for Georgia and America
If you haven’t watched Sen. Raphael Warnock’s speech on the night of his reelection in Georgia on December 6, stop everything you’re doing, and watch it now. Then tell your kids to watch it. And your neighbors. What you’ll…
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Op-Ed
December 6, 2022 6:12 pm | By Svante MyrickCelebrating Progressive District Attorneys and Their Contributions to Public Safety Reform
The progressive movement is not always the best at celebrating our wins, or repeating winning tactics. Compared to the Far Right, who can’t seem to get enough of hammering home the same topics over and over ad nauseum, we sometimes…