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March 28, 2022 9:28 am | By Elliot MincbergTrump Justices Help Supreme Court Majority to Harm Minority Voting Rights in Shadow Docket Ruling
Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett formed a key part of a Supreme Court majority that issued an unsigned opinion that harmed minority voting rights. The decision, a “shadow docket” ruling issued without full briefing or…
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News and Analysis
March 25, 2022 12:40 pm | By Ben JealousA Note from People For President on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Hearings
I wanted to write up a quick post as this eventful and historic week wraps up, and to say thank you to all those who support our work – your time, activism, and generosity make everything we do to pursue…
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News and Analysis
March 25, 2022 10:10 am | By Rio Tazewell57 Years Ago on This Day: Dr. King and Fellow Marchers Arrive in Montgomery
The Original Voting Rights Act’s Signing President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on August 6, 1965, outlawing the many discriminatory practices that had been adopted after the Civil War to prevent formerly enslaved people and their…
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People For in Action
March 24, 2022 12:13 pm | By Megan SimonsHow We Fight for a #JusticeForAll: Post to Social Media
How we fight for a #JusticeForAll We’re at a pivotal and exciting moment for our country and our community: with your help, we’re about to confirm the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. On February 25th, President Joe Biden…
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Op-Ed
March 24, 2022 10:18 am | ByBLAVITY: What Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Will Mean To Black Gen-Zers Like Myself
On March 23, 2022, Addison Rose, Youth Mayor of Washington, DC, published the following opinion piece in Blavity: Growing up as a Black woman in Washington, DC, I’ve always viewed the U.S. Supreme Court as a historic symbol, something powerful…
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Op-Ed
March 24, 2022 9:56 am | By Ben Jealous
NEWSWEEK: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Bring Moral Clarity to SCOTUS
On March 23, 2022, Ben Jealous, President of People For the American Way, published the following opinion piece in Newsweek: There is no question that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, currently of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit,…
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News and Analysis
March 23, 2022 12:00 pm | By Elliot MincbergFirst Two Days of Judge Jackson Hearings Show She Clearly Belongs on the Supreme Court
Just watching the first two days of the hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court proved exhausting. Imagine how she must have felt after enduring eighteen hours – thirteen on Tuesday alone! Nevertheless, Jackson was truly…
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People For in Action
March 23, 2022 9:37 am | By People For StaffCBS: Republican senators grill Ketanji Brown Jackson over critical race theory
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced some politically loaded questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee during her second day of her confirmation hearings. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz asked the judge about critical race theory in schools and…
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People For in Action
March 22, 2022 2:54 pm | By Megan SimonsHow We Fight for a #JusticeForAll: Combatting Disinformation
How we fight for a #JusticeForAll We’re at a pivotal and exciting moment for our country and our community: with your help, we’re about to confirm the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. On February 25th, President Joe Biden…
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People For in Action
March 22, 2022 10:10 am | By Sarah MedeirosCelebrating Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Hearing
The week of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing started with a joyful rally on the steps of the Supreme Court, led by She Will Rise, National Women's Law Center, and Black Women's Roundtable. We’re out here in this beautiful…
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News and Analysis
March 18, 2022 5:39 pm | By Susan StainmanHarsh Texas Voting Law Sows Confusion
Texas held its primary on March 1st, officially beginning the 2022 midterm election season. With many new restrictive voting laws in effect across the country, this early primary provides voting rights advocates the opportunity to see what they might be…
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People For in Action
March 18, 2022 11:52 am | By Megan SimonsHow we fight for a #JusticeForAll: Call Your Senators
How we fight for a #JusticeForAll We’re at a pivotal and exciting moment for our country and our community: with your help, we’re about to confirm the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. On February 25th, President Joe Biden…
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Op-Ed
March 17, 2022 1:37 pm | By Ben JealousBlack Americans and the Worldwide Principles of Democracy
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Anti-democratic authoritarianism is on the rise–both around the world and here at home. Sometimes it is easier to recognize overseas. That’s especially true at moments like this when Vladimir Putin’s military is…
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News and Analysis
March 17, 2022 12:04 pm | By Elliot MincbergWhat’s At Stake with the Supreme Court and the Nomination of Judge Jackson: LGBTQ+ Rights
Over the last decade and more, Supreme Court decisions have produced important progress for LGBTQ+ rights, including on marriage equality and employment opportunity. Significant dangers lie ahead, however, thanks to the recent addition of three Trump justices. There's one troubling…
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People For in Action
March 16, 2022 2:46 pm | By Megan SimonsJudge Jackson Has Always Worked for Equal Justice: Richard Ray
Deaf advocate Richard Ray tells the story of his experience with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and how she has worked to ensure equal justice for all. At the time, he was an advocate on the case of William Pierce, a…
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News and Analysis
March 15, 2022 2:18 pm | By Paul GordonPublic Defenders Like Judge Jackson Protect All of Us
One of the many reasons to be excited about Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court is that, for the first time, we will have a justice with experience as a public defender. Earlier in her career, she represented…
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News and Analysis
March 15, 2022 10:45 am | By Elliot Mincberg
What’s At Stake with the Supreme Court and the Nomination of Judge Jackson: Voting Rights
Hearings on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman ever nominated to the Supreme Court, will begin next week. After she joins the Court later this year, it will continue to hear crucial cases that affect all of us.…
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People For in Action
March 14, 2022 12:21 pm | By Rio TazewellPeople For Participates in 57th Anniversary March from Selma to Montgomery
On Sunday, March 6, People For the American Way staff joined partners and allies from across the country in Alabama for the 57th anniversary of the march from Selma to Montgomery, a seminal event in the civil rights movement of…
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Op-Ed
March 11, 2022 9:00 am | By Ben JealousFrom Selma to the Supreme Court, We Are Still Making History
This op-ed was distributed by Trice-Edney Newswire. History was made in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. Alabama state troopers viciously attacked peaceful voting rights marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The troopers were hoping to stop the voting rights…
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Federal Update
March 10, 2022 6:48 pm | By Jen HerrickUSPS Finally Has a Fighting Chance
Politically motivated mismanagement over the last two years has put our long-suffering United States Postal Service under even greater strain. Thanks to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and his disastrous tenure, USPS hasn't been able to hire enough workers, buy new…